Q: How do I add a Descriptive Popup?

Newly available in REDCap version 15: Descriptive Popups! Descriptive popups are small pop-up boxes of text that become visible when hovering the mouse over a specific word or phrase on a data entry form or survey.

Example: 

To add a descriptive pop-up:

1. Go to the Online Designer page, and click on the 'Descriptive Popups' button in the top grey box.
2. On the Descriptive Popups tab, click the green 'Add New Popup' button.
3. Configure your Descriptive Popup:
   • Add the link text in the Link Text box.  This should be a word or short phrase.
   • Enter the custom text, and format it in the Popup Text box.
   • Under the Main Display options, you can specify whether the popups should occur on data forms only, Survey pages, and on the first match only.
   • Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'Save'.
   • You will be asked to Confirm your selections- click 'Save Changes'.
4. Click the Online Designer tab if necessary to return to the Online Designer page.  The Descriptive popups button will have a small checkmark next to it if there are saved Descriptive Popups.

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