An object on top of another object

Hi Andrew:

It's normal that an object in front of another will block your mouse click for the objects behind. There is no "click through action" available.

I recommend creating custom states, variables, and triggers to control this activity.

I have attached an example.

Best Regards,

Dennis Hall

Thanks for the help Dennis.  That's not really what I'm looking to do though.  I attached a sample file to show what I'm trying to do.  I need the top shape to act as a cover for the bottom shape so that the user cannot click on the bottom shape after certain point in the activity.  

This is how it should work in the sample I attached:

-  User clicks on both bottom rectangles to Change the State of both to the 'Show' state.

-  On top of these clickable rectangles are No Fill rectangles in their initial state.  The state of the top rectangles is then triggered to change to a filled 'Cover' state when both of the bottom rectangles are in their 'Show' state.  i want the top rectangles filled now so that the user can no longer click on the bottom rectangles.

* I am able to click through to to the bottom rectangles with a No Fill rectangle on top, until............I had the triggers for the state changes of the top rectangles, and then I can no longer click through. *

Thanks so much for the help

Andrew

Hi Andrew, maybe instead of using rectangles with no fill, you should used a filled shape to start and just set its initial state to hidden.

Then when the user clicks on the bottom shape have a trigger that changes the state of the hidden shape to Normal.

Hi Andrew - me again. I took a look at your story I think there is an easier why to do what you are trying to achieve. I don't think you need the cover shapes at all. Anyway, I modified your file to show you two ways to achieve what you want. The first example uses your cover shapes. The second example eliminates the cover shape and just uses the built-in disabled state.

Thanks Nancy for the quick reply.  There really was an easier solution and I just a had a brain block.  Storyline already thought of this with their 'Hidden' state.  I was trying to create my own hidden state when one already exists and actually works.  So using the initial Hidden state did the trick for me.  Thanks so much for the all the help!

Thanks for the update Andrew!