Poll wizard authoring tools

Overview

The poll creation wizard includes several authoring tools to help you build polls faster, especially when working with many questions or complex branching logic.

Drag-and-drop reorder

Questions can be reordered by dragging them in the Questions step. Grab the drag handle on any question card and move it to a new position.

When you reorder questions, the wizard automatically updates any branching rules that reference the moved questions. If a reorder creates a situation where a branching rule no longer makes sense (for example, a rule that would skip backward), the Review step flags it with a validation warning so you can fix it before publishing.

Duplicate a question

Each question card has a Duplicate button that creates an identical copy immediately below the original. The copy gets a new unique identifier and is fully independent — editing one does not affect the other.

This is useful for creating variations of a question with different wording or options, or for building a series of similar scale questions without retyping shared structure.

Branching rules from the original question are not automatically copied to the duplicate. If you need the same branching, add it manually after duplicating.

Bulk question import

For situations where you have many questions prepared outside InviziPoll — in a spreadsheet, a document, or a planning tool — the Bulk import dialog lets you paste them all at once.

Click Bulk import in the Questions step toolbar. The dialog accepts two formats:

Simple text — one question per line. Each line becomes a multiple-choice question with no pre-filled options (you add options after import).

CSV format — a header row followed by data rows:

question,option1,option2,option3,option4
How satisfied are you with onboarding?,Very satisfied,Somewhat satisfied,Neutral,Unsatisfied
Rate the training materials,Excellent,Good,Fair,Poor

The dialog shows a preview of parsed questions with inline validation errors (for example, a row with no question text). Fix errors in the text area or dismiss the problem rows before confirming. Imported questions are appended to the end of your existing question list.

Bulk import creates multiple choice question stubs. If you need scale questions, change the type individually after import.

Markdown in question text

Question text supports a limited subset of markdown formatting:

• Bold — **text**
• Italic — *text*
• Links — [text](url) (https links only)

This formatting is rendered for respondents when they take the poll. The allowed markdown is deliberately limited — no images, no headings, no raw HTML — to keep questions clean and to maintain the same security posture as other user-authored content on InviziPoll.

Markdown is optional. Plain text questions continue to work as before.

Mobile preview

On desktop, the Preview panel on the right side of the wizard shows the respondent view inside a device-sized frame so you can see roughly how the poll will look on a phone. On smaller screens, the preview opens as a full-width dialog.

Unsaved changes confirmation

If you navigate away from the wizard with unsaved changes, an accessible dialog asks whether you want to stay or leave, with clearer messaging and keyboard focus than a generic browser beforeunload prompt alone.

Together with auto-save, your work is almost always recoverable — the dialog is a safety net, not your only protection against data loss.