I am developing a course with a text entry interaction and I'd like the learners to be able to hit Enter to create a line break if they want to. The way it works now is it submits the interaction. Is there a variable or something I can set up to tell Storyline NOT to submit the interaction when the Enter key is pressed? Thank you!!!!!
Hi, Cindy -- Thanks so much for reaching out with your question!
Here's how Articulate Storyline handles the Enter key in data-entry fields:
* If the data-entry field is tall enough to accommodate more than one line of text, the Enter key will add a line break (return), so the learner can start a new paragraph.
* If the data-entry field is only tall enough for a single line of text, the Enter key will assign the learner's response to the text field's variable. In other words, it'll submit the learner's response.
See this article for more information. Please let us know if you need anything more! :)
Thanks for your reply, but it seems that no matter the size of my boxes Storyline submits the interaction when I hit Enter. I hope this gets changed in a future release. There are definitely times when I'd want to have more than one text box in an interaction, and wouldn't want it accidentally submitted if the user hits Enter. I know this is pretty standard UI behavior, but there should at least be an option to turn it off.
I see, Cindy -- Thanks so much for checking out the info I shared, and if you'd like to reach out to our Product team for functionality you'd like to see in the future, here is the form you'd need to do so. :)
You MIGHT be able to capture the input of the enter key using some javascript (not supported by Articulate), however I'm not sure if this will circumvent the default behavior of submitting the form. If I get a little spare time, I'll try out some sample code I found to do this.
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Hi, Cindy -- Thanks so much for reaching out with your question!
Thanks for your reply, but it seems that no matter the size of my boxes Storyline submits the interaction when I hit Enter. I hope this gets changed in a future release. There are definitely times when I'd want to have more than one text box in an interaction, and wouldn't want it accidentally submitted if the user hits Enter. I know this is pretty standard UI behavior, but there should at least be an option to turn it off.
I see, Cindy -- Thanks so much for checking out the info I shared, and if you'd like to reach out to our Product team for functionality you'd like to see in the future, here is the form you'd need to do so. :)
Cindy,
You MIGHT be able to capture the input of the enter key using some javascript (not supported by Articulate), however I'm not sure if this will circumvent the default behavior of submitting the form. If I get a little spare time, I'll try out some sample code I found to do this.
Mike
Also, check out the solution offered in this thread: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/prevent-enter-key-from-submitting-text-entry-for-evaluation
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