html-button-response¶

Current version: 2.0.0. See version history.

This plugin displays HTML content and records responses generated by button click. The stimulus can be displayed until a response is given, or for a pre-determined amount of time. The trial can be ended automatically if the participant has failed to respond within a fixed length of time. The button itself can be customized using HTML formatting.

Parameters¶

In addition to the parameters available in all plugins, this plugin accepts the following parameters. Parameters with a default value of undefined must be specified. Other parameters can be left unspecified if the default value is acceptable.

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Description
stimulus	HTML string	undefined	The HTML content to be displayed.
choices	array of strings	[]	Labels for the buttons. Each different string in the array will generate a different button.
button_html	function	(choice: string, choice_index: number)=>`<button class="jspsych-btn">${choice}</button>;	A function that generates the HTML for each button in the `choices` array. The function gets the string and index of the item in the `choices` array and should return valid HTML. If you want to use different markup for each button, you can do that by using a conditional on either parameter. The default parameter returns a button element with the text label of the choice.
prompt	string	null	This string can contain HTML markup. Any content here will be displayed below the stimulus. The intention is that it can be used to provide a reminder about the action the participant is supposed to take (e.g., which key to press).
trial_duration	numeric	null	How long to wait for the participant to make a response before ending the trial in milliseconds. If the participant fails to make a response before this timer is reached, the participant's response will be recorded as null for the trial and the trial will end. If the value of this parameter is null, the trial will wait for a response indefinitely.
stimulus_duration	numeric	null	How long to display the stimulus in milliseconds. The visibility CSS property of the stimulus will be set to `hidden` after this time has elapsed. If this is null, then the stimulus will remain visible until the trial ends.
button_layout	string	'grid'	Setting to `'grid'` will make the container element have the CSS property `display: grid` and enable the use of `grid_rows` and `grid_columns`. Setting to `'flex'` will make the container element have the CSS property `display: flex`. You can customize how the buttons are laid out by adding inline CSS in the `button_html` parameter.
grid_rows	number	1	The number of rows in the button grid. Only applicable when `button_layout` is set to `'grid'`. If null, the number of rows will be determined automatically based on the number of buttons and the number of columns.
grid_columns	number	null	The number of columns in the button grid. Only applicable when `button_layout` is set to `'grid'`. If null, the number of columns will be determined automatically based on the number of buttons and the number of rows.
response_ends_trial	boolean	true	If true, then the trial will end whenever the participant makes a response (assuming they make their response before the cutoff specified by the `trial_duration` parameter). If false, then the trial will continue until the value for `trial_duration` is reached. You can set this parameter to `false` to force the participant to view a stimulus for a fixed amount of time, even if they respond before the time is complete.
enable_button_after	numeric	0	How long the button will delay enabling in milliseconds.

Data Generated¶

In addition to the default data collected by all plugins, this plugin collects the following data for each trial.

Name	Type	Value
rt	numeric	The response time in milliseconds for the participant to make a response. The time is measured from when the stimulus first appears on the screen until the participant's response.
response	numeric	Indicates which button the participant pressed. The first button in the `choices` array is 0, the second is 1, and so on.
stimulus	string	The HTML content that was displayed on the screen.

Install¶

Using the CDN-hosted JavaScript file:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@jspsych/plugin-html-button-response@2.0.0"></script>

Using the JavaScript file downloaded from a GitHub release dist archive:

<script src="jspsych/plugin-html-button-response.js"></script>

Using NPM:

npm install @jspsych/plugin-html-button-response

import htmlButtonResponse from '@jspsych/plugin-html-button-response';

Examples¶

Displaying question until participant gives a response

CodeDemo

var trial = {
  type: jsPsychHtmlButtonResponse,
  stimulus: '<p style="font-size:48px; color:red;">GREEN</p>',
  choices: ['Red', 'Green', 'Blue'],
  prompt: "<p>What color is the ink?</p>"
};

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Using button_html to generate custom buttons

CodeDemo

const trial = {
    type: jsPsychHtmlButtonResponse,
    stimulus: `<div style="width: 600px">
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: red; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: red; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: green; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: blue; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: red; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: red; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: green; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: blue; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: red; display: inline-block"></div>
        <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: gray; display: inline-block"></div>
    </div>`,
    choices: ['red', 'green', 'blue'],
    prompt: "<p>What color should the gray block be?</p>",
    button_html: (choice) => `<div style="width: 80px; height: 80px; margin: 20px; background-color: ${choice}; cursor: pointer;"></div>`
};

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