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Prevent screen from scrolling when space is pressed

  • February 1, 2021
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Hello,
In our task, we present a moving graphic (saved and uploaded as a video) to participants and they press the spacebar to stop the movement. It seems that there is a lot of space around the graphic itself and when participants press the spacebar, the screen scrolls down. I have been trying to prevent this from happening without success. I tried some codes which remove padding and space between questions, but they did not solve the issue. I would like the screen (and as a result the graphic) to stay in place when space bar is pressed. How can I prevent the scrolling down that is happening automatically with the press of the spacebar? Is there a javascript that can do this?
Thank you!

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    • ChiragK
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    • February 10, 2021

    Try this javascript code.
    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function () {
    jQuery(document).on("keypress", function(e) {
    if(e.keyCode == 32) {
    e.preventDefault();
    }
    });
    });

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