Survey123 Select One Overlaps with Relevant Question

[JoelRogers]

Survey123 Connect Version 3.22.49

Edge Version 133.0.3065.92 (Official build) (64-bit)

I am building a simple survey using Connect and a select_one is partially overlapping a relevant question directly below it on the survey when viewed in the browser. Is there a work around for this or is this a bug?

And no, I am not switching to Chrome because my entire agency uses Edge.

Here is the syntax for both questions in xlsx:

type	name	label	relevant
select_one years	future	8. How long into the future do you estimate the Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant will positively impact your program?
text	other_future	If other, please elaborate.	selected(${future},'Other')

Here is the "choices" tab for the survey:

list_name	name	label
years	Less_than_1_year	Less than 1 year
years	1_3_years	1-3 years
years	4_6_years	4-6 years
years	7_9_years	7-9 years
years	10_years	10 + years
years	Other	Other

Here is the result in the browser when "Other" is selected. It obscures the text "If other, please elaborate.":

[abureaux]

I am not switching to Chrome because my entire agency uses Edge.

They are the same thing now, so using Chrome is pointless. Edge is now "Chromium Edge" and is built using the Chrome engine. You'd need to swap to Firefox to get a truly different (and better!) browser.

As for the bug... that is a new one. I have a couple set up similar, but don't see overlapping. Have you brought this to the attention of Esri support so they can log a bug?

EDIT: actually, can you provide the XLSX? If so, I can try to see if I can recreate. There may be something in the XLSX causing this. Though I'm not sure what it would be off-hand.

[JoelRogers]

That is good to know about the browser.

I have not brought this up in a support ticket yet. I wanted to rule out that it was not a simple fix before I submitted the ticket.

Here is the xlsx for testing.

[abureaux · Accepted solution]

Thanks.

I loaded it into my environment and saw the same behaviour. This is definitely a bug. I would bring up with Esri support so they can fix it.

As for a short-term solution, you can add a note with an empty tag:

There is a little more space than normal between the select_multiple question and the "If other..." question, but it looks better than the alternative I think.

[JoelRogers]

Sounds good. I will submit the ticket and use your work around in the meantime. Thanks.

[JoelRogers]

Update after submitting a ticket:

This has been logged as BUG-000174949

Here are the suggested work arounds:

• Change the relevant condition from selected(${question},'other') to ${question}='Other'
  
• Add the condition in the body::esri:visible column instead of the relevant column
  
• Change the choice name from Other to something else such as Other_choice
  
• Set the appearance for the select_one question as compact-1. This will display the question as the same as without any appearance.
• Add a blank/hidden question between the select_one and relevant question