Issue with Custom Sliders in Qualtrics – Responses Not Being Recorded

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Hi everyone,I'm experiencing an issue with custom sliders in Qualtrics using JavaScript. Visually, everything works as expected—the sliders appear and can be moved. However, the responses are not being recorded.When the question is required, moving the slider does not register as an answer. I still get the validation message saying that I need to answer the question before proceeding. When the question is not required, I can proceed to the next page, but the response is not stored.It seems like Qualtrics does not recognize the slider interaction as an actual response. Has anyone encountered this issue before, or does anyone know how I can fix this so that the answers are properly saved? Any help would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance. This is the JS-code i’ve used:Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() { // Get the question container var container = this.getQuestionContainer(); // Hide the original Qualtrics question text and body container.querySelector('.QuestionText').style.display = 'none'; container.querySelector('.QuestionBody').style.display = 'none'; // Create our custom sliders var customSliders = document.createElement('div'); customSliders.innerHTML = `

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`; // Add responsive styles to the container container.style.maxWidth = '100%'; container.style.overflowX = 'hidden'; container.style.padding = '0 10px'; // Insert our custom sliders container.insertBefore(customSliders, container.firstChild); // Function to update Qualtrics data const updateQualtrics = (index, value) => { const inputs = container.querySelectorAll('input[type="text"]'); if (inputs[index]) { inputs[index].value = value; var event = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents'); event.initEvent('change', true, true); inputs[index].dispatchEvent(event); } }; // Add event listeners to update Qualtrics data ['slider1', 'slider2', 'slider3'].forEach((sliderId, index) => { document.getElementById(sliderId).addEventListener('input', function() { updateQualtrics(index, this.value); }); });});

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