====== Advanced display options ======

The available [[questions|question types]] cannot display all possible types of questions. This is why you can combine several elements. This chapter shows how to realize more complex question types.

**Important:** It is not always reasonable to design a questionnaire online as if it was printed. On the one hand side, a screen provides much less space than a sheet of paper. On the other hand you can use [[filters|filter questions]] with which you are able to spread complex submission matrices across several pages.

=====Concatenating Questions=====

Sometimes you want to put parts of a question directly below each other. To do so, you create two different questions with their respective question types. When putting them below each other, you need to prevent the software from creating a spacing to the next question and set "show question text" to "no".

Instruction: [[concat|Concatenating Questions]] (step by step)

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{{:en:create:sociodemography.png?nolink|Concatenation questions - example 2}}
===== Combined questions =====

Combined questions are questions placed horizontally next to each other. The line text shows only once, usually on the left.

This is how to create multiple choice and multiple scale questions and all other combinations. 

Instruction: [[combine|combined questions]] (step by step)

{{:en:create:combined_question.png?nolink|Example 1 - combined question}}

{{:en:create:combined-questions-2.png?nolink|Example 2 - combined question}}
===== Placing input fields anywhere =====

Sometimes you need input fields, dropdown menus or check boxes where, by default, are none. This can be done by using placeholders.

Instruction: [[inputs-single|Placing input fields anywhere]]

{{:en:create:scr.inputs-single.complete.png?nolink|Example for freely placed input fields}}
===== Placing components side by side =====

With html-code, all kinds of components (questions, texts, images,...) can be placed anywhere in the questionnaire. For example, this is useful to place stimuli right next to questions.

Instruction: [[table-layout|Placing components side by side]]

{{:en:create:scr.table-layout.spaced.png?nolink|Elements with spacing placed side by side}}
===== Varying question- and itemtext dynamically =====

Text in questions, items, answer options, texts, etc. can be varied dynamically using placeholders. This is useful if a certain stimulus (e.g. a brand name) needs to be varied randomly as the questions remain the same.

Instruction: [[placeholders|Placeholders in questions and items]]

===== Using own form elements =====

Web- and flash programmers may want to use their own designed questions. They just need the participants' answers to be saved in the dataset.

Instruction: [[inputs-custom|Using own form elements]]