Lua Scripting Resources

Important Update to Custom Scripting

SurveyGizmo's CustomScript Action now supports the LUA programming language.


Legacy Custom Scripting Language Deprecation Plans 

  1. New accounts (created after October 29, 2018) will only have the option to use Lua in scripts.
  2. As of October 29, 2018 Custom Scripting Actions will default to Lua as the scripting type in the Custom Scripting Action for accounts created before this date. You will be able to switch to the Legacy Custom Scripting; though we highly encourage using Lua.
  3. In the long term, Legacy Custom Scripting Actions will be switched to read-only. Read-only scripts will continue to function; you will just be prevented from editing. The exact date on this is to be determined; we will send notifications well ahead of time.


 Go to our Legacy Scripting Documentation.

While SurveyGizmo is one of the most flexible survey tools around, we get requests for customizations that are not available out of the box. This is where JavaScript and Custom Scripting can save the day. If you have scripting chops you can use the JavaScript action or the Custom Scripting action to achieve the survey of your dreams.


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This JavaScript will allow you to only show an image for a certain amount of time. 

See the script in action in an example survey!

OR

Add a survey with this script and setup to your account.

The Script

First, add your image element that you'd like to disappear after a certain time period. Next, copy and paste the below JavaScript code into a JavaScript Action. 

window.setTimeout("document.getElementById('sgE-2035686-1-2-image').style.display='none';", 3000)

Required Customizations

Element ID - Change the first highlighted section of the code to your image's element ID. To learn how to find your element ID check out our tutorial on Finding Element IDs. 

Timeout - Next set up how long you want your image to show for. To do this change the second highlighted portion of the code to your preferred timeout. 3000 is the timeout for three seconds. This metric is measured by milliseconds. An easy way to calculate this is to times the number of seconds you'd like the image to show for by 1000.