orientation attribute

Member of

<sliderTrial> <survey> <checkboxes> <dropdown> <image> <listbox> <radioButtons> <slider> <textbox> <surveyPage>

Syntax

/ orientation = layout

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
layout	orientationenum	Value Description horizontal Response options are laid out horizontally. horizontalEqual Response options are laid out horizontally and equally spaced. vertical Response options are laid out veriticially.

Remarks

Survey items that are layed out horizontally conserve vertical space, allowing more items to fit on a survey page. Vertical layout conserves horizontal space, which allows more text to be displayed in captions and options without wrapping. The default value is vertical.

Examples

The following shows a radioButton survey item in horizontal layout:

<radioButton ratingquestion>
/ caption = "How do you feel about icecream?"
/ options=["excellent", "good", "satisfactory", "bad", "awful"]
/ orientation=horizontal
</radioButton>