Survey CSS snippets

Use your own CSS to customize the look of your surveys to match your branding and design needs. By adding custom CSS, you have total control over every aspect of the survey style. You can add you CSS on the survey appearance page which you can find in each survey via Settings > Appearance.

The custom CSS can also be saved in themes and reused across multiple surveys.

The example CSS snippets below can be used directly in your survey, or you can use them as a starting point for your own cool survey designs. If you want to have a specific design but you don't have any knowledge or CSS or do not have the time, you can contact our design team to provide you with a price quote for a custom design.

See this link for more information on CSS. The following sections contain survey CSS examples.

Custom CSS webfont

You can use custom fonts in your survey by using Google Webfonts.

Go to Google Fonts and find the font that you want to use.
Select the font by clicking the + sign, next a black box will appear on the bottom of the page.
Click the black box, to open the drawer.
Copy the CSS code @import url('https://fon….
Paste the @import code on the first line, before all other CSS code in your survey

In the example below we used the Raleway webfont.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway&display=swap');

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway&display=swap');
body,
p,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
.heading-table,
.greeting,
div.greeting,
.button,
.ladda-button,
th.question,
td.question,
table,
.nps input,
input,
input,
textarea,
select,
button,
.matrixTable .sub-question,
th.subquestion, td.matrix_ratingpoints,
.response,
.radio label,
.checkbox label,
.ratingscale .innerCell,
.systemText.previewWarning,
.greeting {
font-family: 'Raleway', Arial, sans-serif;}

Hiding radio buttons

The CSS snippet below will hide the radio buttons and/or checkboxes in your survey.

/*This hides the radio button*/
.radio input[type="radio"]{
display: none;
}

/*This hides the checkbox*/
.checkbox input[type="checkbox"]{
display: none;
}

Customizing the text of the Next button

The CSS snippet below will modify the text of your survey's "next" button. The same principle can be used to change the text of the 'Previous' or 'Finish' button.

We added some comments in the snippet that explains how to target specific survey languages in your survey.

/* Remove the current displayed text in each language */

button.button.ladda-button.nextButton {
color: transparent; 
position: relative;

}

/* Display a new text on the button, the code below, targets every available language of the survey, read the info below, if you want to target a specific survey language*/

button.button.ladda-button.nextButton:before {
content: 'Bevestig';
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
    
}

/* INFO */

/*target text button in English - use the css selector below to target specific language, if not used, the text will be the same in each language :lang ([language code])> Depending the text that needs to be displayed, play*/

/*around with the padding, to assure the text is aligned properly in the middle of the button*/

/*END INFO */

:lang(en)>button.button.ladda-button.nextButton:before {
content: 'Confirm';
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
}

/* target button on specific survey page*/

/*use : .page-xx */

/*The example below shows you how to target the next button on page 8 of your survey. */

/*Keep in mind to update the css if pages are added in your survey (this way you can target any element on a specific page:.page-8 button.button.ladda-button.nextButton { color: transparent;}*/

Customizing the text of the Finish button

The CSS snippet below will allow you to change the text of your surveys finish button. In the example below, we replaced the Finish text with Confirm your vote.

button.button.ladda-button.finishButton.nextButton:before {
    content: 'Confirm your registration';
    color: black;
    position: absolute;
}

button.button.ladda-button.finishButton.nextButton {
    position: relative;
    color: transparent;
}

The following CSS snippet will modify the text of the buttons on the sign-in page.


.btn-group-lg>.btn,
.btn-lg {
color: transparent !important;
position: relative;
}

button.button.startButton.btn-lg:before {
content: 'Start';
color: #FFF;
position: absolute;
}

/* INFO */

/*target text button in English - use the css selector below to target specific language, if not used, the text will be the same in each language :lang ([language code])> Depending the text that needs to be displayed, play*/

:lang(nl)>button.button.startButton.btn-lg:before {
    content: 'Begin';
    color: #FFF;
    position:absolute;
}
/*END INFO */

Changing the handle slider question type

The CSS snipped shows that you can change the Slider's handle by another icon.

