Password Question Type

The Password question type

The Password question type is a text entry field that allows users to enter passwords. When a character is entered, it is displayed as *.

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to configure the settings of the Password question.

Question Options

This section allows you to customise the options for the Password question. The Question Options section is shown in the figure below:

The Question Options section

The following fields are available: 

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  The question asset
  

  Title: enter the question title, for example Password.When you change the Title of the question, the asset name will change in the Asset Map, as shown in the figure to the right. This Title will appear on the Custom Form as the name of the question.
• Note: enter a note to be displayed for the question on the Custom Form. This can be used to provide information to your users about the question and the expected form of the response. For example Please enter your password.
• Default: enter the default value for the question. This will be displayed within the answer field on the form. The user can then override this value.
• Width: enter the width of the password field to be displayed on the Custom Form. By default, this value is 30.
• Maximum Length: enter the maximum number of characters that can be entered by the user. If this value is greater than the Width, the visible portion of the field scrolls as the user types into the field. By default, this value is 30.
• Minimum Length: enter the minimum number of characters that must be entered by the user. If the user enters less than the minimum number of characters, an error message will appear on the form similar to Password field “Password” must be no less than 2 characters. By default, the minimum length is 2.
• Requires Verification: select whether or not you want the user to confirm the password. If you select Yes, two text fields will be shown on the Custom Form where the user will have to enter their password twice. If the two passwords they enter are not the same, an error message will appear on the form similar to Password field “Password” was entered differently on each try. If you select No, only one text field will be shown on the Custom Form. The user will only have to enter their password once.
• Tab Index: enter the tab index for the Password question on the Custom Form. This index is used when the user presses the Tab key on the keyboard. This is useful when you have laid out each question individually on the Page Contents Bodycopy. If this question is the first question on the Custom Form, but on the Page Contents Bodycopy you have put it last, you can enter the Tab Index so that when the user presses the Tab key, it will be the last question the cursor goes to.
• Extras: enter any additional HTML attributes to be added to the tag used to display the answer field for the question. For example, you may wish to specify a CSS class that defines the formatting of the question text.
• Sticky: select Yes to define the answer to this question as sticky for the remainder of this users session. If this option is set to Yes, the most recent value entered into this question is marked as sticky and will be used to pre-fill other forms with a question of the same name that also have the Sticky flag set to Yes. Any sticky value will override the default value for the question.

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