An open text question enables the respondent to answer a question with free text, for example when you want to ask for the respondent's name or email address. The question text is limited to 300 characters; a counter indicates the number of remaining characters available.
Question options
| Option | Description |
| Minimum and Maximum characters | Defines the length of the answer. |
| Input constraints |
Email - requires the answer to be in the format of an email address. Phone number - requires the answer to be in the format of a phone number. |
| Disable back button | Prevents the respondent from going back to previous question. |
| Next button options |
Always show - Next button is shown right away. Delay for - Allows delaying of the Next button so it appears 'X' seconds after arriving at the question. |
You can set the minimum or maximum number of characters allowed for the response (i.e. the length of the text input field) by entering the appropriate values in minimum characters and maximum characters. The text input field the respondent sees on their device will expand to accommodate the full text they enter.
If you are using the question to collect an email address, you should set input constraints to email. Any text entered by the respondent will be checked to ensure that it has the structure of a valid email address before you can move forward to the next question (the system cannot guarantee that the respondent entered the correct email address).
If you are using the question to collect a phone number, you should set input constraints to Phone number. In the app the respondent will get to select their country for country code and the input field is numeric.
The back button can be disabled on this question so that respondents can no longer go back to previous questions.
When you are satisfied with the question, click done to continue editing your project.
Details about the script code for info message questions can be found here: open text question (scripting).