I need to include in my survey some questions that will auto-advance after a specified amount of time (20 seconds). However, the questions with timer are mandatory, in the sense that I want the participant to provide an answer before moving to the next page within this 20 seconds. However, if the participant has not provided an answer in the 20 second, I want to move on to the next question even without an answer. Currently, this is not possible because with mandatory question, even if the timer has expired, the survey does not advance to the next question, but it restarts the count down so that the participant has all the time she wants to reply. Do you have any suggestion on how to do it? Qualtrics support suggested require response but I’m not satisfied as the participant can go on even without answering. Also, I don't want to delay the visibility of the submit button, as participants should be free to advance as soon as they have answered the question.I thought about a javascript that automatically gives an answer to be able to move on (and keep track of the questions for which the answer was given by the system, to avoid including them in my data analysis), but I don’t know how to code it. Any help is more than appreciated, thanks!

HiHere's an example Javascript of how you can implement it in QualtricsQualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() { var questionId = 'QID1'; // Replace 'QID1' with the actual question ID var timer = setInterval(function() { var answer = jQuery("#" + questionId + " .InputText").val(); if (!answer) { clearInterval(timer); this.clickNextButton(); } }, 20000); // Specify the time limit in milliseconds (20 seconds in this example)});With this code, the timer starts when the page loads. If the participant hasn't provided an answer within the specified time limit (20 seconds in this snippet), the JavaScript code will automatically click the "Next" button, advancing to the next question. If an answer is provided within the time limit, the timer will be cleared, and the participant can manually proceed by clicking the "Next" button.Remember to repeat these steps for each question that requires the auto-advance timer.

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