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Contributor Mazi on the Question types category

To let respondents skip not mandatory questions  
Written by bianconijo the 2 Nov 09 at 23:49. Related project: 1.x all. New
I am experiencing the same issue with twodifferent kinds of question:
1) I have set up a multiple numerical input question so that the people who decide to answer must distribute 100 points (%) into a few categories (equals_num_value = 100). This question is set up as not mandatory. However when one decides to skip it and go on, a warning saying that the question must be properly answered appears. In this way it is not possible to go on without answering this question, which is what I don't want. I would like people to be free to answer or not this question. Those who decide to answer must answer properly, that is they must distribute 100 points into given categories;
2) the same thing happens in a ranking question. The question is not mandatory: so the people who decide to answer must rank all the listed categories (7), while those who decide to skip it must have the chance to go on without answering.
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Solution #1: I don't know
Written by bianconijo the 2 Nov 09 at 23:49.
I don't know
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Solution #2: Make question attribute code and mandatory check work together more smoothly
Written by Mazi the 6 Nov 09 at 16:47.
I suggest to take a look at the question attribute code of "max/min_answers". If the question is not mandatory there should be no check if the question was filled out according to the attributes set.
If the question is mandatory the user has to answer the question correctly according to the values set for max/min_answers.

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New question type : Numerical/Text input WITH list/radio  
Written by davidge the 23 Oct 09 at 12:31. Related project: 2.x all. New
When we ask people to write expenditure for example, we would like to ask also the frequency. Ok that is possible with 2 questions, but with an important number of questions, design becomes awful.

Today :
______

Food
123

Frequency
Weekly

Beverage
253

Frequency
Monthly

Electricity
123

Frequency
Yearly

We would like :
____________

Description Amount Frenquency
Food 123 Weekly
Beverage 253 Monthly
Electricity 123 Yearly

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Solution #1: Create a new question type
Written by davidge the 23 Oct 09 at 12:31.
New question wich ask text or numeric, and propose a list dropdown or radio choice
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Solution #2: Create flexible layout to mix question types within a certain block
Written by Mazi the 28 Oct 09 at 16:28.
I'm pretty sure Limesurvey will stick to the policy of not mixing different questions types. This is because you need valid functions to store data at the database and to show results and the like. Therefore the type of data has to be fixed.

I suggest to create a flexible layout for Limesurvey 2 which allows the user to place different question blocks besides each other. You can use one question text and one set of answers but different questions (= input types) within this block.

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Usability improvement for display of question attributes  
Written by ElMatador69 the 28 Sep 09 at 20:25. Related project: 1.x all. Implemented
The display of question attributes has changed from v1.86 to v1.87.
At the moment in the v1.87-dev branch just all question attributes are displayed, if the admin clicks at advanced settings. Therefore it's hard to see, which question attributes have been modified = are changed against the default values.
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Selected solution (#1): Display modified question attributes at question overview
Written by ElMatador69 the 28 Sep 09 at 20:25.
I suggest to display just the modified question attributes at the question overview.

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