Is it possible to use multiple variables in a text entry box?
The other discussions I found on this topic encouraged the user to use a text box instead, but we need to allow the user to edit their responses in the text entry box. We would prefer to have one box rather than a separate one for each editable response.
If what you are asking is to have the learner type in something like
Name:
Address:
Age:
all in one box, with each of them going into a different variable, and then come back and be able to change each one later, you could try something like this.
There are problems with it: The prompt disappears when something is typed in, If any entry is too long, it expands, and covers the next one lower, and the bounding box won't expand to fit the text.
That’s not quite what we are looking to do. The variables will already be filled in before they are placed in the text entry box. This is a simulated conversation, and the variables are the responses that the learner has chosen so far. We would like to have the whole conversation in one text entry box so that the learner can edit it as needed and then print it.
You can prefill the input box by assigning values to the variables (see the attached), and unlike the default prompts, you can edit the variable contents.
But you can't attach more than one variable to a text box. I envision something like the second slide.
Another option would be to export the data from a text box into Word. The only posts I can find on this are from 7 or 8 years ago. Is there a way to export data from a text box to Word?
Thanks! Yeah, what we would need is something along the lines of a single text entry box with all the variables it it; we're trying to get away from separate boxes.
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If what you are asking is to have the learner type in something like
Name:
Address:
Age:
all in one box, with each of them going into a different variable, and then come back and be able to change each one later, you could try something like this.
There are problems with it: The prompt disappears when something is typed in, If any entry is too long, it expands, and covers the next one lower, and the bounding box won't expand to fit the text.
That’s not quite what we are looking to do. The variables will already be filled in before they are placed in the text entry box. This is a simulated conversation, and the variables are the responses that the learner has chosen so far. We would like to have the whole conversation in one text entry box so that the learner can edit it as needed and then print it.
You can prefill the input box by assigning values to the variables (see the attached), and unlike the default prompts, you can edit the variable contents.
But you can't attach more than one variable to a text box. I envision something like the second slide.
Another option would be to export the data from a text box into Word. The only posts I can find on this are from 7 or 8 years ago. Is there a way to export data from a text box to Word?
Thanks! Yeah, what we would need is something along the lines of a single text entry box with all the variables it it; we're trying to get away from separate boxes.
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