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Hi there,

I would like to change the width of the columns in a array text survey. I have seen countless threads (many of them more than 9 years old) and was unable to make them work. What I want to achieve:



The left hand side contains the description and should be much wider, while the right column simply contains a text field and should be much, much smaller.

Attempt 1

My first maybe somewhat naive attempt following some forum advice was to set Display > (Sub-)question width to a certain value. I though setting this to - say 25% - would force the first column to become bigger. This didn't work.

Attempt 2

I embedded the following code in the question HTML code (shamelessly stolen from another post here):

This changed nothing. I did set Filter HTML for XSS to Off in Settings > Global > Security, with no obvious result.

How do I change the width of these column? Many thanks in advance!

Hi,
your first approach is correct.
Here you see a setting of 75(%)
 

I have seen countless threads (many of them more than 9 years old) and was unable to make them work.

No, there are many threads about column width that are newer.
E.g.
[url] forums.limesurvey.org/forum/design-issue...urvey-preview#216162 [/url]
Point 2. below the array image.

But this is more related to different column widths and not just the setting of the subquestion column width.

And - as you seem to be German - have a look at my tutorial "Tutorial 1: Matrizen" in the German part. (Chapter 2)
Seems to be on page 3 at the moment.

Joffm




 

Hi Joffm,

first of all, thank you for your answer!

your first approach is correct.
Here you see a setting of 75(%)

Tried this right now, but it doesn't seem to have the desired effect, The width of the two columns does not change at all. I made sure to remove the custom JavaScript from the question, so that only this setting is in effect, but the layout is unchanged (at least in the Survey preview).

Scratch that. I actually entered "75%" in the settings field, not just 75. I thought it would allow me to enter the unit (em, px, ...) as well, but it accepts a number and treats this as percent value.

It works now, I will have a look at your tutorial as I'm still fairly new to Limesurvey.

Thanks for your help again!

I'm still fairly new to Limesurvey.

Therefore:
Read the manual - at least about question types and ExpressionManager/Script.
You see:
[url] www.limesurvey.org/manual/Question_type_...subquestion_width.29 [/url]

Joffm