The icon we used in this example, is a heart icon.

Upload the image that you want to use in your media library.
Resize the icon in your media library using the resize tool:
Double click the image to get the full image URL.

.rangeslider__handle {
    background-image: url(URL TO FILE IN MEDIA LIBRARY ) !important;
    background-size: 100% !important;
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, .1));
    -moz-box-shadow: 0;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    -moz-border-radius: 50%;
    -webkit-border-radius: 0%;
    border-radius: 0;
}

.rangeslider__horizontal {
    height: 4px;
    width: 100%;
}

.rangeslider {
    background: #000000;
    position: relative;
    height: 3px;
}

.rangeslider__filled {
    background: #000000;
    height: 10px !important;
}

.rangeslider__fill {
    -webkit-border-radius: 0 !important;
    border-radius: 0 !important;
}

.rangeslider__handle {
    background: none;
    border: none;
    top: -15px !important;
}

Displaying a full-width progress bar at top of survey

Show a full width progress bar over the full width of your survey.

The color of the progress bar can be set in the Progress bar tab of your surveys appearance.

/*Progressbar*/

.progressWrapper {
    position: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
}

.progress {
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    height: 10px;
    margin-top: 0;
}

.progress-text {
    display: none;
}

By default, de selected banner will be displayed at the width in pixels of your survey. The CSS snippet will show the banner across the entire width and top of the survey.

/*add full width banner with logo to your survey*/
/*the banner image can be set in the survey appearance > Banner tab*/

.banner div.center,
.banner h1.center {
    border-radius: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-content: center;
    margin: 0 auto;
    background: #000;
    padding-top: 20px
}

.banner div.center img,
.banner h1.center img {
    padding-bottom: 10px
}

.pageWrapper {
    /* Margin to ensure that the survey is not under the banner */
    margin-top: 5rem;
    /* Margin to ensure that the survey is not under the footer */
    margin-bottom: 5rem;
}
/*add full widht footer with logo to your survey*/

.footer:after {
    position: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 4rem;
    background-color: #000;
    left: 0;
    background-image: url(URL TO LOGO MEDIA LIBRARY);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 4rem;
    background-position: center;
    content: '';
    color: transparent
}

Customizing message text for blank questions

When the respondent forgets to answer a question, he will be notified by a message 'you forgot to answer a question'. When you have the need to personalize this, you can do this using some custom CSS.

/* removes the current message */
#messageBar span {
color: transparent !important;
position: relative;
}

/* inject a new message to show to the respondent */
#messageBar:after {
 content: 'Oops, you forgot to answer a question';
 color: #76640f;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 120%;
}

If your survey has more than one language, place this front of the styles: ':lang(en)>'. Repeat for each language, replacing 'en' by the correct language code. For example:

/* removes the current message that is displayed for the English language */
:lang(en)> #messageBar span {
color: transparent !important;
position: relative;
}

Hiding scale values above matrix columns

The CSS snippet below will allow you to hide the scale value above matrix question columns.

.matrixTable thead th span, .matrix thead th span {
    display:none;
}

Centering report title in PDF

The CSS snippet below will make sure your report title is centered inside the PDF or when printing.

@media print {
  .headerLeft h1 {
     text-align: center !important;
  }
}

To apply this snippet in your report, open the report for editing, open the main menu, choose Style and scroll down to Custom CSS.

