topic Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868068#M27472 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have this exact same question. Tried the input mask but character length limitations made it impossible. Deena, did you ever figure this out?&nbsp; It seems like there should be a simple fix...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 May 2018 23:20:38 GMT LynnBerni 2018-05-02T23:20:38Z Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868064#M27468 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there any way in Survey123 to apply all caps formatting to responses without the use of the input mask or using the cap-locks on a keyboard?&nbsp; The business wants to maintain consistency with data entry and does not want mixed case for some records, upper case or all lower case for others.&nbsp; I&nbsp;know this can be addressed on the back-end, but the business&nbsp;is interested in handling this through the Survey123 UI.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:57:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868064#M27468 DeenaBowman 2017-06-14T23:57:48Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868065#M27469 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had the same problem, but I think using an input mask solves this. I cannot yet confirm that this works properly on all mobile devices, but I will be trying it on a project soon. Basically, the " &gt; " character should change inputs into uppercase.<BR /><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/364422_pastedImage_1.png" style="width: auto; height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P>Also, I found this information on MS Access helpful when formatting input masks (Similar language seems to apply to Survey123 input masks):&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Control-data-entry-formats-with-input-masks-e125997a-7791-49e5-8672-4a47832de8da" title="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Control-data-entry-formats-with-input-masks-e125997a-7791-49e5-8672-4a47832de8da">Control data entry formats with input masks - Access</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:54:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868065#M27469 deleted-user-st4HsVxccxgs 2017-07-26T14:54:19Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868066#M27470 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank for the response Jeremy.&nbsp; We tried the input mask but it has inherent limitations.&nbsp; It works great for things like phone numbers, but our users were encountering problems validating if the number of characters did not exactly match the input mask.&nbsp; Namely they wanted to use this for a free form text field for some inspection narrative.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:53:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868066#M27470 DeenaBowman 2017-07-26T16:53:23Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868067#M27471 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This page is the official reference for ESRI Input mask <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/wink.png" /></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/esricustomcolumns.htm" title="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/esricustomcolumns.htm">Esri custom columns—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:02:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868067#M27471 SMauri 2017-07-27T09:02:42Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868068#M27472 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have this exact same question. Tried the input mask but character length limitations made it impossible. Deena, did you ever figure this out?&nbsp; It seems like there should be a simple fix...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 May 2018 23:20:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868068#M27472 LynnBerni 2018-05-02T23:20:38Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868069#M27473 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Lynn,</P><P></P><P>No, we never got resolution on this one.&nbsp; The Department can use&nbsp;Pro to calculate the field to title case, but it's an extra step..</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 May 2018 23:52:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868069#M27473 DeenaBowman 2018-05-02T23:52:10Z Re: Capitalize responses without need for cap-lock or input mask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868070#M27474 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I too am running into this issue. Using an InputMask of "&gt;XXXXXXXXXXX" doens't allow for spaces, therefore "Bob Smith" becomes "BOBSMITH"...:(</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:14:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/capitalize-responses-without-need-for-cap-lock-or/m-p/868070#M27474 AndrewHargreaves2 2018-11-12T21:14:25Z