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"The value must be a number"-placeholder in every Text-question
I'm working on a project where I have to gather some data from our employees with a survey. I thought of firing up a survey with Microsoft Forms, but I'm getting these bad vibes already while taking the first steps.
1st screenshot:
When adding a new Text-question, I of course assume that I'm now creating a question which accepts a String. You know, an array of characters.
2nd screenshot:
Then why is the placeholder-text for the answer-textbox "The value must be a number"?
EDIT: Oh god, this rich text message editor is a PITA 😄
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Daniel Ahrari, I noticed this happening when you set restrictions the type of field turns into a number field. Even if you then remove the restrictions the type of field remains a number
- Hi Pieter.
Thank you for the quick response! Yeah, I noticed that too. If you even once make a question restricted to numbers, every question created after that will have the "The value must be a number" placeholder text.I encountered the same problem and contacted MS Support via Chat, who told me to call Pro Support. Hmm not very helpful, considering I am not in the US.
Anyway, I had a thought and it worked. I was using Chrome to amend the Form (it never wants to open in Firefox!) and thought I would try it in IE. I opened the Form in IE, re-added and removed the Restriction, and the text changed to "Enter your answer". I checked in Chrome and it's actually worked. Go figure.
