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I have a Matrix Table, Profile, Drop Down List. Each list has unique categories, but I want a user to have the ability to select multiple answers. Any idea how to do this? I know I can do the Matrix Table, Profile, Multiple Answer, but some answers will have only 3 and others will have up to 8 options to choose from. I like the Multiple Selection Box option, but I will have multiple categories that I want customers to review and I want them to all be within the same question. I currently have this javascript to only show Scale Points if the option is not blank. Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function() { jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" select option:first-child").text("Select one"); jQuery("#"+ this.questionId + " option").each(function () { if (jQuery(this).text().length < 2) { jQuery(this).hide(); } }); });
Look at this and this discussion on Stack Overflow. You might be able to use their ideas to change the original Qualtrics drop-down list or at least to define the desired element on your own using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
@gsheppar, Unfortunately, if you change the selects to multi-selects with JavaScript, Qualtrics won't record the answers correctly. You can do this using a Text Entry form and select2. You will end up with a comma separated list of choices for each drop down. Here is a demo using U.S. States as answers (just because I already had a similar script to pick U.S. States in a contact form).

TomG, your preview looks like exactly what I want to implement, but how did you integrate select2 with a Text Entry form? Where did you put your US States data?

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/41955#Comment_41955This thread is rather old, so I might do it differently today. However, the answers to your questions are (1) use a select2 version prior to 4.1 and (2) in a JS object.

Hi, I have added Drilldown and dropdown questions in my form. I need to allow users to select more than one options in both dropdown and in drilldown how can I do it?

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