Add a question grid
A custom grid is a section you can add in a form that can be used as a normal table or as a question grid. The custom grid allows you to automatically repeat questions.
The repeatable custom grid is most helpful when used with a scale question. Other question types are also supported.
Using repeatable custom grid with the scale question, the scale will be automatically repeated in every row.
Add a table
- Navigate to Form - Main page, and place the cursor where you want to insert the element.
- Select the grid icon (
) from the Structure toolbar, and use the grid box to define the grid size. - Modify the display properties at your discretion under Custom grid - Display.
- Set grid properties in Custom grid - Settings
- Grid name - Enter a name for the table or bind an existing name to it (required).
- Description - Enter a description illustrating the purpose of the table.
- Randomize rows - Enable or disable randomizing the order in which questions appear.
- Show header or Show footer - Display the header or footer of the table.
- Repeat column elements - Enable this feature to make questions repeat in the table.
- Responsive - Allow the grid to be responsive based on the size of the device screen.
- Allow respondent to repeat last row - Allow respondents to add more rows at the bottom of the table, which will copy the previous row content.
- Fill out the custom grid with your content.
Add a custom grid that repeats questions automatically
- Navigate to Form - Main page, and place the cursor where you want to insert the element.
- Select the grid icon () from the Structure toolbar, and use the grid box to define the grid size.
- Custom grid - Settings - Enable or disable Repeat column elements to start or stop the grid from repeating content automatically.
- Fill in the table with your content.
Add questions to a custom grid
By default, the added questions will be repeated in each row unless you disable the repeatable question function. However, table-formed questions (i.e. constant sum and ranking questions) cannot be added into a custom grid.
You can also add text, media or variables to cells. However, text and media added to a custom grid will not be repeated.
You can edit a question inside the custom grid. To do so, select the question to open the Edit question panel. Changes made to a question will affect every duplicate of this question in that column.
Test it out!
- Insert a 3 row and 2 column grid
- Determine in the display settings if you want to display the header row
- Type in Question titles in first column
- Insert a question type in the second column
If there are validation rules defined for a question in your grid, a small triangle label will appear in the top left corner of the corresponding cell. Hover over this label to view the validation information.
- When applying show, hide, repeat, randomize, and A/B testing logic actions, each row in the custom grid can be selected individually.
- When you select an entire column or row, a triangle button label is displayed on the top right corner for inserting or deleting columns or rows. Alternatively, use the table editor icon (
) from the Table toolbar.
Customize the look of your custom grid
Use the properties in the Display section to change how your table looks.
- Go to Custom grid - Display.
- Width (%) - Adjust the table width. You can also select and drag the vertical borders inside the table to change the width of individual columns.
- Borders - Define the borders of the table (default is all borders).
