Show the way ahead.
In a multi-page questionnaire, a progress bar reassures: respondents see where they are and what is left. A box to tick, a color taken from your form, and buttons in your words.
How often do you use our service?
Why a progress bar?
Faced with a questionnaire that seems to have no end, many people give up. Split into short pages, with a bar that moves forward, the same questionnaire feels lighter: everyone knows where they are. In the survey builder, the bar turns on in one click as soon as the questionnaire has several pages.
How to split a questionnaire well
| One page, one theme | Group questions that belong together: you, your usage, your opinion, your suggestions. |
| Short pages | Three to six questions per page: the bar moves often and respondents keep the pace. |
| Easiest first | Start with closed questions; keep open questions for the end. |
| No useless pages | With conditional logic, skip pages that don’t concern the respondent. |
A bar that moves with every page
Split the questionnaire into themed pages: the bar moves forward with each “Next”. Place it at the top or bottom; it takes your form’s main color.
Buttons in your words
Rename “Next” and “Back”, and choose whether respondents can return to a page they have completed. For a quiz, disabling “Back” prevents changing an answer afterwards.
A complete page before the next one
Required questions are checked page by page: respondents see right away what is missing, instead of discovering it at the end.
Conditional logic →Your email *
Your next questionnaire can show how much is left.
Try it for 30 daysAdd a progress bar in three steps
Split into pages
Add pages and spread your questions by theme.
Turn on the bar
In the settings, choose its position, top or bottom.
Set the navigation
Button labels and whether going back is allowed.
When to split into pages
Detailed satisfaction survey
A ten- to twenty-question survey, over four pages.
Full registration
Contact details, choices, practical information: one page each.
Market research
Profile, habits, opinion on the offer, on successive pages.
Quiz
One page per theme, with no going back.
Frequently asked questions
When does the progress bar appear?
Where can I place the bar?
Can I prevent going back?
Are required questions checked on each page?
Can I change the button labels?
Create a questionnaire that’s easy to fill in
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