How to use the checkboxes block
Learn everything you need to know to use the checkboxes block in your forms.
When to use
Use the checkboxes block to let your respondents select multiple items from a list of checkbox choices you give them.

How to use
Add a new block to your form and then select the question type Checkboxes
. You can now customize this block to your needs with the following features.
Basic features
Each question block has basic features to present the block the way you need, for example Name
, Description
and Help text
. And most of the question blocks have common options, like the Required
and Exportability
options.
More information about these basic features can be found in the help article about our form builder.
Additional features
On top of those basic features, the checkbox block has the following advanced options:
-
Labels
By default the checkboxes will be marked as
Checked
orNot checked
in your dataset (your results). By enabling theLabels
feature you can overwrite these labels in your dataset with your own values (more information about labels). -
Score
You can attach scores to the checkboxes to perform instant calculations. By enabling the
Score
feature you can enter the desired score value per choice (more information about instant scores).
Choices
For the checkboxes block you can enter the list of choices you want to show to your respondents:
- To add choices one by one click the
icon at the bottom of the list;
- To import a list of choices at once, click the
icon at the top of the list. You can now supply a list with one option label per text line and click
Import
to add them to your list of choices.

From your list of choices you can open each choice to get to the settings of that single choice. Over there you can use these features:
-
Name
This is the name of the choice.
-
Description
By enabling the
Description
feature, you can extend the choice name with a description, for example to show an extra explanation. This description is shown below the name. -
Exclusivity
By enabling the
Exclusivity
feature you can make that choice exclusive, so if a respondent selects that choice, all other choices will be unselected, making the selected choice exclusive. -
Labels
By default each choice will be marked as
Checked
orNot checked
in your dataset (your results). By enabling theLabels
feature you can overwrite these labels in your dataset with your own values for each choice individually (more information about labels). -
Identifier
By enabling the
Identifier
feature you can set an identifier for that choice to use in the dataset (more information about identifiers). -
Score
By enabling the
Score
feature you can enter the desired score value for that choice (more information about instant scores).

Logic
Logic is important to make your forms smart and conversational. The checkboxes block can work with the following branch conditions to help you with that:
Block conditions
- Checkbox state (checked/unchecked per option);
- All checkboxes unchecked.
Evaluate conditions
Conditions for whole block:
- Value matches
your filter
; - Value does not match
your filter
; - Value contains
your filter
; - Value does not contain
your filter
; - Value starts with
your filter
; - Value ends with
your filter
; - Value is empty;
- Value is not empty.
Conditions for each option:
- Option is true;
- Option is false;
- Option equals
your filter
; - Option not equals
your filter
; - Option is empty;
- Option is not empty.
Score conditions
- Score is equal to
your filter
; - Score is not equal to
your filter
; - Score is lower than
your filter
; - Score is higher than
your filter
; - Score is between
your filters
; - Score is not between
your filters
; - Score is calculated;
- Score is not calculated.
Filters
When we mention your filter
above, there are some different filters that you can use to make the right comparison:
- Text - Compare with a fixed text that you enter;
- Value - Compare with another block value entered in the form by a respondent (more info).