Rank top 3 from a list of six options

Hi HWYoung and TomG
I had the exact same question! I would also be very much interested to know how to hide/delete the remaining columns with JavaScript.
Thanks!

@DeboMart,
Cells in a matrix column have a class, so you can hide all elements with that class to hide a column. The first scale column has the class c4. Therefore, the fourth scale column would have the class c7. So:
jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .c7").hide();

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/24959#Comment_24959Hi Tom, can this be done with rows also?
for example in a matrix type question if i wish to hide a row

@Rahul - Yes, you can hide rows. For example, to hide the third row:
jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" tr.ChoiceRow").eq(2).hide();

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/24959#Comment_24959Hello Tom,
I've tried your solution, but can't get it to work. Would you be so kind to check the script below? Are there any variables that I should change (e.g. "this.questionId")?
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()
{ jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .c7").hide()
});
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is fully displayed*/
});
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnUnload(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is unloaded*/
});

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/31620#Comment_31620The code should work as-is. You should:

1. Add a semi-colon to the end of the command: ...hide();


2. Check to make sure c7 is the correct class (use the browser's inspect feature).

Added the semicolon and tried changing 'c7' into 'c3' and 'c10' but nothing changes. Here's what I have in the Qualtrics editor:
I've tried to find something with the inspect feature, but really can't make any sense of that code.
EDIT: in the first line I tried changing 'questionId' into 'QID10' but that didn't work either.

I had someone look into it, took him an hour but here we are:
for(var i = 3; i < 100; i++){
jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" tr.Answers th:eq("+i+")").hide();
   jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .ChoiceStructure tbody tr").find('td:eq('+i+')').hide();

produces the survey below
although it looks like this in the survey editor

Hi Niels,

Thanks for this. We've actually since dropped Qualtrics and gone with another survey platform - partly due to being unable to do this - but I'm sure it'll help others looking to do the same!

Cheers

nielsvanderweerdt may you please provide the entire code please. Not so sure in which part of the existing code (provided below) I should add in your code. This would be very helpful please. Also does this keep just 3 radio buttons irrelevant of the numbers of options I have? i.e. I can apply it to all my questions. Thanks in advance

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page loads*/

});

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is fully displayed*/

});

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnUnload(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is unloaded*/

});

nielsvanderweerdt malush1412 TomG
The code I am currently using is:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page loads*/
let all_radios = this.questionContainer.querySelectorAll(".q-radio");
all_radios[3].hide(); 
all_radios[4].hide(); 
all_radios[5].hide(); 
all_radios[9].hide(); 
all_radios[10].hide(); 
all_radios[11].hide(); 
all_radios[15].hide(); 
all_radios[16].hide(); 
all_radios[17].hide(); 
all_radios[21].hide(); 
all_radios[22].hide(); 
all_radios[23].hide();  
all_radios[27].hide(); 
all_radios[28].hide(); 
all_radios[29].hide();  
all_radios[33].hide(); 
all_radios[34].hide(); 
all_radios[35].hide();  
let all_inputs = this.questionContainer.querySelectorAll("input");
all_inputs[3].disable();
all_inputs[4].disable(); 
all_inputs[5].disable();
all_inputs[9].disable(); 
all_inputs[10].disable(); 
all_inputs[11].disable(); 
all_inputs[15].disable(); 
all_inputs[16].disable(); 
all_inputs[17].disable(); 
all_inputs[21].disable(); 
all_inputs[22].disable(); 
all_inputs[23].disable(); 
all_inputs[27].disable(); 
all_inputs[28].disable(); 
all_inputs[29].disable(); 
all_inputs[33].disable(); 
all_inputs[34].disable(); 
all_inputs[35].disable(); 

});

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is fully displayed*/

});

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnUnload(function()
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is unloaded*/

});

It has successfully removed my radio buttons (as seen in screenshot below) but not their headings.


May you kindly provide your assistance. Thanks

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/41252#Comment_41252I've added JS to the accepted answer.

I tried Nils' code (above) but had to add a brace at the end. That works great. Thank you Nils.👍️

Hi TomG,
Is there any way to change the 1, 2,3 to 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. I am wondering if there is any custom code.

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/54577#Comment_54577Are you referring to the column headings above the radio buttons. Yes, you can change them with JS.

The original code presented here worked like a charm on my situation. Thank you TomG!

My question is about the next step: How can I force the user to answer this question before moving to the next? Hiding the a number of options doesn’t tell the software that the other options don’t exit. For example, I have a list of 18 questions but I want users to rank only 5. The javascript code above did the trick leaving only 5 columns visible. However, when I force the question to be answered, I get a message indicating that the question has not been fully answer because there are another 13 (hidden) columns in which the radio button has not been clicked.

Does any one know the code for this? Thank you very much!

Add Validation and specify must rank between 5 and 5.

Thank you TomG!!

I was so focused on Javascript that I forgot the simple stuff.