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Sorry, no idea offhand. That clearing the screen does not make that artifact go away is weird. I'll let you know if I can figure something out, but right now I'm a bit stumped. :(

ok, so i followed your advice but i still get the same issue. sharing my code below. any help would be much appreciated. thank you!

<survey demographics>
/ pages = [1 = demographics1; 2= demographics2; 3=demographics3]
/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemspacing = 2%
/ showpagenumbers = false
</survey>

<textbox age>
/ caption = "What is your age?"
/ mask = positiveinteger
/ range = (16, 99)
</textbox>

<dropdown sex>
/ caption = "What is your biological sex?"
/ options = ("female", "male", "other")
/ optionvalues = ("0", "1", "2")
</dropdown>

<dropdown sexualorientation>
/ caption = "How would you identify your sexual orientation?"
/ options = ("Exclusively Heterosexual", "Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual", "Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual", "Equally heterosexual and homosexual", "Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual", "Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual", "Exclusively homosexual", "Other")
/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8")
</dropdown>

<checkboxes race>
/ caption = "What is your racial/ethnic identity? Please check all that apply."
/ options = ("White", "Hispanic/Latino", "Black/African American", "Asian", "Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander", "American Indian/Alaska Native")
/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7")
/ other = "Other"
</checkboxes>

<textbox knownlength>
/ caption = "For approximately how long IN MONTHS have you known your current romantic partner?"
/ mask = positiveinteger
/ range = (0, 999)
</textbox>

<textbox togetherlength>
/ caption = "For approximately how long IN MONTHS have you been together with your current romantic partner?"
/ mask = positiveinteger
/ range = (0, 999)
</textbox>

<dropdown relationshiptype>
/ caption = "How would you define your relationship with your current partner?"
/ options = ("friends with benefits", "casually dating this person and others", "casually dating only this person", "seriously dating this person", "engaged", "living together", "married")
/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7")
</dropdown>

<surveypage demographics1>
/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions."
/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=age; 2=sex]
</surveypage>

<surveypage demographics2>
/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions (continued)."
/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=sexualorientation; 2=race]
</surveypage>

<surveypage demographics3>
/ caption = "Please answer the following questions regarding your current romantic relationship."
/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=knownlength; 2=togetherlength; 3=relationshiptype]
/ stimulusframes = [1=clearscreen]
</surveypage>

i just want to say that you're awesome. i have been using Inquisit for about 10 years now and since I discovered the forum, things have been never difficult because you're always here to provide an answer, Dave. you're the best. 

In whatever trial or surveypage that follows the page containing the textboxes, do

/stimulusframes = [1=clearscreen]

how do you do that? how do you perform a clearscreen? is there a code for that?

Try performing a clearscreen after the surveypage containing the textbox.