﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Millisecond Forums » Millisecond Forums » Inquisit 6  » Record slider defaultresponse when questions appear within the same trial</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>Millisecond Forums</description><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/</link><webMaster>Millisecond Forums</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:32:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Record slider defaultresponse when questions appear within the same trial</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic30839.aspx</link><description>Hi Everyone,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please, see the below code. I am randomly choosing a different default response from my list for two sliders. How do I record this default response now? I thought about using /ontrialbegin on the surveyelement level. However, I belief it does not work, because the sliders appear within the same trial (and only vary per question). Any thoughts?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks, &lt;br/&gt;P&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[code]&amp;lt;data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ columns = (list.slider_start_position.currentvalue)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ blocks = [1=first]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block first&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1=thought_probe_1]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;surveypage thought_probe_1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ ontrialbegin = [&lt;br/&gt;]&lt;br/&gt;/ caption ="Answer the questions below based on the thoughts you just had before this screen appeared."&lt;br/&gt;/ questions = [1 = Task, Future]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=clearscreen]&lt;br/&gt;/ screencapture = false&lt;br/&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, true, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ subcaptionfontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, true, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 2.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ txcolor = black&lt;br/&gt;/ showpagenumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ showquestionnumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonsize = (15%, 5%)&lt;br/&gt;/ nextbuttonposition = (45%, 90%)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/surveypage&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;list slider_start_position&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100)&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionmode = random&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionrate = always&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/list&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Task&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts were focused on the task &lt;br/&gt;I was performing:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 20%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Future&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts involved future events:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 40%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;[/code]</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:17:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>peter.k.p</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Record slider defaultresponse when questions appear within the same trial</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic30841.aspx</link><description>&lt;blockquote data-id="30839" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1613564205343" id="if_insertedNode_1613564204746" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="30839" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="30839" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="30839" title=" "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;peter.k.p - 2/17/2021&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-30839"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin" contenteditable="true"&gt;Hi Everyone,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please, see the below code. I am randomly choosing a different default response from my list for two sliders. How do I record this default response now? I thought about using /ontrialbegin on the surveyelement level. However, I belief it does not work, because the sliders appear within the same trial (and only vary per question). Any thoughts?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks, &lt;br/&gt;P&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[code]&amp;lt;data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ columns = (list.slider_start_position.currentvalue)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ blocks = [1=first]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block first&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1=thought_probe_1]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;surveypage thought_probe_1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ ontrialbegin = [&lt;br/&gt;]&lt;br/&gt;/ caption ="Answer the questions below based on the thoughts you just had before this screen appeared."&lt;br/&gt;/ questions = [1 = Task, Future]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=clearscreen]&lt;br/&gt;/ screencapture = false&lt;br/&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, true, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ subcaptionfontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, true, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 2.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ txcolor = black&lt;br/&gt;/ showpagenumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ showquestionnumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonsize = (15%, 5%)&lt;br/&gt;/ nextbuttonposition = (45%, 90%)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/surveypage&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;list slider_start_position&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; 91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100)&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionmode = random&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionrate = always&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/list&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Task&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts were focused on the task &lt;br/&gt;I was performing:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 20%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Future&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts involved future events:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 40%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;[/code]&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="30839"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[code]&amp;lt;data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ columns = (values.task_default, values.future_default)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/data&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ blocks = [1=first]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/expt&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block first&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1=thought_probe_1]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;values&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ task_default = 0&lt;br/&gt;/ future_default = 0&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/values&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;surveypage thought_probe_1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ ontrialbegin = [&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;values.task_default = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;values.future_default = list.slider_start_position.nextvalue;&lt;br/&gt;]&lt;br/&gt;/ caption ="Answer the questions below based on the thoughts you just had before this screen appeared."&lt;br/&gt;/ questions = [1 = Task, Future]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=clearscreen]&lt;br/&gt;/ screencapture = false&lt;br/&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, true, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ subcaptionfontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, true, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 2.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ txcolor = black&lt;br/&gt;/ showpagenumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ showquestionnumbers = false&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)&lt;br/&gt;/ navigationbuttonsize = (15%, 5%)&lt;br/&gt;/ nextbuttonposition = (45%, 90%)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/surveypage&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;list slider_start_position&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,&lt;br/&gt;  11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,&lt;br/&gt;  21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,&lt;br/&gt;  31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,&lt;br/&gt;  41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,&lt;br/&gt;  51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,&lt;br/&gt;  61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,&lt;br/&gt;  71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,&lt;br/&gt;  81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,&lt;br/&gt;  91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100)&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionmode = random&lt;br/&gt;/ selectionrate = always&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/list&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Task&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts were focused on the task &lt;br/&gt;I was performing:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = values.task_default&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 20%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;slider Future&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/caption = "My thoughts involved future events:"&lt;br/&gt;/ defaultresponse = values.future_default&lt;br/&gt;/ labels=("Not at all", "Completely")&lt;br/&gt;/ range = (0, 100)&lt;br/&gt;/ increment = 1&lt;br/&gt;/ showticks = false&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (35%, 40%)&lt;br/&gt;/ required = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/slider&amp;gt;[/code]&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:17:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>