Piping
Drag a question into a field
The fastest way to pipe an answer — drag the question onto the field instead of opening an editor.
Read the walkthrough
- 1. Select the later questionKeep the question cards visible beside Content. Choose the title that will use the earlier answer.
- 2. Drag the earlier question into TitleDrop the earlier question card where its answer should appear.
- 3. Check the inserted answer pillThe pill references the earlier answer. Preview the survey to check the resulting wording.
Start dragging a question
Pick it up from the canvas in either editor mode.
Watch the fields light up
Every field that accepts a pipe outlines itself the moment the drag begins. If a field does not highlight, it does not take pipes.
Drop it where you want the answer
The field you are over highlights more strongly. Drop, and the answer appears as a pill at that exact position — mid-sentence if that is where you dropped it.
The highlight tells you what is possible
Because every valid target lights up at once, a drag doubles as a map of where piping is allowed — useful the first few times you use it.
Changing what a pill inserts
Select any pill to change which part of the answer it pipes — the top-ranked item instead of the whole ranking, say, or an option's attribute instead of its label. See choosing what to pipe.
When dragging is not the right tool
Dragging inserts one answer at the drop point. For anything more — a calculation, several answers combined, a conditional phrase — use the field editor: select { } or press ⌘E.