> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/lists/list-collections.md).

# List Items

The list items answer type allows you to create lists based on the items that you can define manually through the list items editing interface.

## ➕ Adding a new item

You may add a new item using its **item text** which is the text that will be displayed to the respondent in the list and the item value which is the **value** that will be saved along the respondent answers. 

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## 🔅 List item properties

* **`Type name`** display name of the list.
* **`Collection layout rendering`** defines how the list will be rendered either as a dropdown list, as autocomplete field that will filter the list based on the respondent entry or as toggle push buttons.
* **`Answers sort order`**defines the order in which the list item will be displayed. This can be handy in multi-language lists where item text differ from one language to another.
* **`Language`** you may define a different list for each languages. This is very handy if you use your type in a [multi-language](/form-management/form-designer/multi-language-forms/creating-a-multi-language-form.md) survey and what to show different items based on the respondent language.
* **`Selections multiple`**if you want to allow the respondent to select multiple answers from the list.  Note that if multiple answers are selected from a list these will still be stored as a single answer in the respondent dataset separated by a # character. eg: selectanswer1#selectanswerr2#selectedanswer3


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