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Hi all,



I was wondering if it is possible to get a survey to advance to the next question upon clicking a selection from a select box. I've tried using the following code from Alex B in https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/14/how-to-set-auto-advance-on-my-survey



`Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()

{

var that = this;

this.questionclick = function(event,element){

if (element.type == 'radio') {

that.clickNextButton();

}

}

});`



But, this code only seems to work for regular Qualtrics questions and not select boxes.



Please let me know! Thanks!
Yes, add a change event handler to the select box.
```javascript

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function() {

var that = this;

this.questionclick = function(event, element) {

var qClass = element.classList[0];

if (qClass == 'Selection') {

that.clickNextButton();

}

}

});

```
Hi TomG! Thanks for your response.



I'm a little new to using Javascript and was hoping for just a bit more guidance on this. I tried using this code from: https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/1088/javascript-or-jquery-change-event



`Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()

{

var qid = this.questionId;

this.disableNextButton();

this.hideNextButton();

var that = this;

jQuery( "select[name='QR\\~"+qid+"']").change(function(){

if (jQuery( "select[name='QR\\~"+qid+"']").val() != '') {

that.clickNextButton(); // move to the next page

}

}

);

});`



This code works, but it advances the following question automatically as well. Is there a way to prevent this?



Thanks!
> @hsteinmetz said:

> This code works, but it advances the following question automatically as well. Is there a way to prevent this?

I think that's because you're in preview mode. It is clicking Next for each frame.

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