New option

Questions with multiple answers require options. Users answer the question by selecting one or more of the options.

Question types that require options are:

  • Select

  • Multiselect

  • Multiselecthtml

  • Radio

  • Radiovertical

  • Radiohorizontal

  • Slider

The New Option button becomes active when you have added one of these question types and the question is selected in the form structure panel. Select the New Option button to add an option, and complete the fields to define the option's settings.

You can drag and drop options in the editor panel to adjust their order.

Screenshot: dragging and dropping options in the form structure panel

The option element has the following fields.

Field Description
Prompt The label that the user sees for this option.
Value

The value associated with the option. This value is saved in the form response or written to your linked object when the form is submitted. Should not contain special characters.

Note: If you do not enter a value for the option, the content of the Prompt field is written to your linked object instead.
Help Not shown by default. Use this to create help option-specific help text that can be displayed for the option, if using a customized form layout.

Advanced settings

Field Description
Lower value

The Lower value, Upper value, and Step between fields create a numerical scale. Useful for the Slider question type, to create a sliding scale between two values. When submitted, the option appends the selected number to the value entry.

To create a numerical scale, enter a lower value and an upper value. The slider will create a numerical sliding scale between these two values, incrementing in steps using the Step between value.

For example, to create a 5-point scale between 1 and 5, enter:

  • Lower value: 1

  • Upper value: 5

  • Step between: 1

These options can also be added to an option for radio buttons, select lists or checkboxes. This creates additional selectable options, appending a numerical value to each.
Upper value The Lower value, Upper value, and Step between fields create a numerical scale. Used for the Slider question type. See Lower value.
Step between The Lower value, Upper value, and Step between fields create a numerical scale. See Lower value.
Conditions The condition that must be met for this option to be displayed.