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Collects text answers

Text questions are used to collect short or long-form free-text input from responders. Common use cases include gathering names, email addresses, or open-ended feedback.

Text question answers are stored as a string data type.

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Long-Text Input

By default, a text question shows a single-line input. To enable multiline responses:

• Select the question.

• Enable Multiline? in the settings panel.

• Specify the minimum and maximum number of lines for the input box.

To customize the dimensions of the input box further (e.g. to create a longer feedback box):

• Open the Style tab.

• Toggle Override default text input style.

• Apply your desired styling.

Limiting Answer Length

To control the length of a responder’s answer:

• Enable Max length restriction?

• Choose a limit by characters or words.

You can also enable Show remaining count? to display the number of characters or words remaining as the responder types.

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Formatting Input with Prefixes and Suffixes

To provide additional context and guide responders on the expected input, you can add:

• A Prefix (e.g. $ or @)

• A Suffix (e.g. USD or .com)

These can be configured in the Settings menu under Prefix? and Suffix?.

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Allowing Multiple Answers

To allow a responder to submit more than one value for a single question:

• Enable Allow multiple answers in the settings.

Each new input will be treated as an individual item in an array of string values.

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Default Answer

Use the Default answer setting to prepopulate the text field with a preset value. This value can still be edited by the responder.

Using Other Values as Answers

You can dynamically set the value of a Text question by referencing other variables in your flow:

• Enable Another answer/variable in the settings.

• Any other data-type-compatible variables will be available to choose (e.g. from a previous question, a calculated variable, or an API response).

This is useful for personalization or autofill behavior (e.g. pulling a first name from a previous step).

Constant

To assign a static value to a Text question that never changes:

• Use the Constant setting.

This is helpful for storing a fixed value (e.g. an internal tag or a source code) in the answers payload without requiring responder input.