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Character Limit for 'Other' Option

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9 years 3 weeks ago #134861 by BBCMResearch

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Hi,

I have a couple of multiple choice questions in my survey that have "Other" Options at the end. My client wants these options to be limited to no more than 150 characters, however I can't figure out where/if I can set a character limit.

Advice?

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9 years 3 weeks ago #135042 by first

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jsfiddle.net/pioul/ysC7L/

I little google search is always helpful...

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9 years 3 weeks ago #135070 by tpartner

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You can add something like this to the question source:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">    
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $('#question{QID} input.text').attr('maxlength', '150');
  });
</script>

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9 years 3 weeks ago #135089 by BBCMResearch

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Thank you both!

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8 years 2 weeks ago #153380 by nique

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Apologies for asking this on an old thread, but is it possible to add this to a List - Other option?

I have used the other script for Multiple choice questions and it works great! But it does not appear to work for a dropdown list.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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8 years 2 weeks ago #153407 by tpartner

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Try this:

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<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">    
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $('#question{QID} input[type="text"]').attr('maxlength', '150');
  });
</script>

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8 years 1 week ago #154147 by nique

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Thank you! Works a treat.

Am I correct in assuming that this - [type="text"] - identifies the specific Other text input?

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8 years 1 week ago #154167 by tpartner

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Yes, the [type="text"] selector will target all short-text inputs in that question. Those inputs normally have an associated class "text" (used in the previous workaround) but that class seems to have been omitted in this question type.

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7 years 9 months ago #156914 by DenisChenu

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To be sure it woirk without javascript (never trust user):

Code:

strlen(Multi_other.NAOK) < 150

in em_validation_q www.limesurvey.org/manual/Question_type_...28em_validation_q.29

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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #200276 by reginab

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Sorry added in duplicate by mistake

Last edit: 4 years 11 months ago by reginab.

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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #200277 by reginab

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Hi,
I have tried this out but can't seem to get it working, I wonder would you mind taking a look?
Here is my question:(see Capture1.png)
It is called q313_other (see Capture2.png)
Here is the code I added:(see Capture3.png)
However I can add more than 4 chars (see Capture4.png)

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks,
R

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