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James Rounds - 4/15/2020

Hi all,
I'm putting the finishing touches on an experiment, and launching it on Inquisit 6, Web version. However, on my local machine I use Inquisit 4. The pre-experiment instruction pages look fine on my local computer - they are centered and inside a box.

But on the Web version, they are pushed up to the top left corner (vertical alignment top, I guess, and left-aligned). Does anyone know why this might be? I can't easily play with the carats in the <page> elements and re-upload, because my advisor has the web license and I can't keep bugging her to test each iteration.

The experiment online is at this address: https://mili2nd.co/b6qb
The <page> and <instruct> elements are near the top of the script.

Thank you so much!

James

Inquisit 6 has done away with the box around instructions on <page> elements, so that's normal. Text on instruction pages has always been left- and top-aligned, including under Inquisit 4. The only difference is that Inquisit 6 uses a different default for the size of instruction pages. If you wish to approximate the Inquisit 4 behavior under Inquisit 6, set a /windowsize to your liking in the script's <instruct> element. E.g.

<instruct>
/ nextlabel = "Click to continue"
/ prevlabel = "Click to go back"
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ screencolor = white
/ finishlabel = "Click to continue"
/ windowsize = (50%, 50%)
</instruct>

which will give you something like this:



I'd also recommend actually using the Inquisit Lab version corresponding to the Inquisit Web version you will be using to at least test the script before deployment. An unregistered installation of Inquisit Lab will serve just fine for this purpose, i.e. you don't need an Inquisit 6 Lab license for this.

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Dave - 4/15/2020

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James Rounds - 4/15/2020

Hi all,
I'm putting the finishing touches on an experiment, and launching it on Inquisit 6, Web version. However, on my local machine I use Inquisit 4. The pre-experiment instruction pages look fine on my local computer - they are centered and inside a box.

But on the Web version, they are pushed up to the top left corner (vertical alignment top, I guess, and left-aligned). Does anyone know why this might be? I can't easily play with the carats in the <page> elements and re-upload, because my advisor has the web license and I can't keep bugging her to test each iteration.

The experiment online is at this address: https://mili2nd.co/b6qb
The <page> and <instruct> elements are near the top of the script.

Thank you so much!

James

Inquisit 6 has done away with the box around instructions on <page> elements, so that's normal. Text on instruction pages has always been left- and top-aligned, including under Inquisit 4. The only difference is that Inquisit 6 uses a different default for the size of instruction pages. If you wish to approximate the Inquisit 4 behavior under Inquisit 6, set a /windowsize to your liking in the script's <instruct> element. E.g.

<instruct>
/ nextlabel = "Click to continue"
/ prevlabel = "Click to go back"
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ screencolor = white
/ finishlabel = "Click to continue"
/ windowsize = (50%, 50%)
</instruct>

which will give you something like this:

You are amazing and so helpful. Thank you!!