Assuming you haven't recoded either question, you can do this:

```

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {

var defaultAnswer = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/1}";

jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" input[value="+defaultAnswer+"]").prop("checked",true);

});

```

Change the QID in the pipe to the QID of the first question. This should not be used in conjunction with the Previous button (i.e., clicking Previous on the next question would wipe out any changes the respondent made).

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Hi @TomG Thanks for your reply, we cant seem to get the code you suggested to work. My colleague has set up a preview, are you able to please take a look and suggest what we might be doing wrong? We can provide the QSF if you need it. Thanks https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_cAOpvdLUN7UlY2N?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview

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> @Scagas said:

> Hi @TomG Thanks for your reply, we cant seem to get the code you suggested to work. My colleague has set up a preview, are you able to please take a look and suggest what we might be doing wrong? We can provide the QSF if you need it. Thanks https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_cAOpvdLUN7UlY2N?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview



The code I provide was for a single select and you have a multi-select. Specifically, the pipe string for multi-select is different. Then it may be a comma separated list, so you'll have to parse it, then loop through the answers.

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Thanks @TomG it works great for single! Do you have any sample code for what you described above? Thanks

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Hi @TomG we have added this code and it parses to row 1 only. Any tips? Thanks



{

var numChecks = $(this.getQuestionContainer()).select('input[type="checkbox"]');

var numCols = 3;

var numRows = numChecks.length / numCols;

var map = {};



//Repeat for x rows in the matrix

map[1] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/1}";

map[2] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/2}";

map[3] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/3}";

map[4] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/4}";

map[5] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/5}";

map[6] = "${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/6}";





for (var i = 1; i <= numRows; i++) {

//Get the recode values for row i

var rowValues = map[i].split(",");

//Loop through all the recode values for the current row

for (var c = 0 ; c < rowValues.length; c++) {

var val = parseInt(rowValues[c].trim());

//Select the current question's checkboxes corresponding to the recode values

this.setChoiceValue(i, val, true);

}

}



});

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I'm not going to debug that. Try the following which is very similar to the single select code with a loop added and the selector changed:

```

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {

var q = jQuery("#"+this.questionId);

jQuery.each("${q://QID1/SelectedAnswerRecode/1}".split(", "), function(i, val) {

q.find("input[id$=\\\\~"+val+"]").prop("checked",true);

});

});

```

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Thanks @TomG we ended up using your code as ours didn't work when display logic was applied after all. Greatly appreciated!

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