browser controls on web objects in Storyline
Jul 19, 2012
I've seen the tutorial on inserting and editing web objects in Storyline, but I'm still running into a problem. I'd like to send students to a site where they can navigate forwards and backwards. In other words, I want the forward and back arrows on the browser available. In the Options section of inserting a web object, I chose to load when clicked, to show the object in a new browser window, to use all browser controls, and to use a custom size. However, I can't see any navigation arrows on the browser in the new window. In fact, I tried experimenting with showing "all browser controls," "no address bar," and "no browser controls," and I didn't notice any difference. Could someone let me know where I'm going wrong? Thanks! Dorothy
6 Replies
Hi Dorothy,
I setup a web object the same way you did. I use the Chrome browser and when it opened to a new window, I didn't have any of the browser controls either. However, when I right-clicked on the window and told it to open to a tab, the browser controls appeared.
Here is a how-to on how to get Chrome to open the link to a tab rather than a window. Unfortunately, there is no setting like with Firefox or Internet Explorer to open all links to a tab instead of a window automatically. There are some methods, but none of them are automatic.
Hope this helps,
Adrian
Thanks, Adrian. Unfortunately, we've got Internet Explorer at school, and that's what most of my students use at home, so I'll have to keep tinkering.
Dorothy
Hi Dorothy,
You could do a marker or a lightbox slide, or something else, telling your students to hold down the CTRL key while clicking the web object and/or link. That should solve the whole browser control issue for you. Just an idea.
Adrian
I discovered that if I inserted a web object not in a new window but on the slide, even if the web object is way bigger than the slide, the whole web object shows, and there are forward and back buttons in the browser. So maybe I'll do that. I haven't had a chance to experiment with your CTRL key idea instead, but I will. Thanks!
Hi Dorothy,
Did you take a look at the CTRL key idea mentioned above or did you stick with letting the web object appear within the slide?
Always Happy to Help,
Adrian
Hi Adrian,
Sorry, I'm designing and starting to teach a new live course, so I'm having to put aside playing with learning Storyline for a bit. I did try the CTRL-click web object and hyperlink from Internet Explorer -- the browser my students use-- but I didn't get the forward and back browser controls, so probably I'll just end up using the oversized web object. It'll likely be another couple of weeks before I have time to look much at Storyline though.
Thanks for asking,
Dorothy
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