Highlight Text Question

This type of question allows the respondent to highlight sections of text as the answer(s) to the question.

When you add a Highlight Text question into the questionnaire tree, a folder containing three questions is included - .

Figure 1 - The Highlight Text question

The folder (top) node holds the settings for the question. Inside the folder there is an Info node, an open text list and an open text.

• The info node (selectableText) holds the text you want the respondent to select from. This text can contain HTML and must be added in the Question text area of the node.
• The Open Text List (selectionList) holds the title, question text and instruction for the entire question. Here you also add the answer list which determines how many words/phrases the respondent can select.
• The Open Text (hash) is used to hold meta data for the respondent's selections so they can be re-highlighted in the event the respondent re-enters the page. This question should not be changed.

Setting up a Highlight Text Question

A Highlight Text question consists of multiple sub-questions. Follow the procedure below:

1. In the selectableText info node - , go to the question text area and add the selectable text. This can have HTML formatting.



Figure 2 - The selectableText info node

2. Add the number of answers you want to collect in the answer list for the Open Text List (selectionList) - .



Figure 3 - The selectableList node

3. Add the question title, text and any instructions in the Text tab of the Open Text List.
4. Open the top node and go to the Highlight Text Settings tab - .



Figure 4 - The Highlight Text Settings tab

5. To select the desired the marker color, click the marker pen and select a color with the color picker.
6. Click Save.

To preview the question, go to the Preview tab in the top node (Highlight Text) - .



Figure 5 - Previewing the setup

7. Launch the survey to apply the changes in production.