[open] Response time for 'custom form' variable

mcadoor

Pretty sure this is a simple enough problem, but the solution eludes me.
I have an experiment that shows a Custom Form that displays three pictures, and under each picture are three separate 'Rating Scale' widgets that record the variables "Pos1" "Pos2" and "Pos3"
Here's what the code looks like:

All I want to do is record a timestamp for whenever a response is chosen for each Rating Scale variable. That way I can get the time from when the array is presented to when each of the Rating Scales is pressed.

I'd like to keep the Custom Form over an Inline Script to display the array if at all possible.

Any ideas would be very appreciated.

Thank you so much

sebastiaan

Pretty sure this is a simple enough problem, but the solution eludes me.

Well, not really. Forms don't keep track of time, so there is no easy way to know when a user presses a button. What you could do is hack into the form's internals, and replace it's render() function, which is called each time that the form is drawn, for example when you check a box. Then, within your custom render() function, you can maintain timestamps. The idea is shown below, but it's pretty clunky.

def custom_render():    

    """
    A custom function that renders the form and maintains timestamps of each
    time that the form is rendered.
    """

    global render_nr
    exp.set('render_time_%d' % render_nr, exp.time())
    render_nr += 1
    form._render()

render_nr = 0
item_name = 'form_base' # The name of the form_base item
form = exp.items[item_name]._form # Get the form object
form._render = form.render # Back-up the original render function
form.render = custom_render # Use custom render function

cybereinbob

Hi,

I have the same issue but i don't manage to apply this solution.

Where should I put the code?

With the new versions is there a simpler way to do that?

Thank you for everything!