# Editing instruction for Drag and drop question

**URL:** https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/editing-instruction-for-drag-and-drop-question/411
**Category:** Survey Building
**Created:** [23 April 2026 08:23 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/editing-instruction-for-drag-and-drop-question/411 "2026-04-23T08:23:50Z")
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#### Post date: [1 May 2026 15:13 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/editing-instruction-for-drag-and-drop-question/411/2 "2026-05-01T15:13:36Z")

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Kate,  
This element cant directly be customised in the settings - but this has been put to the devs.

A workaround is to insert an html element after the ranking and force change the text with javascript.

1. Create a text element directly after the ranking questions
2. click the code button ‘\</\>’ in the formatting bar
3. Paste the following in - updating the required text in bold below

`<script>`  
`document.currentScript.closest('.se_item').previousElementSibling.querySelector('.se_instruction').textContent=` **`'insert custom instructions`** `'; </script>`

We hope this helps

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