Overview
- Applicant can choose none, one, some, or all options from a list.
- Can be used as an acknowledgement statement
- 255 character max (for label and any response options)

Default Admin View

• Click directly in the label, instructions, and items fields to edit the text. 
• Add choices (including Select All and None) with green plus signs.
• Remove choices with red minus signs.
• Click Settings > Choices to copy and paste a list in bulk (see "H" in next section) and configure other options.

Note: Be careful to put unique choices in the list of "Item 1, Item 2", etc. You are not able to rename "Select All" or "None" and should be careful when re-naming "Other".

Settings Panel Sections

General

    A. Field reference - Unique identifier in the InfoReady database that does not show to applicants or reviewers.

    B. Field label - Question label

    C. Instructions (optional) - Any additional notes to help applicants answer the question

    D. Required - Make the question required or optional (same as clicking asterisk * on main question screen).

    E. Hide from reviewers (optional) - Check to hide the question and applicants' responses from reviewers.

    F. Hide from applicants (optional) - Check to hide the question from applicants.

Choices

    G. Eraser - Clear all choices

    H. Edit - Copy and paste a list from another source (e.g., Word, Excel) to populate choices

    I. Add - Add a choice to the list

    J. Rearrange - Drag and drop to re-order choices

    K. Visibility - Control visibility of a single choice (compare with overall logic in next section)

    L. Delete - Remove the choice from the list

    M. Choices sort order - Choose None (leave as shown), Ascending (A-Z), Descending, (Z-A), Random

    N Allow the Other option - If checked, text can be customized 

    O. Allow the None option - Lets applicants indicate no options are relevant with one click

    P. Maximum selected choices

• Default is 0, which actually means they can select as many as they need. 
• You can also restrict applicants to selecting a certain number of options.

Logic

• Choose when the question is shown and/or required.
• Full instructions here: Adding Conditional Logic

Layout

    Q. Show on page - Choose which page of the form the question shows (Can also drag and drop from main screen).

    R. Display field on a new line - Uncheck to show the question directly to the right of the previous one.

    S. Field label location - Choose if and where the label should show.

    T. Instructions location - Choose either under the field or under the field label

    U. Column count - Choose how many columns to display choices in. Use more columns for longer lists.

Example Customized Applicant View

• From the Preview tab, here is how the question built above would look to applicants.
• Click directly in the label or instructions fields to edit that text. 
• Switch back to the Designer tab to make any edits to logic or layout.

Example Acknowledgment Statement

• Use a one checkbox "question" with specific language in the instructions.
• For a more detailed statement, use a paragraph field (rich text) directly before the checkbox field.

For comparison, check out these other question types:
- Dropdown
- Multiple Choice

Have more questions about this topic? Go to the Community Forum to pose the question to other users or submit a support ticket to InfoReady.