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Removing the initial zero display on a constant sum question

  • October 9, 2020
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I am trying to remove the default display of zero from a constant sum question.
I normally use this code and it worked for questions with multiple choices.
  var inputWidth = "75px";
var q = jQuery("#"+this.questionId);
q.find('.SumInput').css("width", inputWidth);
q.find('.SumTotal').css("width", inputWidth);
q.find('.InputText').css("width", inputWidth);

var inputs = jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .SumInput input");
  if(inputs.filter(function() {return this.value != "0";}).length == 0) {
    inputs.val("");
  }
But in this case, I only have one text box and no total box.


Best answer by TomG

Change
 jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .SumInput input");
to
 jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .SumInput");

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  • October 9, 2020

Change
 jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .SumInput input");
to
 jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .SumInput");

    R
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    • rarcega
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    • October 12, 2020

    Thanks!

    R
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    • rarcega
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    • October 14, 2020

    Hi TomG ,

    So I used the code above for a matrix table with 2 constant sum columns. How can I implement this for the second column (B)?
    col A col B
    statement 1
    statement 2

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    • October 15, 2020

    https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/31141#Comment_31141Use:
    jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .c5 > input");
    Instead of having to ask every time, you need to learn how to inspect html source and how CSS selectors are written.

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    • rarcega
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    • October 15, 2020

    Thanks!
    I try my best to do a search first before I post something. Usually around 80% of what I am looking for, I find just by googling. We have been using Qualtrics for 7 months but we are tasked to convert our complex Confirmit surveys to this platform.
    I didn't know about inspecting html sources until 2 days ago when I found this informative post: https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/5819/using-jquery-to-make-a-field-read-only
    Usually, someone asks here and a code is posted and I always wonder how they came up with the solution. Now I know.

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