Overview
- Applicant chooses single choice from a list (or "Other" and can type a response)
- 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 None and Other) 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.

Default admin view of multiple choice question


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.


Admin view of General panel for multiple choice question


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

    O. Other option text - Shows next to Other

    P. Allow the None option - If checked, text can be customized

Admin view of Choices section of Settings panel


Logic

Default logic panel


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

    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.


Admin view of layout section of settings panel


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.

Applicant view of multiple choice question

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


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.