I would like to have a visible word counter placed on seven different text entry questions. However, the code I used only works for the first question. Is there code that allows the word counter to work for all questions in a survey?
Here is the code I used so far:
<span id='wordCountDisplay'>0</span> (to place in the question's HTML)
Then put this code in the JavaScript editor
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
var display = $('wordCountDisplay');
var questionID = this.questionId;
var textbox =$('QR~' + questionID);
var that = this;
function countWords(s){
s = s.replace(/\\n/g,' '); // newlines to space
s = s.replace(/(^\\s*)|(\\s*$)/gi,''); // remove spaces from start + end
s = s.replace(/[ ]{2,}/gi,' '); // 2 or more spaces to 1
if(s == ''){
return 0;
}else{
return s.split(' ').length;
}
}
textbox.onkeyup = function(e){
display.update(countWords(textbox.value));
console.log(textbox.value);
}
});
As I mentioned earlier, I have seven text entry questions, and this code only works for the first question. I need code that allows the word counter to work on all of my questions.
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If the questions are on the same page, change the id="wordCountDisplay" element id to be unique for each question. Element ids on a page must be unique.
Thank you! Changing the element id worked perfectly!
> @SocialPsych_35 said:
> Thank you! Changing the element id worked perfectly!
@Akdashboard just asked the same question as you. I posted a self-contained script that will work on multiple text entries on the same page:
https://gist.github.com/marketinview/aaf237fea91d2f7947fa4f170ac16486
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