Stream: questionnaire
Topic: string vs. text as question type
Morten Ernebjerg (Jun 25 2020 at 08:59):
In Questionnaire.item.type, one can use both"string" and "text" to indicate free text, but both correspond to valueString in the answer. The documentation says the former is a "few words to short sentence" while the latter is "potentially multi-paragraph". Is the choice of one vs. the other mainly meant as a hint to the UI or does it have "hard consequences" on validity etc. - e.g. are different length restriction applied during validation of a QuestionnaireResponse?
Grahame Grieve (Jun 25 2020 at 10:23):
UI as far as I know
Brian Postlethwaite (Jun 25 2020 at 11:16):
Yes, it's a UI hint.
Brian Postlethwaite (Jun 25 2020 at 11:18):
Just like open-choice can be a string or coding, doesn't dictate how the ui should do it.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 25 2020 at 12:00):
I guess in the validator I would put a warning on a string value that contains eoln characters
Morten Ernebjerg (Jun 25 2020 at 12:49):
OK thanks! - I'll bring out item.maxLength then.
Brian Postlethwaite (Mar 24 2022 at 21:20):
Should there be some validation on the string type answers to ensure that the value does not contain \r or \n values.
Brian Postlethwaite (Mar 24 2022 at 21:21):
Also, should the open-choice be a string or text type - in validating (the \r\n stuff)
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