Preview survey
Before publishing your survey, take it for a test drive. Click the Preview button to experience the latest saved version exactly as your respondents will see it, whether it’s published or unpublished. The preview opens in a new browser tab.
Preview mode mimics the live survey perfectly, except no data gets saved. It’s your chance to verify that skips, filters, and action commands work exactly as you intended.
Preview questions inside the editor
Section titled “Preview questions inside the editor”Survey Editor (Beta) can also preview one question at a time, without leaving the editor:
- Make sure the Views pane is showing. If it isn’t, click Views at the right of the toolbar.
- Click Respondent View
- Select a question in the flowchart to preview it. Use Previous question and Next question to step through the survey.
- Click Desktop or Mobile to see the question at that screen width
Enable back button for testing
Section titled “Enable back button for testing”Testing is much easier with a Back button: you can jump to previous questions and change answers to test different survey paths.
To enable it:
- Click Properties in the header bar
- Click the Style tab
- Check the Show Back Button property
- Click OK
- Click More editor actions (⋮) > Properties
- Click the Style tab
- Check the Show Back Button property
- Click SAVE
Once you’re done testing, remember to uncheck Show Back Button before publishing, unless you actually want respondents to have a back button in the live survey.
Share preview link
Section titled “Share preview link”Want someone else to test your survey? Send them the preview link:
- Open Survey Shaper
- In the Survey Shaper section in the content table, click the more icon (⋮) on the survey
- Select Versions & Links > Survey Links
- Click the Copy icon next to the Preview link to copy it to your clipboard
- Paste the preview link into an email and send it to your tester