The moderator panel

The moderator panel is where questions go from raw submissions to curated, on-screen moments. It lives inside director view — click Q&A in the left sidebar.

Who can see it: Owner, Director, Associate Director, Q&A Moderator.

Header controls

At the top of the panel, two controls appear for Directors, Associate Directors, and Owners. Q&A Moderators see these as read-only.

Override buttons — Auto, Open, Closed. Sets the Q&A open/closed state manually, overriding automatic show and cue logic. See Open and closed status for how the full precedence chain works.

Show QR toggle — switches the Q&A public display between a live QR code and the branded placeholder. Flip this on when you want the audience to start scanning.

Now and Next slots

Two cards sit at the top of the panel below the header:

Now — the question currently active on the presentor screen's Q&A section. Shows the question text (truncated, with "Read more" to expand), the submitter's name or "Anonymous", and a Clear button that removes it from the slot and returns it to the approved queue.

Next — the question queued to come up after Now. Same display. Clear returns it to the queue.

"Next question" button

The Next question button advances the queue one step:

1. The current "Now" question moves to the Answered section
2. The "Next" question becomes "Now"
3. The top of the approved queue becomes "Next"

The button is disabled when Q&A is closed or there's nothing to advance.

Incoming column

Every question submitted by the audience lands here as Incoming. They appear in submission order. For each question:

• Approve (green) — moves the question to the Approved queue
• Reject (red) — moves it to the Rejected section
• Edit — opens an edit modal to clean up typos or rephrase before approving
• Delete — removes the question permanently

Approved column

The approved queue is where you order and stage questions before they go live. For each question:

• Set Now / Clear Now (amber) — puts this question in the Now slot, or clears it back to the queue
• Set Next / Clear Next (cyan) — puts this question in the Next slot, or clears it back to the queue
• ↑ / ↓ — reorder within the approved queue
• Answered — moves the question to the Answered section (useful for marking something done without using the advance button)
• Edit, Delete

Answered and Rejected sections

Collapsible sections at the bottom of the panel. Answered holds questions you've moved through; Rejected holds ones you've declined. Both have a Restore button (returns to Approved or Incoming) and Delete.

Typical live flow

Real-time updates

All changes sync via socket — everyone with the panel open sees updates immediately. A 30-second polling fallback runs in the background to catch any submissions that arrive while the socket connection is interrupted.