Party icons add a celebratory, animated touch to your Rival chats. When a researcher includes one of three designated party emojis 🎊 Confetti Ball, 🎉 Tada, or 🥳 Partying Face, participants see a burst of confetti animation on their screen. This small moment of delight helps reinforce positive survey experiences, making celebratory messaging (like a thank-you screen or a milestone question) feel more engaging and less transactional.
Using party icons in your chat
Party icons can be added in question text, message text, or button labels. To add one:
Open the chat builder and navigate to the question or message where you want the confetti effect to appear.
In the text field, insert one of the three party icons using your emoji picker or by typing/pasting the emoji directly.
Save and preview the chat to confirm the animation displays as expected.
Tip: The confetti animation is best used sparingly, for example, on an opening welcome message, a congratulatory milestone, or a closing thank-you card to keep the effect feeling meaningful rather than routine. |
Party icons reference
The following three icons trigger the confetti animation when used in eligible locations:
🎊 Confetti Ball
🎉 Tada
🥳 Partying Face
How the animation triggers
The confetti effect triggers differently depending on where the party icon appears in the chat:
Automatic trigger
When a party icon is used in question text or message text, the confetti animation fires automatically as soon as that element renders on the participant's screen. The participant does not need to take any action.
On-click trigger
When a party icon is used in a button label, the confetti animation fires only when the participant clicks that button. This makes it well-suited for confirmatory moments, such as a "Submit" or "Done" button on a closing screen.
No trigger
The confetti animation does not fire when a party icon is used within choice cards (text-based or emoji-based) or grid question cells, even if the icon is present. In these cases, the emoji still displays visually but it does not produce the confetti effect.
Participant experience
From the participant's perspective, the confetti animation appears as a brief, full-screen burst of colourful confetti that overlays the current chat screen. It plays once per trigger event and does not repeat or loop.