> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.voxworks.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Display

> The Display question type: a statement the interviewer reads out with no answer — for introductions, transitions and notices — its settings, what the respondent hears, and why it records nothing.

## What it's for

A **Display** question is something the interviewer *says* rather than *asks*. Use it for:

* a transition between topics — *"Thanks. Now I'd like to ask about your local council."*;
* an explanation the respondent needs before the next questions — *"For the next few questions, please think about the last twelve months."*;
* a notice — *"Just so you know, this call may be recorded for quality purposes."*

It takes no answer, so nothing is recorded and nothing can branch from it.

<Tip>For a single line at the start of a section, a section's **Intro line** does the same job without adding a question to the outline. See [Sections](/surveys/sections).</Tip>

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## Settings

A Display question has the fewest settings of any type:

| Setting                               | What it does                                                                                                | Default          |
| ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| **Title**                             | Names the step in the outline and on the logic canvas. Never spoken.                                        | Empty            |
| **Type**                              | **Display**.                                                                                                | —                |
| **Question key**                      | How rules refer to the step.                                                                                | `Q1`, `Q2`, …    |
| **Voice prompt**                      | The words the interviewer says, word for word. Required.                                                    | —                |
| **Eagerness**, **Idle**, **Thinking** | Step levels, in the **Behaviour** panel. See [Attempts and step levels](/surveys/attempts-and-step-levels). | Template default |

A Display question has no **Required** switch, no **Alternative phrasings**, no **Voice** panel and no attempt caps — there's nothing to ask again, confirm or nudge.

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## What the respondent hears

The interviewer speaks the voice prompt exactly as written and moves on to the next question.

* **A statement** (no question mark) is read and the interview carries straight on.
* **A line that ends with "?"** is treated the same way: the interviewer doesn't wait for a reply and goes straight on to the next question. Anything the respondent says over it is still listened to for a question about the call (answered from your [FAQs](/surveys/faqs)), a busy signal or a request to stop (handled by [Behaviours](/surveys/behaviours)).

Write Display prompts as statements. A question mark invites an answer that the interviewer won't wait for and nothing records.

### Notices the respondent must acknowledge

If you need the respondent to hear a notice and give it a moment — for example a recording notice before the questions start — use a [Single choice](/surveys/question-types/single-choice) question instead, with:

* **Statement prompt** on, so the notice is spoken exactly as written with nothing added;
* options that are **Volunteered only**, so no list is read out;
* the attempt caps turned down to 0, so the notice is said once and never re-asked.

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## Routing

*"Display steps take no answer, so nothing branches from here."* A routing rule can't fire after a Display question — the Logic tab says *"Display steps do not take an answer, so no rule can fire after them."* Anchor the rule on the answerable question before it instead.

Rules on other questions can still jump past a Display question or hide it.

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## What is recorded

Nothing. A Display question writes no `survey.*` answer variables, has no card on **Results → Questions**, isn't in the CSV export, and isn't offered when you pipe an earlier answer into a prompt.

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## Next Steps

* [Question settings](/surveys/question-settings) — the fields every question shares.
* [Sections](/surveys/sections) — intro lines as an alternative to a Display step.
* [Single choice](/surveys/question-types/single-choice) — for anything that needs an answer.