Triggers with Master Slide Placeholders

Nov 20, 2023

Hi folks,

I'm trying to create some master slides with triggers to improve the efficiency of our courses.

We have a play/pause variable that we're using to make sure that when a learner clicks on a video and it pauses, the timeline pauses with it. I'd like to add this trigger to the video master slide so that it can be added once and my team members don't have to think about it again. Is there a way to attach triggers to the placeholder objects in the master slides?

In a similar vein, is there a way to reference objects on the parent master slide in the derivative slides? The only discussion I could find about that topic was 10 years old, so I'm hoping it's changed since then.

Thanks!

3 Replies

Judy Nollet
Hero

6 months ago11/21/23 at 3:07 pm (UTC)

You can add triggers to a video placeholder. The attached file demonstrates triggers for what you want to do: pause the timeline when the user pauses a video by clicking it, and resume the timeline when the user resumes the video.

Note: This won't work if you show the video controls. That's because the program doesn't count clicking the controls as clicking the video.

On a slide, you can reference the Master placeholders. However, you can't reference text boxes, shapes, or other objects that you insert directly in a Master.

demo_master_pause_timeline_with_video.story

6 months ago11/21/23 at 3:44 pm (UTC)

Thanks Judy. Looks like I had the right idea, it just wasn't working with the first layout in the bunch. It's working correctly now :)

That's good to know about the placeholders vs. objects. I'll keep that in mind as I continue to design. I appreciate you taking the time to share!

6 months ago11/21/23 at 5:06 pm (UTC)

You're welcome.

BTW, be aware that when you're editing a slide, you can't move text boxes, shapes, or other objects that you inserted directly in a Master.

Also, keep this in mind when designing a Master:

Permanent objects don't appear on a slide's Timeline. Thus, you can't rearrange them. They will always appear below placeholders, even if they are above a placeholder on the Master timeline.
Placeholders do appear on a slide's Timeline, so their arrangement and timing can be adjusted on a slide-by-slide basis.