The Traffic Lights slide lets participants respond using Red, Yellow, or Green, making feedback quick and visual. Perfect for instant check-ins and progress tracking!

Create a Traffic Lights Question:

Click on the New Slide button in the top left corner of the presentation editor page.

Choose the Traffic Lights slide type under Popular Question Types.

Adding a new traffic lights slide in the editor page of Slidea

In the Content area, add your question in the Question input box in the right panel. 

Click on Add a longer description to add more content to describe your question or to give a hint for the question.

Adding a question in the placeholder in the editor page of Slidea

In the Options input boxes, enter your options for red, yellow and green in the respective boxes.

Adding options in the traffic lights question

Click on the Show results in percentage check box to show the responses in percentage. 

An option to show the traffic lights results in percentage

You can edit the content on your slides with the different text formatting options available on the right panel. 

Click on the drop down box in the Text area to change the font style of the content. 

Setting a font style for the text in a traffic lights question

You can change the appearance of the content by making it bold, italics, strikeout and underline.

Change the font size by using – or + buttons. 

Choose a color for the text and the line from the available default color options or use the custom colors option respectively.  

Formatting the style for the text in a traffic lights question

You can change the background color of the slide by choosing from the available default color options or by using the custom colors.  

Formatting the background color for a traffic lights question slide

To remove all the custom effects and reset the slide back to original, click on Reset to theme defaults at the bottom of the right panel.

Resetting the formatting options back to default in a traffic lights slide

In the right panel, click on the Design menu to add an image and change its layout.

Design tab in Slidea editor page

Under Slide menu,

You can add an image by drag & drop or choosing a file from your device to your slide by clicking on the upload image icon. Your file should be in .png, .gif, .jpg or .svg format with a maximum file size of 15 MB.  

Uploading image to a traffic lights slide.

Also, we have a collection of images and gifs available under Image Library and GIF’s menu respectively.   

choosing an image from the image library of Slidea

You can change the layout of the uploaded image by choosing one from the available layout options. You can see the preview of the image layout at the center panel while clicking on each option. 

choosing a layout for the uploaded image in the traffic lights slide

Use the slider in Transparency to adjust the opacity of the background image.

Adjusting the opacity of the uploaded image in a traffic lights slide

Under Themes menu,

You can choose a theme for your slide from the available default themes. You can also create your own theme for your slides. 

Creating a new theme for your presentation in Slidea

In the right panel, click on the Settings menu to change the settings for this particular slide. 

Settings tab in the editor page of Slidea

Under Joining instructions, 

Toggle the Enable voting button to allow or disallow participants voting on the question.

Enable voting option to let audience vote for the traffic lights question

Toggle the Show in results button to show or hide participants’ responses in the final results.

Show in results will show the responses in the results page

The presenter can store reminders, talking points, key notes for that particular slide by clicking on the On-Slide Notes at the bottom of the center panel. 

On slide notes to keep notes for the presenter