Add Open Question Box to Multiple Choice Questions

You can enable 'Allow text' for each of the choices in your single select multiple choice question. That would allow them to leave a comment associated with the choice they selected.

TomG I saw I could do that Tom. Is there a way to add just one comment box? I would like it to be as clean as possible.

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/53079#Comment_53079A couple of options:

1. Add a 'Comments?' text entry question immediately after the multiple choice question.


2. 'Allow text' on all choices, but use JS to only show the text entry box of the selected choice

TomG I appreciate your help!

All of these suggestions are clumsy workarounds rather than a solution.

Adding a separate text entry question directly underneath makes it very difficult to move questions around later, and makes auto numbering impossible.

Adding “allow text” to every option is just plain ugly.

Adding “allow text” to every option and using javascript to hide the irrelevant text boxes sounds like a maintenance nightmare, and beyond the abilities of the average survey creator.

Is there anywhere to vote on this as a new feature?

@mart, I’d recommend posting this in on Evolve, our new product ideation program. 😁 If you’re not sure how to post your idea, check out our Ideation Guidelines and our Policy & Procedures.