Show Image
When and Why to Use
Use this to present an image for a limited amount of time. Best suited for:
Passive exposure to stimuli before a follow-up question
Advertising or concept testing with controlled viewing duration
Attention or memory-based experiments
This function does not collect a direct response, but it can be followed immediately by a related question.
Chat Experience
Image is shown full-width with no user interaction allowed
A countdown may be visible or implicit, depending on platform settings
After the timer expires, the survey auto-advances to the next screen
Traditional Experience
Image is centered with padding or fills the screen depending on image size
Suitable for remote-based navigation; no buttons or interaction during display
Chat experience | Traditional experience | Traditional experience on Mobile |
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Configuration Options
Option | Type | Required | Default | Description |
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| yes | - | Image to display from the |
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| no |
| How long to display the image before auto-advancing |
Example Code
from survey import Survey s = Survey(**globals()) for media in s.media: s.show_image( image=media, number_seconds=5 )Notes
This question does not collect input — it's purely for presentation
Best followed by a comprehension, recall, or perception question
You can pair this with
text_questionorselect_questionto assess reaction to the imageConsider limiting to 3–7 seconds for most attention-based use cases