The default must be "Use default" no ? Then you can create 10 survey showing group (default) and after hide group for the 10 surveys ?

I do not want to adjust settings of existing surveys by making a change at the Global Settings, that is risky. I only want the default setting for new surveys to be based on the current Global Settings.

is still a problem in LS3?

Yes, this is partially still an issue at LS 3.9, see new screenshot.

@LouisGac, it is actually worse: I just noticed that if showing question code/number is turned in at survey level but turned off at global settings, the code/number is NOT shown. It looks like a global setting is overruling a local setting at survey runtime. That as pretty bad!

@LouisGac
@DenisChenu
Can you confirm that at the latest 3.12 version the group description doesn't show up anymore even though it is set to display at the survey settings?

I can confirm that we're going very soon to rewrite all of it to make it recursive (with "inherit" values)

Group infos are also not working for me in the latest version, is there a way to display them again, maybe via settings?

I can confirm BUT : it was this behaviour since a long time , admin can force one of option OR allow survey admin to choose.

If you want a default + allow admin choose : you need 2 option

• One for "default option"
• One checkbox : "Allow admin to update default"

In 2.6lts : this part are shown as disabled is admin set it in global.

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I agree with denis.
For now, we keep it the way it was working.
THen, very soon, we'll implement a recursive approach.

Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=27467

Issue is fixed.
New survey is getting settings from global settings.
If global settings are set, they are overriding survey level settings.
Also, survey settings are preserved when switching global settings on and off.

@dominikvitt: This behavior "If global settings are set, they are overriding survey level settings." is probably not the inteneded behavior. The global settings should be used to pre-set the survey settings. The should never overrule local settings because otherwise the common survey admin will not be able to apply their own settings.
Please adjust and get back to me in case of any questions.

Mazi: as explained by Denis, it is the expected behavior, because it is the way it was working in 2.x and previous versions.
Soon (in LS3), we'll rewrite all that part to use inheritance system.