columns tag

The columns tag is used with radio and checkbox questions to control how many vertical columns of answer options are displayed.

1. This question has a long list of items to display. 
type: radio
optsfrom: series[1..100]
columns: 3

Details

• columns accepts a number, variable, or Perl expression as its input. 
• You can use the optwidth tag to set the column width in non-modern themes.
• A variable or Perl expression must evaluate only to a non-zero, sensible number of columns. Zero or null values prevent the survey from functioning correctly.

Additional examples

Setting a dynamic value

This example uses the number entered at Q2 to determine the number of columns shown at Q3.

2. How many columns?
type: integer
size: 3
range: 1-10

3. The question has the same number of columns as the number entered in Q2.
type: radio
optsfrom: series[1..10]
columns: $Q2