Editing Question Sections in the XML Editor

To edit an inserted question section in the XML Editor, you can change the text directly, or update the question section using the editing options available from the right-click context menus. Access the context menus by right-clicking the question section text, or the structure bars. See Question Sections and Structure Bars.

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Paragraph Text

If you right-click the paragraph text within the <MadCap|question> tag, you can switch the question type.

If you right-click the paragraph text within the <MadCap|multipleChoiceItem> tag, you can switch the question type and select a correct answer for the question.

If you right-click the paragraph text within the <MadCap|correctFeedback> tag or the <MadCap|incorrectFeedback> tag, you can switch the question type.

Structure Bars

If you right-click the MadCap|multipleChoice structure bar, you can switch the question type, add feedback (i.e., for end-of-test feedback), and add a submit button (i.e., for instant feedback).

If you right-click the MadCap|question structure bar, you can switch the question type, add feedback (i.e., for end-of-test feedback), and add a submit button (i.e., for instant feedback).

From the structure bars, if you right-click the <MadCap|multipleChoiceItem> tag, you can switch the question type, add feedback (i.e., for end-of-test feedback), add a submit button (i.e., for instant feedback), and select a correct answer for the question.

If you right-click the MadCap|correctFeedback or the MadCap|incorrectFeedback structure bar, you can switch the question type, add feedback (i.e., for end-of-test feedback), and add a submit button (i.e., for instant feedback).

Note When you select Add Feedback or Add Submit button from the MadCap|question, MadCap|multipleChoice, or MadCap|multipleChoiceItem structure bar context menu, both the correct and incorrect feedback default text is added. If one of the feedback tags is deleted, you can right-click any of the question section MadCap-specific tags from the structure bars to get it back by selecting Add Feedback. (Or you can select the feedback buttons from the eLearning ribbon.) For more information about MadCap-specific styles, see MadCap eLearning Styles.

If you right-click the MadCap|submitQuestionButton structure bar, there are no specific question section options from the context menu.