Index: mod/questionnaire/lang/en_utf8/questionnaire.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/contrib/plugins/mod/questionnaire/lang/en_utf8/questionnaire.php,v
retrieving revision 1.10.2.10
diff -u -r1.10.2.10 questionnaire.php
--- mod/questionnaire/lang/en_utf8/questionnaire.php	4 Oct 2008 12:57:47 -0000	1.10.2.10
+++ mod/questionnaire/lang/en_utf8/questionnaire.php	31 Oct 2008 22:57:50 -0000
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 $string['name'] = 'Name';
 $string['next'] = 'Next';
 $string['nextpage'] = 'Next Page';
+$string['noanswer'] = 'No answer';
 $string['nodata'] = 'No data posted.';
 $string['noduplicates'] = 'No duplicate choices';
 $string['noneinuse'] = 'No content currently defined.';
Index: mod/questionnaire/questiontypes/questiontypes.class.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/contrib/plugins/mod/questionnaire/questiontypes/questiontypes.class.php,v
retrieving revision 1.31.2.22
diff -u -r1.31.2.22 questiontypes.class.php
--- mod/questionnaire/questiontypes/questiontypes.class.php	14 Oct 2008 21:07:55 -0000	1.31.2.22
+++ mod/questionnaire/questiontypes/questiontypes.class.php	31 Oct 2008 22:57:51 -0000
@@ -848,10 +848,9 @@
         $options = array($val1 => $stryes, $val2 => $strno);
         $name =  'q'.$this->id;
         $checked=(isset($data->{'q'.$this->id})?$data->{'q'.$this->id}:'');
-
         $output = '<span class="radiogroup '.$name."\">\n";
-
         $currentradio = 0;
+        
         foreach ($options as $value => $label) {
             $htmlid = 'auto-rb'.sprintf('%04d', ++$idcounter);
             $output .= ' <span class="radioelement '.$name.' rb'.$currentradio."\">";
@@ -859,13 +858,22 @@
             if ($value == $checked) {
                 $output .= ' checked="checked"';
             }
-            if ($label === '') {
-                $output .= ' /> <label for="'.$htmlid.'">'.  $value .'</label></span>' .  "\n";
-            } else {
-                $output .= ' /> <label for="'.$htmlid.'">'.  $label .'</label></span>' .  "\n";
-            }
+            $output .= ' /> <label for="'.$htmlid.'" style="vertical-align:top;">'.  $label .'</label></span>' .  "\n";
             $currentradio = ($currentradio + 1) % 2;
         }
+        // added JR upon Daniele's suggestion
+        if ($this->required == 'n') {
+            $id=0;
+            $htmlid = 'auto-rb'.sprintf('%04d', ++$idcounter);
+            $output .= '<input name="q'.$this->id.'" id="'.$htmlid.'" type="radio" value="'.$id.'"'. 
+                ' onclick="other_check_empty(name, value)"';
+            $output .= ' checked="checked"';
+            $content = get_string('noanswer','questionnaire');
+            $output .= ' />&nbsp;<label for="'.$htmlid.'" style="vertical-align:top;">'.
+                format_text($content, FORMAT_HTML).'</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
+            $currentradio = ($currentradio + 1) % 2;
+        }        
+        // end Daniele's suggestion
 
         $output .= '</span>' .  "\n";
         echo $output;
@@ -922,6 +930,7 @@
             $checked = '';
         }
         $horizontal = $this->length;
+        
         foreach ($this->choices as $id => $choice) {
             $other = strpos($choice->content, '!other');
             if ($other !== 0)  { // this is a normal radio button
@@ -982,9 +991,35 @@
                 $output .= ' />';
                 if ($horizontal) {
                     $output .= '</span>';
+                } else {
+                    $output .= '<br />';
                 }
             }
         }
+        
+        // added JR upon Daniele's suggestion
+        if ($this->required == 'n') {
+            $id=0;
+            $htmlid = 'auto-rb'.sprintf('%04d', ++$idcounter);
+            if ($horizontal) {
+                $output .= ' <span class="radioelement">';
+            }
+            $output .= '<input name="q'.$this->id.'" id="'.$htmlid.'" type="radio" value="'.$id.'"'. 
+                ' onclick="other_check_empty(name, value)"';
+            $output .= ' checked="checked"';
+            $valign = 'top';
+            $content = get_string('noanswer','questionnaire');
+            $output .= ' />&nbsp;<label for="'.$htmlid.'" style="vertical-align:'.$valign.';">'.
+                format_text($content, FORMAT_HTML).'</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
+            $currentradio = ($currentradio + 1) % 2;
+            if ($horizontal) {
+                $output .='</span>';
+            } else {
+                $output .= '<br />';
+            }
+        }        
+        // end Daniele's suggestion
+        
         echo $output;
         if ($otherempty) {
             questionnaire_notify (get_string('otherempty', 'questionnaire'));