Alignment issues
Sep 23, 2016
I have a button set with a hover state which, when hovered over, will introduce a textbox at the bottom of the screen (text is contained within a box fit to the width of the slide). The hover works just fine when tested in "edit states", but when I go to preview and even publish, the textbox ends up appearing in random places on the slide (not at the bottom as desired and set).
With some investigation, I tried to align using the align tool, and when I, for example, set to "align to bottom" the text box ends up completely off the slide screen! Apparently, the dimensions or set slide area is skewed somehow and the button has no concept of the slide's actual area.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I have no idea when other method I could use or how to work around this flaw.
P.s. All of my buttons, when set with the alignment tool, are set to "align to slide".
Thank you and hopefully someone knows how to fix this!
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Hi Bella!
Do you have a .story file that we could take a look at to see the issue in action and better understand?
The story file is attached. If you Click on tabs A,B, and C, you will find a series of "link" buttons. The "link" buttons have been set with a hover that should pop up exactly on the bottom of the screen, but you will see that it does not work for the majority of them. If you try to align the text box that I set to pop up on hover, it will completely go off the screen. Let me know if you can figure out what is going on!
Thank you!
Bella,
When I previewed this, all the links on A and C worked as you describe your expectations. The links on B were placed differently. I edited 3 of them at random, moving the text box to the correct spot, and they worked. See the attached video.
I am not seeing what you describe.
I have had them all perfect numerous times and they still end up moving once the file is published. If you attempt to "align" the objects, you will see that the area is completely off. Align to bottom will not align them to the bottom of the slide, but rather off the slide completely. I am well aware how to position them correctly, that is not the issue.
The buttons that had the hover incorrect, were all initially perfectly set where they were supposed to be, but they seem to eventually move. What you saw, where the hover text box was not in the correct position, were all done on its own, I had them positioned correctly, had previewed it, and then this is what transpired for some reason.
If you are using the text "Align to bottom", expect that to align the text to the bottom of its text box. If you are using the Arrange "Align Bottom", you need to choose two objects, and expect the upper one to move down to the lower one. What function are you using to align to the bottom of the slide?
Well I have it set to "align to slide" and I was using the Arrange "align bottom". I don't think I need to choose two objects for this to work because if "align to slide" is selected the slide is considered the second object.
Cool! You learn something new every day.
Still I'm suspicious that that may be part of the problem. If you take that off and align manually, do you get better results? Some of those complicated functions get lost when applied to states, especially the built-in states.
Actually, I had initially done it all manually without even thinking to use the align option, and the same thing happened! So, I have no idea what is going on. Thank you for giving me some help! I really appreciate it especially with how frustrating this is all becoming.
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