Customizing the color of thank-you pages

Use the CSS code below to change the colors of the thank you pages. There are two kinds of thank-you pages: The normal one and the alternate thank-you page. In this example, we set the normal thank-you page to green with white text and the alternate thank-you page to red with white text.

body.thank-you-page,
body.thank-you-page h1,
body.thank-you-page h2,
body.thank-you-page h3,
body.thank-you-page h4,
body.thank-you-page a,
body.thank-you-page .pageWrapper,
body.thank-you-page div.greeting {
    background: #66C96A;
    color: #fff
}

body.thank-you-page.alternate,
body.thank-you-page.alternate h1,
body.thank-you-page.alternate h2,
body.thank-you-page.alternate h3,
body.thank-you-page.alternate h4,
body.thank-you-page.alternate a,
body.thank-you-page.alternate .pageWrapper,
body.thank-you-page.alternate div.greeting {
    background: #FF5D50;
    color: #fff
}

Customizing the width of columns in matrix questions

Use the CSS below to alter the width of the first column of your matrix question.

.matrixTable .firstColumn {
    width: 80%;
}

Use the CSS below to change the width of the second and last column in the matrix question so the label fits the cells.

/*Optional word break. To prevent overflow, word may be broken at arbitrary points */
.matrixTable {
    overflow-wrap: break-word;
}
/*Change the width of the second and 12th column in a matrix question*/
.matrixTable th.matrixCol12:nth-child(2) {
    width: 10%;
}

.matrixTable th.matrixCol12:nth-child(12) {
    width: 10%;
}

Hiding the Next button on a specific page

To hide the next button on a specific page, use this:

.page-2 .nextButton {
visibility: hidden !important;
}

Here we are hiding it on page 2. To hide it on a different page, just change the '2' to the correct page number.

Hiding Next button until end of video

To hide the next button until the respondent has fully viewed an embedded video, use the class disableNextTillEndVideo in the embed code you are using. Use this in a text / media element in your survey.

Example:

<div class="videoContainer"> <div class="videoWrapper"> <iframe id="YTPlayer" class="disableNextTillEndVideo" src="URL_TO_VIDEO" frameborder="0" ></iframe> </div> </div> </div>

Depending on the requirements you might want to hide the controls from a video to prevent the respondent fast forwarding the video. When the video file is imported in your media library, you are able to hide the controls using CSS. Adding the CSS snippet below to your custom CSS will hide the video controls:

.jw-controlbar {
display: none !important;
}

In video platforms like YouTube, you can use the inline function 'controls=0' in the embed code to hide the video controls. See here for more information.

Adding a color scale NPS question

Use the CSS below to add a color scale to your NPS question:

.nps td:nth-child(1) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}

.nps td:nth-child(1) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(1) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}

.nps td:nth-child(2) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(2) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(2) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(3) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(3) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(3) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(4) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(4) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(4) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(5) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(5) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(5) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(6) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(6) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(6) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(7) div {
background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(7) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(7) div.selected:hover {
background: red;
}
.nps td:nth-child(8) div {
background-color: rgb(255 165 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(8) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(8) div.selected:hover {
background: orange;
}
.nps td:nth-child(9) div {
background-color: rgb(255 165 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(9) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(0) div.selected:hover {
background: orange;
}
.nps td:nth-child(10) div {
background-color: rgb(0 128 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(10) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(10) div.selected:hover {
background: green;
}
.nps td:nth-child(11) div {
background-color: rgb(0 128 0 / 30%);
}
.nps td:nth-child(11) div.selected,
.nps td:nth-child(11) div.selected:hover {
background: green;
}

Changing the appearance of a survey radio button and/or checkbox

Use the CSS snippet below as a starting point to change the appearance of a survey radio button and/or checkbox. The CSS snippet will change the default appearance of a bordered icon where, when selected, the inside of the radio button or checkbox will be colored. The CSS snippet will also change the appearance of the matrix questions (single and multi select).

