A sample survey (lss file) please ?

And about «marked as answered» you mean by class name ? Class name where (screenshot can be cool).

Thanks for your response! Here's a minimal example, using the vanilla template. After answering Question 1 without typing a comment, Group 1 is still marked as unanswered.

I'm not sure if I understand your second question correctly. Please let me know if you need anything further.

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Also, I got feedback from a customer today that this behavior actually confuses their customers. IMO, the question should be considered as answered if an option was chosen and the comment field left empty.

Ah OK : with index ...

We have same «issue» with any question in fact ...

For example Multiple non mandatory text : you fill all, index-item-unanswered too ... I don't think we can «fix» it and work in all situation.

True that. I think it should be consistent with what's considered valid for mandatory questions, though. If a mandatory question is considered as answered (i.e., the survey can be submitted), the visual presentation should indicate exactly that. At the moment it seems there are two different logics for validating mandatory questions and the presentation – or am I mistaken here?

About mandatory : my opinion : if the group have error : must be shown as invalid.

At the moment it seems there are two different logics for validating mandatory questions and the presentation – or am I mistaken here?

Didn't know

@DenisChenu we're still facing this issue.

I think it needs a design decision: Should the anwered/unanswered state reflect the validity state of the survey/page? For me, this would make perfect sense: The user gets feedback whether the page is ready for submission or something's missing. Like it is now, the unanswered state is quite confusing, since it marks a validly filled page as unanwered.

By page, I mean the representation of a survey group on a page, sorry if that wasn't clear.

Ad mandatory vs. unanswered logic.
In https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/274ee87cadb60e92a6ba3e48b3b17fc511b473af/application/helpers/expressions/em_manager_helper.php#L6196 the comment subquestion is explicitly removed from the mandatory validation. In the section below, where the unanswered state is determined, it is handled differently (no separate logic for type O).

I'm happy to contribute a PR if we can agree on harmonizing valid/answered states, please let me know :)

related to the last fix of @gabrieljenik

I think you have a really good idea : show as unanswered must mean : invalid if mandatory (but not mandatory)

I've created a pull request: https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/1837

Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=31551

Thanks to all who contributed! :)

Release done.