Buttons not working on secondary layers (Storyline 2)

Apr 30, 2018

I'm stumped and this community is always so helpful.

I have a slide ("Slide 2") with a button on the base layer that points to "Slide 1". On "Slide 2" I allow that button to be visible on a secondary layer.

When I preview it, the button works as it should from both the base and the secondary layer. However, when I test the published output, the button doesn't not respond on the secondary layer (though other states appear to work (i.e. hover).

I even tried adding a new button to the layer and that didn't work either.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Wendy Farmer
Hero

6 years ago04/30/18 at 9:13 pm (UTC)

Hi James

if you can share your .story file it will be easier for someone to help by looking at your setup.

James Ignacio
Author

6 years ago05/01/18 at 3:04 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Wendy. I started to create a shareable file and stumbled upon the answer (I think).

I believe the buttons on the slide (even the menu button in the player) weren't working because the base layer contained a web-object (embedded video).

So, I went a different route to make what I wanted work. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

6 years ago05/01/18 at 7:39 pm (UTC)

All good James - glad you got it sorted :-)

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

6 years ago05/02/18 at 4:59 pm (UTC)

Hi James,

What version of Storyline are you using? I know in some earlier versions of Storyline, the web object would overlap player items and appear at the forefront of any slide items. The latest updates of Storyline no longer have it overlapping the player elements, but it may still be the top item on your slide.

Buttons not working on secondary layers (Storyline 2)

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