JS/CSS to format countdown timer

Hi @lg236,

I'm not sure if this answers your questions, but I have used JS to create (rather than modify) a timer. I found this code somewhere online several years ago (I didn't create it), but it has worked well for me in the past.



This code goes in the JS box:



Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()

{

/*Place Your Javascript Below This Line*/



function countdown(minutes) {

var seconds = 60;

var mins = minutes

function tick() {

var counter = document.getElementById("timer");

var current_minutes = mins-1

seconds--;

counter.innerHTML =

current_minutes.toString() + ":" + (seconds < 10 ? "0" : "") + String(seconds);

if( seconds > 0 ) {

setTimeout(tick, 1000);

} else {

if(mins > 1){

setTimeout(function () { countdown(mins - 1); }, 1000);

}

}

}

tick();

}

countdown(5);

});



and this code goes in the HTML script for the question's text:



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You will be able to modify the look/style of the timer by editing the above HTML code. Right now this timer counts down from 5 minutes (you can change it to be whatever time you want). When I use this timer I have the question set to auto advance after the time is up (in this case after 300s).



Hope this helps!



-Michelle

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