The text highlighter question allows respondents to mark one or more sections of a passage by selecting and highlighting text. This question type is useful for understanding which phrases, ideas, or statements stand out to respondents.

How it works

Respondents are shown a block of text. They can drag to select any portion of the text, which is then highlighted using the configured color. Multiple, non-contiguous selections are supported.

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The survey records the exact character ranges selected by the respondent.

Survey Experience

• Supports multi-response collection if number_of_responses > 1.
• Respondents can enter several distinct answers before continuing.
• Retry logic and termination still apply per entry.

Traditional Experience	Traditional Mobile Optimized	Chat Experience

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
question	string	yes	-	The prompt shown to the user
text_to_highligh	string	yes	-	The text from which respondents can select and highlight portions
default	string or list	no	random string	Default value(s) for test data
color	string	no	#FFFF00 (yellow)	Hex value defining the highlight color
tags	s.tag()	no	-	Used to fill tokens in text and group questions in reports

Example Code

from survey import Survey
s = Survey(**globals())

s.text_highlighter_question(
    "Please highlight the parts of the following text that you find most interesting:",
    text_to_highlight="The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
)