Question piping

Question piping allows you to display a question in a specific location on a page, separate from where its widget is defined.

Question definition:

1. This question text will not display if piped.
type: text

Piping to another location:

__Q1__

Details

• To relocate a question, wrap the question reference in double underscores (__Q1__) and place it where needed.
• The original question location is hidden automatically.
• The question text and ID are omitted in the piped location by default. To show the question text, add the template_data: { show_text => 1 } tag. This is explained further in the next section.
• Global system defaults, such as required: y, still apply.

Showing the piped question text

When piping a question, its text and question number do not automatically appear at the display location. For closed-ended questions, only the options are shown. For open-ended questions, only the text field is displayed. To show the question text in the piped location, add template_data: { show_text => 1 } to the original question definition.

1. This text will now display even if piped.
type: text
template_data: { show_text => 1 }

__Q1__

Note, if the question is piped into an answer option location, as shown in the next example, the question text cannot be displayed.

Additional examples

Piping a question into an answer option

In the following example, Q2P is embedded within Q2's option 2, allowing respondents to enter a number (0–100) if they select this option. Q2 captures the selected option ID, while Q2P separately records the numeric response.

See demo See code Restart demo

Piping a question into a custom table

You can also create a custom HTML table to place the question within a specific part of the table. For example, you could place an image or a descriptive text on the left and then display the question on the right.

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