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Bipolar Matrix – Right-Side Label Display Issue with 17-Point AHP Scale (Need Help Wrapping Text)

  • April 7, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I'm currently designing a survey with a bipolar matrix using a 17-point scale for AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) pairwise comparisons.

The issue I’m facing is that the right-side labels (please refer to the attached screenshots below) are stacked vertically with one word per line — they don’t wrap naturally like the left-side labels.

I’ve tried various CSS and JavaScript solutions, including changing width, white-space, word-break, and table-layout, but nothing seems to fix it completely. Qualtrics Support confirmed this is a known limitation when using a wide matrix like this.

Has anyone successfully styled a 17-point bipolar matrix with properly wrapped right-hand labels? Or has anyone found a better workaround while keeping the AHP logic intact?

Any advice, custom code, or example setups would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks in advance,
Bao

 

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TomG
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You might be interested in this. It would address your issue if used with the option to set a large minimum desktop width.


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  • April 7, 2025

You might be interested in this. It would address your issue if used with the option to set a large minimum desktop width.

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the clear instructions on using mfBipolarMatrix. I followed the steps, but I don’t have the actual function code. Could you please let me know how I can access it?

Thanks again!


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  • April 9, 2025

Bao,

I sent you a private message.