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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 20655 | Bug reports | Translation | public | 2026-08-18 14:43 | 2026-08-31 13:51 |
| Reporter | ginosupport | Assigned To | c_schmitz | ||
| Priority | none | Severity | minor | ||
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 6.17.x | ||||
| Summary | 20655: Dialog for informing users about soft required questions is confusing | ||||
| Description | I've been using Dutch and Dutch informal, and the (default) translation for the dialog that informs users about an open question with requirement = soft is confusing.
Proposal texts for Dutch:
Proposal texts for Dutch informal:
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| Steps To Reproduce | Steps to reproduceCreate a survey with soft required questions. Expected resultSee above | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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| Bug heat | 6 | ||||
| Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build) | 6.17.16+260814 | ||||
| I will donate to the project if issue is resolved | No | ||||
| Story point estimate | 0 | ||||
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| Database type & version | Postgres | ||||
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| PHP Version | 8.4 | ||||
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Hello @ginosupport, feel free to fix this yourself in our translation site at https://translate.limesurvey.org - you can use your normal limesurvey.org login there. |
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I have suggested new translations via the link you provided. I assume that they will become part of the new release once they are approved. |
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Which text do you mean exactly (the English source string would be best) which are the same? |
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Actually, i'm pretty confused. There are 2 functional things that are weird (maybe bugs?). I saw that new texts (including something I suggested) were published, so i just updated to 6.17.17 to get the latest texts, and the translation itself is still pretty unclear to me First the 2 functional things that seem weird:
Lastly, it seems like @Han rejected some of my suggested changes, but now i'm back at my original confusion that buttons "Met beantwoorden doorgaan" (that translates to "Continue answering". Original English label = "Continue without answering") and "Vraag beantwoorden" (translates to "Answer question", which is also the English label) for the soft-required are really not very clear which means which. The 'without' bit is essentially missing from the translation. I don't necessarily mind if my suggestion isn't accepted, but then at least clarify the confusion in some other way. Anything like "Naar volgende pagina" (go to next page), "Overslaan" (skip), "Niet beantwoorden" (don't answer) would be fine with me. Just not "Met beantwoorden doorgaan". |
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I have fixed now the translations for 'Continue without answering' and also the translation problem for |
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Thank you. For completeness, be aware that the same problem also exists in limesurvey 7 and also in regular Dutch (not just informal) |
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I can also confirm the incorrect message in general for non-answered soft-mandatory message in version 6 and 7. |
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Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=40190 |
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Fix committed to v6.x branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=40191 |
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Note that if you have normal unanswered mandatory question(s) on the same page with a soft-mandatory question, the 'hard' message is shown only. |
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Fixed in Release 6.17.18+260831 |
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LimeSurvey: master 2c56f42b 2026-08-21 16:51 Details Diff |
Fixed issue 20655: Incorrect message text when soft-mandatory question was not answered (cherry picked from commit 2c694f27e0549a0c9269ab93f687a1b4e43590f6) |
Affected Issues 20655 |
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| mod - application/helpers/qanda_helper.php | Diff File | ||
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LimeSurvey: v6.x 2c694f27 2026-08-21 16:51 Details Diff |
Fixed issue 20655: Incorrect message text when soft-mandatory question was not answered |
Affected Issues 20655 |
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| mod - application/helpers/qanda_helper.php | Diff File | ||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-08-18 14:43 | ginosupport | New Issue | |
| 2026-08-18 14:43 | ginosupport | File Added: afbeelding (2).png | |
| 2026-08-18 14:43 | ginosupport | File Added: afbeelding (1).png | |
| 2026-08-18 22:18 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85476 | |
| 2026-08-18 22:18 | c_schmitz | Bug heat | 0 => 2 |
| 2026-08-19 12:16 | ginosupport | Note Added: 85479 | |
| 2026-08-19 12:16 | ginosupport | Bug heat | 2 => 4 |
| 2026-08-19 17:09 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85482 | |
| 2026-08-21 11:39 | ginosupport | Note Added: 85485 | |
| 2026-08-21 11:39 | ginosupport | File Added: actual-hard-required.png | |
| 2026-08-21 11:39 | ginosupport | File Added: actual-soft-required.png | |
| 2026-08-21 11:39 | ginosupport | File Added: translations-7.x.png | |
| 2026-08-21 11:39 | ginosupport | File Added: translations-6.x.png | |
| 2026-08-21 16:11 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85486 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:11 | c_schmitz | Note Edited: 85486 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:46 | ginosupport | Note Added: 85487 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:54 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85488 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:54 | c_schmitz | Note Edited: 85488 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:55 | c_schmitz | Changeset attached | => LimeSurvey master 2c56f42b |
| 2026-08-21 16:55 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85489 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:55 | c_schmitz | Assigned To | => c_schmitz |
| 2026-08-21 16:55 | c_schmitz | Status | new => resolved |
| 2026-08-21 16:55 | c_schmitz | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2026-08-21 16:56 | c_schmitz | Changeset attached | => LimeSurvey v6.x 2c694f27 |
| 2026-08-21 16:56 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85490 | |
| 2026-08-21 16:58 | c_schmitz | Note Added: 85491 | |
| 2026-08-31 13:51 | LimeBot | Note Added: 85522 | |
| 2026-08-31 13:51 | LimeBot | Status | resolved => closed |
| 2026-08-31 13:51 | LimeBot | Bug heat | 4 => 6 |