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A single line of text question is used when you want the user to add text without any line breaks. Single line of text question configuration Question title: each question must have a title. It’s a required field and will appear on the form as a label when the user fills in the question. Question code: each question needs a unique code. One is generated by default when you start creating a new question, but you can overwrite this and give it a different code if you prefer. The question code won’t appear on the form itself, but you can use it to search for and filter questions when adding them. Question type: single line of text. Required: you need to specify whether the question is required or not. If you set a question as required, the user must provide an answer to it on the form to be able to submit the form. However, the user can save as a draft without answering all required questions. If you try to submit a form without answering all required questions, an error message will appear showing a list of questions that haven’t been answered. Question description: entering a description is optional. The description is used as a tooltip on the form and adds an exclamation point beside the question on the form. If the user clicks on the exclamation point, the description (tooltip) will appear. Publish question as list field: check this box to save the question to the SharePoint forms list. This allows you to report on the question from there. Max length: this is the number of characters the user is allowed to enter on the form. The maximum number of characters you can set is 255. You can enter a lower number, but if you enter a number higher than 255, the system will change this to 255. Textbox width: set the width of the text box here. The value must be entered in pixels (px). Default value: if you want text to appear in the answer box by default, enter it here. You won’t be able to enter more characters than the max length set above. Place title on top: check this option to display the question’s title above the input field. If you uncheck this option, the title appears to the left of the input field, as normal. Render, but hide question on form: if you check this option, the question will behave as shown by default (default value, publishing and calculation will apply). However, the question will not be displayed on the form. Once you’ve entered all relevant information, click save. If you don’t want to save the question or the changes you’ve made, simply click close.