# Answer Types

## 📰 What are answer types ?

Each answer of your question can be defined using an answer type which adds a unique functionality to your survey questions.

{% hint style="info" %}
ngSurvey comes out of the box with following answer types, you may also [develop your own answer types](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type.md) and provide your own functionalities to extend ngSurvey using [widgets](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/widget.md) and plain javascript and HTML.
{% endhint %}

* [Selection answers](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/selection-answers.md)
* [Other selection](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/other-selection.md)
* [Entry field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/entry-field.md)
* [Numeric field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/numeric-answer-field.md)
* [Custom lists](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/lists.md)
* [Password](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/password.md)
* [Captcha](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/captcha.md)
* [Calendar date](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/calendar-date.md)
* [Calendar time](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/calendar-time.md)
* [Compare field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/compare-field.md)
* [Countries](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/countries.md)
* [Email](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/email.md)
* [Email validator](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/email-validator.md)
* [Hidden field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/hidden-field.md)
* [File upload](/form-management/form-designer/questions/question-types/advanced-types/file-upload.md)
* [Language selector](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/language-selector.md)
* [Phone confirmation](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/phone-confirmation.md)
* [Signature pad](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/signature-pad.md)
* [Slider](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/slider.md)
* [Ranking field](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/ranking-field.md)
* [Time picker](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/time-picker.md)


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.