Add comments box in a survey

Question

hi,
i am currently looking into a survey list and i have created a  survey. But the  issue is that, I want to add a comments box  at the end of the survey.
ie, when user completes the survey, he  should enter comments about the same. i searched in net,  came to know that its not possible in SP out of the box. So, is there any way i can achieve this, with a small customization. 
thnx

Answer 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2341390/sharepoint-survey-can-i-add-a-comment-box-to-a-rating-likert-question
There is no starightforward way for doing this. But here is a work around which I used.
1.Add a Question, with Text box, below the question under which you need this comment box.
2.Edit the Newform.aspx page and insert a content editor webpart in the below of existing survey webpart
3.Copy and paste the below code in the content editor webpart
<script>
var tables
tables = (document.getElementById('ctl00_m_g_c7647c31_a9f9_4f27_aa53_e0728c485b2c_ctl00_ctl01_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_TextField').offsetParent).offsetParent;
var i
var str
for(i=0;i<tables.rows.length;i++)
str = tables.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML;
str = str.substring(0,7)
//alert(str);
if(str == 'Comment')
tables.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML = '<table width=400px border=0><tr><td><font color=blue size=3></font></td></tr></table>';
</script>
In the above code ctl00_m_g_c7647c31_a9f9_4f27_aa53_e0728c485b2c_ctl00_ctl01_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_TextField is the ID of the Comment textbox control (You can get it by viewing source)
We get the container of this control (table) and then hide the question. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more help.
Or
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3decfbc5-f921-42b2-857b-4dbc6ed93c31/how-can-i-have-no-answer-questionsfree-text-using-sharepoint-2010-survey?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
The survey page is the NewForm page of the Survey. You can open SharePoint Designer, select the survey list, click NewForm.aspx in the Right and insert a TextBox. Then you can see the standalone free textbox when you respond to this survey. However, the
value you entered into texbox cannot be saved into the survey.
As a workaround, you can add a question and set the type of answer to Single line of text. You can enter the value whatever you want as the question.
http://highbrowse.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/taking-the-sharepoint-survey-list-a-step-further/
http://iedaddy.com/2012/05/sharepoint-2010-change-survey-option-specify-your-own-value-to-other/
If this helped you resolve your issue, please mark it Answered