# Name questions, moving questions and other form improvements Published: 2 October 2026 Friday Drop 006. Ask for names the way people actually use them, move questions between pages without breaking your branching and other form features you might have missed. Source: https://participantkit.com/updates/name-questions-moving-questions-and-other-form-improvements ![Name questions, moving questions and other form improvements, with an Upgrade badge. Below it, a form card with two name boxes side by side in gold, above a short checkbox list and a final checkbox set apart by a divider. Friday Drop, batch number 006](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/updates/friday-drop-2026-10-02.png) Friday Drop, batch 006. This week is a roundup of improvements to forms. Some are new, and some have been around for a while but not everyone has found them. ## Ask for names the way people use them Names don't work the same way everywhere. Some people put their family name first, and some don't have a "first name" and a "last name" at all. One box for someone's whole name suits every name, and it's still the default. If you need the parts separately, the name question on your sign-up forms and screeners can now ask for a first name and a last name instead. The last name is optional unless you make it required, so people with only one name aren't stuck. To switch it on, open the name question's settings (the cog) and choose **Two questions**. ![The form as people see it, with First name and Last name side by side and What should we call you? underneath. Over it, the name question's settings: One question or Two questions, Require the family/last name, and Ask for a greeting name switched on. In the corner, a person's profile showing Daniel Novak, Goes by "Dan"](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/updates/friday-drop-006-names.png) You can also ask what people like to be called, so if Daniel goes by Dan, you'll know. Confirmation emails then greet him as Dan, and you can use it in your own emails too. ## Move questions between pages Moving a question to another page could break your branching, so until now we didn't let you. Now the form builder checks your branching rules as you work, which means you can. Open a question's **...** menu and choose **Move to…**. If a move would stop a rule working, the builder tells you before anything happens. It also points out rules that can't work any more, like one that uses a question you've deleted, and tells you how to fix them. And if you forget to replace placeholder text, like "[Organisation]" in a new form, it tells you that too. ![The message This will stop the branching on "Screener Questions" working, with Move anyway and Back](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/help/branching/move-confirm.png) ## "Other" and "None of the above" A list of answers rarely covers everyone. "Other" and "None of the above" are the standard fix, and good forms use them. They've been in the form builder for a while, but they're easy to miss. **"Other"** lets someone who doesn't fit your list tell you what does apply, instead of picking the nearest wrong answer. You'll also find out about answers you didn't think to list. **"None of the above"** gives people an honest way out, and you can rename it to "Prefer not to say" on sensitive questions. To add one, open a checkbox or single choice question and click **Add "Other" option** or **Add "Or" option**. - The "Or" option starts as "None of the above". You can change the wording of either. - On a checkbox question, ticking "None of the above" clears the person's other ticks. - A question can have one or the other, not both. ![Two questions as people see them. A checkbox question with Phone, Laptop or computer and Tablet, then "or" and None of the above. A single choice question with Other picked and a box to type their answer](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/updates/friday-drop-006-other-none.png) ## Help text on questions and individual answers You probably add help text to questions already. You can add it to individual answers too, which is easy to miss. It's handy when one answer needs a word of explanation, like "Including e-readers" under "Tablet", so people pick the right one instead of guessing. - For a whole question, open the question's **...** menu and switch on **Help text**. - For one answer, open that answer's **...** menu and click **Add help text**. ![On the left, a question in the form builder with its Help text filled in and "Including e-readers" under Tablet. On the right, the same question as people see it](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/updates/friday-drop-006-help-text.png) ## Number questions If an answer should be a number, like how many people live in someone's home, use a **Number** question rather than a short answer. People can only type a number, so you get answers you can compare, not "two or three" to tidy up later. Choose **Number** when you add a new form block. ## Help articles - [Asking for someone's name on a form](https://participantkit.com/help/forms/asking-for-names) - [Moving questions and fixing branching warnings](https://participantkit.com/help/forms/moving-questions-and-branching-warnings) - [Adding questions to your form](https://participantkit.com/help/courses/how-to/adding-questions-to-your-form), a short video that includes the "Other" and "Or" options New to Participant Kit? 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