Design Studio

Customize the appearance of surveys using Design Studio

Select Settings > Design Studio to view and edit settings to customize the appearance of your survey using the Design Studio.

Design Studio.

Any changes you make can be viewed in real time via the live appearance preview on the right. Toggle between the desktop or mobile icons based on your survey interface and adjust the Dimensions and Zoom options as necessary.

Important: Existing surveys using the legacy survey interface and appearance settings prior to the release of Design Studio will not automatically be upgraded to the new survey interface. These surveys will only be upgraded to the new survey interface if you make changes in Design Studio and click Save. A message appears notifying you that you the survey will be upgraded and that changes cannot be undone once you click Save.

Design Studio live preview feature.

Click Preview in the top right corner of the page to run through your survey questions from beginning to end. You can also test your survey.

Themes

See Theme Manager for details on the Theme Manager.

Logo Settings

Click Browse to upload a custom image, then add alt text and set alignment. Adjust width and add margins. Then click Save Changes at the bottom of the design panel.

Logo Settings.

Color Settings

Set specific colors for your surveys. For each option, click the Edit toggle to the right of the color field for advanced options.

  • Primary Color — The primary color used in backgrounds, buttons, and other elements on your surveys. The Primary Color can be your brand color.

  • Page Color — The main content background color used in your surveys. The Page Color is different from the layout background, which appears behind the page.

Click Show More for additional options, described below.

Color Settings.

For Progress Bar Color, Header Color, and Background Color, select Custom, then click the Edit toggle to generate a custom color.

  • Progress Bar Color — This overrides the progress bar color. By default, it is derived from the Primary Color (see above). The color is automatically adjusted to meet a 3:1 contrast minimum against the surface beneath the bar (header, background, or page).

  • Header Color — Optional background color for the header area at the top of surveys. Defaults to transparent glass effect.

  • Background Color — The layout background color that appears behind survey pages. If you are using a background image, this color will show through where the background image is transparent. If you select the Borderless option for Page Layout in Appearance Settings, this setting will be overwritten by the page background.

  • Negative Color — Base color for error messages and destructive actions.

  • Positive Color — Base color for success states, such as success messages and completed progress.

Additional Color Settings.

Click Save Changes at the bottom of the design panel when you are done customizing your survey's appearance.

Typography Settings

Configure the font, text color, and style of your survey text. Make a selection from the Base Font dropdown or click the Edit toggle to enter a customized font or to paste embed code from Google Fonts or other font providers.

Expand the sections in Text Styles to override Color, Relative Size, and Weight of text in the respective sections of your survey. Select the Uppercase box to use uppercase letters.

Then click Save Changes at the bottom of the design panel.

Typography Settings.

Background Settings

Click Browse to upload an an image to show around the survey questions. Then click Save Changes at the bottom of the design panel.

Background Settings.

Appearance Settings

Customize your survey's layout using the available settings or custom CSS.

  • Page Layout — Select from Modal, Borderless, or Blocks. This is how the survey will look to respondents.

  • User Interface Visibility — Select options to show a progress bar, question numbers, or dividers between survey sections. Dividers do not appear if you select Blocks in Page Layout.

  • Content Alignment — Select either left or center alignment.

  • Header Behavior — Select how the header will behave and appear to respondents.

  • Footer Behavior — Select how the header will behave and appear to respondents.

  • Page Transition Style — Select the style for how different pages of the survey will behave when respondents transition from one page to the next.

Appearance Settings.

Use the sliders or enter specific values to configure the following:

  • Page Shadow Depth — Shadow depth for each survey page.

  • Roundless (base) — The roundness of the border for individual survey sections on pages. Does not apply if you select Borderless in Page Layout.

  • Button Roundness — The roundness for the buttons on survey pages.

  • Natural Page Width — The width of individual survey sections on pages.

  • Horizontal Spacing — The horizontal spacing of the text in individual survey sections on pages. Changing this value automatically adjusts Vertical Spacing.

  • Vertical Spacing — The vertical spacing of the text in individual survey sections on pages. Changing this value automatically adjusts Horizontal Spacing.

Appearance Settings slidebars.

Use CSS to customize your surveys.

Appearance Settings Custom CSS.

Click Save Changes at the bottom of the design panel when you are done customizing your survey's appearance.