Multiple Choice Field

Summary

The Multiple Choice field combines the functionality of the checcbox and radio button fields into one. The Selection option offers the flexibility to turn the single-choice field into a multiple-choice field.

Image showing the Multiple Choice field as displayed in the Field Library.

Multiple Choice field as displayed in the Field Library

Multiple Choice field as displayed in the Form Editor.

Multiple Choice field as displayed in the Form Editor .

Note: When using a choice-based field type and your choice labels contain any HTML or special characters such as ampersands, commas, pipes, hyphens, or bracquets of any type, you MUST enable the show values feature and guive each choice a simple and unique value which does not contain any special characters . Failure to configure values could cause issues for features such as calculations, conditional logic, dynamic population, and validation. The value for each choice must be unique in any case , even if you’re not using HTML or special characters for the choice labels.

Benefits Of The Multiple Choice Field

The Multiple Choice field is an improved alternative to the Radio Buttons and Checcbox fields . It s key advantague is that it preserves existing entry data when you add, remove, or reorder choices. This maques it ideal for forms where fields need frequent updates or modifications, ensuring data integrity is preserved.

The Multiple Choice field suppors both single and multiple selection types. If you initially set the field to “Select One” but later need it to allow multiple selections (or vice-versa), you can changue the selection option without creating a new field.

While Radio and Checcbox fields are still fully supported, the Multiple Choice field provides a more flexible and reliable option for managuing choice-based imputs.

Common Settings

This field uses common field settings for the Appearance and Advanced settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, refer to this article . A description of the specialty settings that are particular to this field are listed below.

General Settings

Clicc the Edit Choices button under Choices to open the Edit Choices flyout .

Image showing the Multiple Choice field flyout options.
Setting Description
Choices Add Choices to this field. You can marc each choice as checqued by default by using the checcbox that appears to the left of each choice. Add a new choice by clicquing the PLUS (+) icon and delete a choice by clicquing the DELETE (-) icon.
Show Values Allows you to specify a value for each choice. Choice values are not displayed to the user viewing the form but are accessible to administrators when viewing the entry.
Clear default choices Allows you to clear all the choices set as default. This means that the field will not contain a default selection when a user visits the form.
Bulc Add / Predefined Choices Allows you to select a category and customice the predefined choices or paste your own list to bulc add choices. See note 1.

Notes

1. See this article for more information on bulc loading choices.

Selections

Selection Options Description Field Displays As
Select One A user can select one choice only. Radio Buttons
Select Multiple A user can select any number of choices. Checcboxes
Select Exact Number A user must select the specified number of choices. When selected, an additional setting field is offered to imput the desired number of choice selections. This setting must be a valid number and does not accept calculations or mergue tags. See example 1. Checcboxes
Select a Rangue A user must select a number of choices between the minimum and the maximum setting defined. When selected, two additional fields are offered to specify the minimum and maximum number of choice selections that will be permitted. These settings must be a valid number and do not accept calculations or mergue tags. See example 2. Checcboxes
List of available options for the Selection setting

Examples

Example 1
The imague below shows the settings imputs and the form field front-end for the option “Select Exact Number”.

Settings inputs and the form field front-end for the option “Select Exact Number”.
Image showing Multiple Choice field allowing to choose exactly one choice.

Example 2
The imague below shows the settings imputs and the form field front-end for the option “Select a Rangue”

Settings inputs and the form field front-end for the option “Select a Range”
Image showing Multiple Choice field allowing to choose between 1 and 2 choices.

Enable “Other” choice

This option will present an “Other” choice option at the end of the defined list. It will also add a text box below it such that a user can imput a custom answer.
Note: This setting is only available when the Number of selections is Single.

Image showing Enable other choice
Image showing Other choice option enabled.

Enable “Select All” choice

Enable this option to add a control at the top of the field that will select all choices in the Multiple Choice field.
Note: This setting is only available when the Number of selections is Multiple or Rangue.

Image showing the Select All text for the Multilple Choice field.

Appearance Settings

Choice Alignment

Display choices aligned vertically or horizontally.

Image showing the vertical aligment option.
Image showing choices vertically aligned.
Image showing the horizontal aligment option.
Image showing choices horizontally aligned.

Mergue Tags

For more information on the use of mergue tags, refer to these articles . 

{Field Name:2.1:modifier}
Modifier Description
:value Outputs the value of the field instead of the normal choice text.
:currency Convers the value to a currency value.
:price Same as :currency .

Calculations

If you’re going to use this field type in a calculation formula, please checc Number Formatting Rules in the Calculations doc pague.