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Enable respondents to comment on their answers

Give your respondents an open space to give further feedback. A perfect solution for 'other' answer selection!

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Written by Agnieszka
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Use Comment fields to ask respondents for more details when they select a certain response. 

Enable the comment box under certain answers to collect more customized responses and valuable feedback.

🚀 In this article, you will learn how to set it up for various question types.

How to enable comment fields?

Add comment fields to answer choices

Adding a comment field to answer choices is possible in Email or Shareable link, Mobile app, and in Website or in-product surveys.

In Matrix, Single and Multiple-answer selection questions, click the speech bubble icon next to the answer you would like to collect more information about to Add a comment field to this answer.

Optionally, you can also set up a Comment title for this question. This is the text that will be visible to respondents who see the Comment field. With this option, you can ask a question or give respondents some context of what you would like them to answer in the comment.

For Website or in-product survey:

For Email or Shareable link survey:

Add a comment field to a question

Adding a comment field to questions is possible in Email or Shareable link and in Website or in-product surveys.

You can enable a Comment field by clicking the Add comment option in the following question types:

  • Rating

  • Smiley scale

  • Dropdown

  • NPS®

  • Ranking

  • Date

Optionally, you can also add a title to the comment field.

❗️ In those question types, the comment field will be displayed regardless of the answer choice a respondent selects.

Here's how it looks for an Email or Shareable link survey:

And for Website or in-product survey:

💡 In all question types, the comment fields are required by default for respondents to fill in, but you can disable it in the question Settings:

❗️Comment fields are not sent to integrated tools. If you need to map comments in Integration, please use logic settings and text answers instead.

Best Practices

Add open-ended followups with logic settings

If you are using a different question type and would like to know more about provided feedback, use logic settings to let the users specify what they have in mind.

Use the perfect question type to suit your goal

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