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title: Field options
description: Settings shared by questions, including required answers, defaults, validation, hiding and more.
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Select any question to see its settings in the right-hand panel. These options are available on most question types.

## Common settings

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Required** | Respondents must answer before continuing. |
| **Default answer** | Pre-fills an answer that respondents can change. |
| **Response validation** | Checks text answers: **Contains**, **Starts with**, **Ends with**, **Min characters**, **Max characters**. |
| **Custom error message** | Replaces the default message when validation fails, for example _"Please use your work email."_ |
| **Color scale** | Colors answers in the submissions table from low to high (numbers, ratings, scales). |

## Choice settings

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Randomize options** | Shuffles options for each respondent. |
| **Option descriptions** | Adds helper text under each option. |
| **Bulk insert options** | Pastes many options at once, one per line (<kbd>⌘</kbd> <kbd>⇧</kbd> <kbd>O</kbd>). |
| **Option exclusivity** | Makes an option, like _None of the above_, clear all other selections. |
| **Minimum selection** / **Maximum selection** | Limits how many options respondents can pick. |
| **Other** | Adds a free-text _Other_ option. |

## Block actions

Open a block's menu (the dotted handle on its left) to:

- **Duplicate**, **Copy** or **Delete** it.
- **Hide** it from respondents without deleting it. Hidden blocks stay in the editor and can be shown again later.
- **Turn into** another block type, for example Multiple choice → Dropdown. Your options are kept.
- **Open conditional logic** for this block.
- **Move into new column** to place it side by side with another block.

Drag the handle to reorder blocks, or select several blocks at once to move or delete them together.

**[Keyboard shortcuts](/get-started/keyboard-shortcuts)**

Shortcuts for every action.

**[Conditional logic](/logic/conditional-logic)**

Show or hide questions.