How to auto-advance due to inactivity on Qualtrics

Question

I would like to auto-advance my participants in a Qualtrics survey to the next question (on the next page) after they have been inactive for 10 seconds. My inactivity code is working fine (see below, from Kirupa) but I can't figure out how to force the survey to move on. Any ideas?

Code:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()
{
    /*Place Your Javascript Below This Line*/

    var timeoutID;

function setup() {
    this.addEventListener("mousemove", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("mousedown", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("keypress", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("DOMMouseScroll", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("mousewheel", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("touchmove", resetTimer, false);
    this.addEventListener("MSPointerMove", resetTimer, false);

    startTimer();
}

setup();

function startTimer() {
    // wait 10 seconds before calling goInactive
    timeoutID = window.setTimeout(goInactive, 10000);
}   


    function resetTimer(e) {
    window.clearTimeout(timeoutID);

    goActive();
}
 function goInactive() {
    // Here is where the auto-advance code needs to go

}

    function goActive() {

    startTimer();
}


});

-- Thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 19:29

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Add this line to the goInactive function:

$('NextButton').click();

answered Oct 20 '15 at 19:29

T. Gibbons

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '15 at 00:02

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Per the official documentation LINK HERE

this.clickNextButton();

answered Oct 21 '15 at 00:02

Anthony Rivas

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This is the equivalent of the answer I gave. The Qualtrics clickNextButton function has one line, which matches the answer I gave. – T. Gibbons Oct 21 '15 at 13:00
Ahh fair enough! Please confirm. The other answer. I have definitely used both before! – Anthony Rivas Oct 21 '15 at 14:18

How to auto-advance due to inactivity on Qualtrics

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