Limesurvey version: 6.3.4
Own server

Hello,

I've found this code on this forum, which is quite useful for me as it saves the date and time of when a question has been answered.

<script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
if($('#question{QID} input:text:eq(0)').val() == '') {
      $('#question{QID} input:text:eq(0)').val(new Date());
    }
      {
     $('#question{QID}').hide();
  }
  });
</script>

There is the line of code which is supposed to hide the question, but what happens is I get a blank screen instead of the question being skipped. I tried using the 'Always hide this question' feature which indeed skips the question, but that way I don't get the date and time saved in the variable.

My question is, is there a way in which I don't get a blank screen, but the date and time is captured of when a certain question is answered?

Thank you.

Hi,
I suppose, you don't get a blank screen, but a screen with only the navigation buttons.
Of course, first the entire page is displayed.
Then, after everything is loaded (  $(document).ready(function(){ you hide the question. But the rest remains.

Solutions:
1. You have to display "group by group" and have this question in a group with other questions you display.
2. If you only want to enter a date and time in a text question you may use the default value like {date("m-d-Y H:i:s")}. or whatever format you prefer
This question you may hide by "Always hide this question"

Joffm