# Form Multiple-Column in Checkbox Quesiton **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [May 2, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-multiple-column-in-checkbox-quesiton/3154 "2014-05-02T09:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bunhann\_Thou](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/bunhann_thou/32/1618_2.png) [@Bunhann\_Thou](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Bunhann_Thou)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-multiple-column-in-checkbox-quesiton/3154/1 "2014-05-02T09:38:31Z")
Dear ODK Developers, I'm looking to build a form which it will show similar as my picture in the attachment in ODK Collect. Would you mind to give some ideas or tools to do that? Regards, ![image](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/390b7d077184d4cb1e3fbceb2d53259579513471.png) ---
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-multiple-column-in-checkbox-quesiton/3154/2 "2014-05-02T15:37:50Z")
Not possible without writing a new widget in ODK Collect or using ODK Survey (in alpha and not production ready). Yaw > **···** > > -- Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Bunhann Thou [bunhann@gmail.com](mailto:bunhann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Dear ODK Developers, > > > > I'm looking to build a form which it will show similar as my picture in the > > attachment in ODK Collect. Would you mind to give some ideas or tools to do > > that? > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Bunhann\_Thou](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/bunhann_thou/32/1618_2.png) [@Bunhann\_Thou](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Bunhann_Thou)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-multiple-column-in-checkbox-quesiton/3154/3 "2014-05-05T03:35:02Z")
Dear Yaw, Thanks for your answer, so you mean that i need to write new widget for this type of check box by myself, but i have a few question regarding to build my own widget. Will JAVA Rosa include in this developing? Do i need to understand Java ROSA deeply to build this widget or not? And can i do some format, i mean by adding some colors or to text.? Regards > **···** > > On Friday, May 2, 2014 10:37:50 PM UTC+7, Yaw Anokwa wrote: \> \> Not possible without writing a new widget in ODK Collect or using ODK \> Survey (in alpha and not production ready). \> \> Yaw \> -- \> Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server \> setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. \> \> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Bunhann Thou \ wrote: \> \> Dear ODK Developers, \> \> \> \> I'm looking to build a form which it will show similar as my picture in \> the \> \> attachment in ODK Collect. Would you mind to give some ideas or tools to \> do \> \> that? \> \> \> \> Regards, \> \> \> \> -- \> \> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google \> Groups \> \> "ODK Developers" group. \> \> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send \> an \> \> email to opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. \> \> \> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. \> ---
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-multiple-column-in-checkbox-quesiton/3154/4 "2014-05-05T15:59:41Z")
Bunhann, I don't think you'll need to touch JavaROSA to get this sort of widget in ODK Collect. Just need to add an appearance attribute. Follow the example of the existing widgets. Adding formatting to ODK Collect is not easy. ODK Survey has formatting support already. Yaw > **···** > > -- Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. > > On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Bunhann Thou [bunhann@gmail.com](mailto:bunhann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Dear Yaw, > > > > Thanks for your answer, so you mean that i need to write new widget for this > > type of check box by myself, but i have a few question regarding to build my > > own widget. Will JAVA Rosa include in this developing? Do i need to > > understand Java ROSA deeply to build this widget or not? And can i do some > > format, i mean by adding some colors or to text.? > > > > Regards > > > > On Friday, May 2, 2014 10:37:50 PM UTC+7, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > > > > Not possible without writing a new widget in ODK Collect or using ODK > > > Survey (in alpha and not production ready). > > > > > > ## Yaw > > > > > > Need ODK services? [http://nafundi.com](http://nafundi.com) provides form design, server > > > setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. > > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Bunhann Thou [bun...@gmail.com](mailto:bun...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Dear ODK Developers, > > > > > > > > I'm looking to build a form which it will show similar as my picture in > > > > the > > > > attachment in ODK Collect. Would you mind to give some ideas or tools to > > > > do > > > > that? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "ODK Developers" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an > > > > email to [opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).