Using Images as the Answer Options

For all questions where radio buttons or check boxes are normally used, such as single, multi and grid questions, you can replace the normal answer option format of button/box and text with images. For example, in a Gender question, instead of using radio buttons and the texts "Male" and Female" as the answer options, you can use images of a man and a woman. Note that if other options such as "Open text" or "Drop-down list" are selected which would make the use of images illogical, then the option will not be available.

Note: Use Images in Answers will not display a scale label for grid and multi grid questions in Mobile rendering as these question types will be split up into single or multi questions. If you use "Global button images" in Survey Settings then both images and labels will be displayed on desktop rendering, and on mobile rendering only the label will be displayed (Global button images are not supported on mobile).

To use images in place of text answer options:

1. Go to the Question Details page for the question, go to the Answers tab and set the Switch Answerlist Mode to DHTML answerlist.
2. Open the Properties page for the question and go to the Advanced WI Features tab (go to Advanced WI Features for more information).

If this tab is empty then you probably have another option such as "Open text" or "Drop-down list" selected on the General tab. Deselect these options to activate the Advanced WI Features options.

3. Select the Use Images in Answers box.

Three additional columns become available in the Answers list and two additional fields appear in the Advanced WI Features tab, as shown below.

Figure 1 - Using images in answers

The three additional columns allow you to add up to three separate images for each answer option; for when the option is not selected (Default Image), for when the respondent's mouse cursor is over the image area (Hover Image), and for when the option is selected (Selected Image).

Note: If you do not wish to add URLs for Hover and/or Selected Images here, then Authoring will automatically use variations of the Default Images when the respondent hovers over or selects one of the answer options in the survey. In this case, when the user hovers their cursor over the answer option, the image will expand slightly and be given a "3D" frame. And if the option is selected then the image will be given a "selected radio button" or a "checked checkbox" depending on whether the question is a single or multi.

1. To add an image to an answer, click the ... button beside the appropriate link field (these buttons only appear in DHTML answerlist mode), or click the Choose image from File Library button in the toolbar (ringed in the image above).

The File Library screen opens in the lower part of the window (go to File Library Overview for more information).

2. Drag and drop the required image from the File Library into the appropriate field.

A link to the image is added to the field, and a thumbnail image is displayed in the area below the link field.

3. In the Advanced WI Features tab set the desired height and width for the images.
4. Save the changes.

You can go to the Preview tab to view the results.