# Slider

The slider question type allows the user to select an option from a range of options in a sliding scale.

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## Add a new Slider Question

To add a new Slider question, simply click on the "+" icon in the bottom right of the canvas and select "Slider".

## Configuring Question and Scale Labels

* Double click in the Question field and type your desired question.
* To add an additional scale label, click on "Add New".&#x20;
* To remove a scale point, click on the trash icon to the right.
* Double click in the possible answer field to type your desired answer text.&#x20;
* To change the order of answers, click on the dots to the left of the answer and drag and drop the answer in the desired position.&#x20;

## Slider Settings

There are several more options for configuring your slider question. To choose your desired settings, simply click on the <img src="/files/2dqSLQL5CgOIaFA4SBeO" alt="" data-size="line"> Settings button on the bottom left of the slider question card.&#x20;

{% hint style="info" %}
These are question-level settings. The configurations you choose do not carry over to all questions, or all slider questions in your survey. If you have multiple slider questions in your survey, you will need to make configure your desired settings for each individual question.
{% endhint %}

### Options

In this section you can configure the:

* Start Position: Select the starting point by choosing one of the predefined scale labels from the dropdown menu
* Show/Hide the Submit Button by checking/unchecking the checkbox.
* Submit Button Text: The default value is "Submit" when this field is not filled out.&#x20;
* Empty Error Text: This only needs to be set if your survey will be shown in All-at-once mode with individual question empty error enabled. Please see "[Question Display](/configuring-pulse-insights-console/editor/formatting/question-display.md)" section for more details. If this is not set, the default message will display, which is: "Required.".

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