Show more than one singe grid in the same page

Challenge

In order to save time clicking Next
As a questionnaire creator
I want to show more than one single grid questions in the same page

Example

Solution

Create a page question to put the grid questions on

Set grid questions to dummy questions

Add javascript to the page question

NOTICE: different languages have different texts, remember to add scripts for each language with corresponding texts

Code

There are 2 parts of script:

• Common script for creating an HTML table for each single grid question: this part should be left unchanged, and could be added to either questionnaire's script property or the page question's script property. It is recommended to put in questionnaire's property so that it can be shared among different questions.

function SingleGrid(q)
{
   this.text = q.text;
   this.label = "QUESTION." + q.label;
   this.shortLabel = q.label;
   this.subQuestions = q.subQuestions;
   this.aoValues = q.aoValues;
   this.aoTexts = q.aoTexts;
   this.selectedValues = q.selectedValues;
}

SingleGrid.prototype.getHTML = function()
{   
   var outerTable = $("<table>").addClass("grid_outer");
   
   //question text
   outerTable.append($("<tr>")
      .append($("<td id='grid_question_text'>").append($("<p>").text(this.text)))
   );
   
   //inner table
   var innerTable = $("<table>").addClass("grid_inner");   
   outerTable.append($("<tr>").append($("<td>").append(innerTable)));
   
   //answer option header
   var aoheader = $("<tr>");
   aoheader.append($("<td>").addClass("grid_empty_cell"));
   
   var i;
   var n = this.aoTexts.length;
   for(i=0;i<n;i++)
   {
      aoheader.append($("<td id='grid_answeroption_text_"+ (i+1) +"'>").addClass("grid_answeroption_text").text(this.aoTexts[i]));
   }
   
   innerTable.append(aoheader);
   
   //sub questions
   n = this.subQuestions.length;
   
   var tr;   
   
   for(i=0; i<n; i++)
   {     
      tr = this.createRow(i);
      innerTable.append(tr);
      outerTable.append($("<input type='hidden'>").attr("name", this.label + "." + i).val(this.selectedValues[i]));
   }
   
   return outerTable;   
}

SingleGrid.prototype.createRow = function(i)
{
   var even;
   if (i %2 == 0)
      even = "even";
   else
      even = "odd";
      
   var tr = $("<tr>");
   tr.append($("<td id='grid_subquestion_text_"+(i+1) + "'>").addClass("grid_subquestion_text grid_subquestion_"+even).text(this.subQuestions[i]));
   
   for(j=0; j<this.aoValues.length;j++)
   {      
      tr.append(this.createCell(i,j));      
   }
   return tr;
}

SingleGrid.prototype.createCell = function(sIndex, aoIndex)
{
   var even;
   if (sIndex %2==0)
      even = "even";
   else
      even = "odd";
   
   var ao = this.aoValues[aoIndex];
   var name = this.label + "." + sIndex;
   
   var checked = "";
   if (ao == this.selectedValues[sIndex])
      checked = "checked";
   
   var result = $("<td>")
      .addClass("grid_subquestion_" + even)
      .attr("align", "center").attr("valign", "center")            
      .append(
         $("<input type='radio' name='"+this.shortLabel + "." + sIndex + "' value='"+ ao +"' onclick='javascript:optClick(\""+name +"\", "+ ao +");'"+checked +">") 
      );
   
   return result;
}

SingleGrid.prototype.validate = function()
{
   var i,n;
   n = this.subQuestions.length;
   var b = true;
   for(i=0; i<n; i++)
   {
      if ($("input[name='"+this.label+"." + i + "']").val() == "")
      {
         b = false;
         showError(quest.requiredtext.replace(".", ": ") + this.subQuestions[i]);
      }
   }
   return b;
}

function showError(e)
{
   ErrorMessages.getInstance().showErrorMessage(e);
}

function optClick(name, value)
{
   $("input:hidden[name='"+name +"']").val(value);
}

• The second script part needs to be modified by the questionnaire creator to fit the real questionnaire. It must be added to the page question's javascript.

var qH1;
var qH2;
var qH3;

quest.onInit = function()
{
   //------CONFIGURATION PART---------------
   // Instead of delcaring the param like below, we can use JSON
   var q1 = {
      'label': 'Q1',//question's label
      'text':'Q1',//question's text
      'subQuestions': ['Q1 - 1', 'Q1 - 2'],//sub questions' texts
      'aoTexts': ['AO1', 'AO2'],//answer options' texts
      'aoValues': [1,2],//answer options' values
      'selectedValues':["{{Q1[0].Value}}", "{{Q1[1].Value}}"]//previously selected value, please remember to use EXACT texts, do not use loops to generate values
   };      
   
   var q2 = {
      'label': 'Q2',
      'text':'Q2',
      'subQuestions': ['Q2 - 1', 'Q2 - 2', 'Q2 - 3'],
      'aoTexts': ['AO1', 'AO2'],
      'aoValues': [1,2],
      'selectedValues':["{{Q2[0].Value}}", "{{Q2[1].Value}}", "{{Q2[2].Value}}"]
   };      
   
   var q3 = {
      'label': 'Q3',
      'text':'Q3',
      'subQuestions': ['Q3 - 1', 'Q3 - 2'],
      'aoTexts': ['AO1', 'AO2', 'AO3'],
      'aoValues': [1,2,3],
      'selectedValues':["{{Q3[0].Value}}", "{{Q3[1].Value}}"]
   };  
   //---------------------------------------------

   //create wrapper object for grid questions so that we can get HTML out
   qH1 = new SingleGrid(q1);
   qH2 = new SingleGrid(q2);   
   qH3 = new SingleGrid(q3);
   
   var table = $("<table cellspacing='10'>");
   
   var tr = $("<tr>");
   tr.append($("<td>").append(qH1.getHTML()));
   table.append(tr);
   
   tr = $("<tr>");
   tr.append($("<td>").append(qH2.getHTML()));
   table.append(tr);
   
   tr = $("<tr>");
   tr.append($("<td>").append(qH3.getHTML()));
   table.append(tr);
   
   $("#page_question_text").append(table);   
   $(".grid_outer").width("100%");
}

//Check if all questions have values
questioncheck = function()
{
   ErrorMessages.getInstance().clearErrorMessages();
   return qH1.validate() && qH2.validate() && qH3.validate();
}

Code sample

Open the qnaire "Js demo - some js samples" (Resource Id: 159684). View the Question "ShowSingleGridInPage"