Did you find how to have the (+) button even with a repeat_count?

[Niele]

Dealing with repeat groups and repeat counts

Dear Kal_Lam greetings from Ankara, May I ask your assistance on very similar issue. I managed to limit numbers of repeating’s by apply a number on the field (repeat_count) next to the row of the (begin_repeat) “please imagine the XlsForm” . After applying the number, for example suppose lets apply 3 number in (repeat_count) . In such case, the loop turns to be repeated three times, the appearance of the repeated questions would be in split format (+) icon doesn’t appear in the bottom. My req…

Hello Ahmet,
I hope you are well. I am facing the same challenge you described here. Did you find how to have the (+) button even with a repeat_count?
Thank you !

[Kal_Lam]

Welcome to the community, @Niele! If you wish to have the (+) button, you will need to use the repeat group instead of using the repeat count.

You should be able to learn more about the same through this support article Grouping Questions and Repeating Groups.

[Xiphware]

@Niele

Did you find how to have the (+) button even with a repeat_count?

As @Kal_Lam states, the repeat_count and ‘+’ button are basically mutually exclusive; you cannot have both. repeat_count determines the precise number repeat iterations, hence the user cannot arbitrarily add more via a ‘+’ button. And without a repeat_count the user can add an arbitrary number of additional iterations via the ‘+’ button.

If you want to limit the maximum number of iterations, but also permit fewer, then you may want to look at adopting an somewhat different approach; see Using relevants to limit repetitions