//*Change look of matrix radio and checkbox*/
/*matrix radio*/.matrixTable .response input[type=radio] {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 1.1rem;
    height: 1.1rem;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 2px solid #5a5a5a;
    background: #ffffff;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    -o-transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out, -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
}

.matrixTable .selected input[type=radio] {
    background: #3f50bf;
    border: 2px solid #3f50bf;
    color: #3f50bf;
}

.radioSelected,.radioSelected:hover,.checkboxSelected,.checkboxSelected:hover,.matrixTable .selected {
    background: #ffffff !important;
    color: #3f50bf;
}
/*matrix checkbox*/.matrixTable .response input[type=checkbox] {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 1.1rem;
    height: 1.1rem;
    border-radius: 0%;
    border: 2px solid #5a5a5a;
    background: #ffffff;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    -o-transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
    transition: box-shadow 250ms ease-out, -webkit-box-shadow 250ms ease-out;
}

.matrixTable .selected input[type=checkbox] {
    background: #3f50bf;
    border: 2px solid #3f50bf;
    color: #3f50bf;
}

.radioSelected,.radioSelected:hover,.checkboxSelected,.checkboxSelected:hover,.matrixTable .selected {
    background: #ffffff !important;
    color: #3f50bf !important;
}

.checkbox input[type=checkbox],.radio input[type=radio] {
    opacity: 0;
    padding-left: 0px;
}

.radio :hover input[type=radio],.checkbox :hover input[type=checkbox] {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
}

.radio label,.checkbox label {
    color: #333;
}

[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span,[type="radio"]:checked+span {
    position: relative;
    padding-left: 35px;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 25px;
    line-height: 28px;
    font-size: 1rem;
}

[type="radio"]+span:before,[type="radio"]+span:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    z-index: 0;
    margin: 4px;
}

[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span:after,[type="radio"]:checked+span:before,[type="radio"]:checked+span:after,[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:before,[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    border-radius: 50%;
}

[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span:after {
    border: 2px solid #5a5a5a;
}

[type="radio"]:not(:checked)+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(0);
    transform: scale(0);
}

[type="radio"]:checked+span:before {
    border: 2px solid transparent;
}

[type="radio"]:checked+span:after,[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:before,[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    border: 2px solid #3f50bf;
}

[type="radio"]:checked+span:after,[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    background-color: #3f50bf;
}

[type="radio"]:checked+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.02);
    transform: scale(1.02);
}

[type="radio"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.5);
    transform: scale(0.5);
}

[type="radio"].tabbed:focus+span:before {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

[type="radio"].with-gap:disabled:checked+span:before {
    border: 2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="radio"]:disabled:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="radio"]:disabled:checked+span:before {
    background-color: transparent;
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="radio"]:disabled+span {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="radio"]:disabled:not(:checked)+span:before {
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="radio"]:disabled:checked+span:after {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
    border-color: #5a5a5a;
}

[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span,[type="checkbox"]:checked+span {
    position: relative;
    padding-left: 35px;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 25px;
    line-height: 28px;
    font-size: 1rem;
    -webkit-transition: .28s ease;
    transition: .28s ease;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -ms-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
}

[type="checkbox"]+span:before,[type="checkbox"]+span:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    z-index: 0;
    -webkit-transition: .28s ease;
    transition: .28s ease;
    margin: 4px;
}

[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span:after,[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:before,[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:after,[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:before,[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    border-radius: 1%;
}

[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span:after {
    border: 2px solid #5a5a5a;
}

[type="checkbox"]:not(:checked)+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(0);
    transform: scale(0);
}

[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:before {
    border: 2px solid transparent;
}

[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:after,[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:before,[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    border: 2px solid #3f50bf;
}

[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:after,[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    background-color: #3f50bf;
}

[type="checkbox"]:checked+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.02);
    transform: scale(1.02);
}

[type="checkbox"].with-gap:checked+span:after {
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.5);
    transform: scale(0.5);
}

[type="checkbox"].tabbed:focus+span:before {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

[type="checkbox"].with-gap:disabled:checked+span:before {
    border: 2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="checkbox"]:disabled:not(:checked)+span:before,[type="checkbox"]:disabled:checked+span:before {
    background-color: transparent;
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="checkbox"]:disabled+span {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="checkbox"]:disabled:not(:checked)+span:before {
    border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

[type="checkbox"]:disabled:checked+span:after {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
    border-color: #3f50bf;
}

More information about the NPS question can be found as follows: