Number answers

Use Number to collect a numeric answer in a Guide Field. Input style offers Text field for exact entry and Slider for choosing along a range. Both require whole numbers unless Allow decimals is enabled.

Authors need Guide edit access. People playing the Guide can enter values within the authored range.

Configure a Number answer

1. Open the Field's Answer methods and select Add answer method → Number, or select an existing Number method.
2. Choose Input style → Text field. For a range control, follow Number Slider answers.
3. Enter Min and Max. Both must be numeric, and Max must be greater than Min. Turn on Allow decimals if fractional answers are appropriate.
4. In Advanced settings, optionally set a Default value, Helper text, and Error text. Explain the unit in the prompt or helper, such as minutes or kilograms.
5. Review Include in reports, after-submit actions, and the Field's Response requirement. Select Save block and test in Preview.

A default must be inside the range and must be a whole number when decimals are off. Correct invalid settings before saving. With no default, Text field starts empty. Displaying a default does not automatically record an answer; interacting with the input and saving accepts it.

Switching styles preserves the method, defaults, saved answers, report settings, and actions. Step is kept but unused in Text field; Error text is kept but unused in Slider. Switching does not round or repair values.

Enter or change a typed number

1. Select Number if the Field shows a method chooser.
2. Type the value without a unit. A mobile device may provide a numeric keyboard.
3. Pause for about one second, leave the input, or press Enter to save.
4. Correct any displayed error. When Done with response appears, use it to finish the response and return to the chooser.

Accepted numeric saves can run an authored after-submit action, including during automatic saving. Authors should test that timing before adding automatic navigation.

To replace the answer, enter another valid number. Clearing the input and saving removes this method's answer; it does not save zero. Choosing another answer method keeps the saved Number response.

Recover from an invalid or failed answer

An out-of-range, nonnumeric, or disallowed fractional value is not accepted. Correct the value instead of repeatedly retrying it. An invalid replacement does not overwrite the previously saved answer.

Within the current response visit, switching to another method and back retains the typed draft and its validation error. It is not a newly saved answer. New visits or runs can reset that draft; see Field responses.

For a persistence failure, check the connection and choose Retry save. If the Report lacks the answer, confirm it saved and Include in reports was enabled. Preview practice answers stay out of the Reports inbox.