Change the Display of Errors

Note: This feature is only available in Latest Version interviews.

The default behavior for errors is to display an error icon Mandatory field warning icon. This includes errors shown for input validations as well as errors shown for unanswered mandatory fields.

To hide the error icon:

  1. On the Interview tab, click the Styles button.
  2. In the Styles dialog, click the Styling tab.
  3. In the Controls section, click the text Question Text.
  4. In the pop-up window, deselect the Error icon check box.
  5. Click OK.

To change the error icon:

  1. On the Interview tab, click the Styles button.
  2. In the Styles dialog, click the Styling tab.
  3. In the Controls section, click the text Question Text.
  4. In the pop-up window, click the image shown below the Error icon field.
  5. In the drop-down window, either:
    • Enter a URL for an image located on another server, or
    • Click Browse to locate an image stored locally, or
    • Click Clear to remove the image currently used to indicate an error.
  6. Click OK.

Tip: To change the text of the error message for input validation errors, enter a new message in the Error Message field for the attribute in the Edit Attribute dialog. For more information, see Specify Validations On Individual Inputs. To change the text of the mandatory field error message, see Built-in error text settings. The applicable setting is MissingValueError.