Background (master slide buttons) to front?

Hi Ted,

I don't think it is possible to pull Master slide content to a top layer the way you are describing. Though, I'll be curious to see if someone replies with a better answer.

I think your best option is to design a slide with the interactive features, that is not a Master Slide, and then copy and paste it into your scene as needed. Another thing I will do sometimes is group interactive objects together, and then copy the layers as needed. 

Objects on the base layer of a slide master will show up below everything on a slide. However, if you add a layer to the slide master the objects on the new layer will show up above everything on a slide. See attached. One thing you have to do to make it work is add a trigger to the slide master to show the layer when the timeline starts.

Mark, that works great! Wow!

Once again I thank you.  You guys are the best.

Great! I'm glad it worked out.

This works perfectly for my concern.  Thanks Mark!

Glad that this thread was able to assist you as well Caesar, thanks for sharing.

I almost go crazy until I read Mark! I love this community.

This technique works great on slides with only the Base layer.  Any suggestions on how to get it to work on slides with multiple layers?

Hi John!

This thread is a bit dated. Did you try Mark's solution above that seemed to assist other users? 

If you can share your .story file so that we can understand your setup a bit better, that would be helpful.

I made a copy of one of the slides. I added a layer to that slide and put a rectangle on that layer. The buttons are hidden where the rectangle is located. I've attached a story file.

Hi John,

I see what you mean.

This method works best for custom menu items that sit at the top of the slide. As long as your slide layer content is below the buttons, it will work. But if want to use the whole slide area this isn't ideal. If you delay the "show layer" on the master slide it will show on top of the slide layer, but it's not ideal either. I've attached the delay method just in case.

Mark

Thanks, Mark.
For now, if we want to use multiple slide layers, we'll just avoid putting anything on a layer in the area of the button.  I haven't tested this, but I assume it would work to paste a copy of the button on that top layer.
Regards,
John

That's correct, and yes the cut and paste overlay of buttons works for me.

Thank  you Mark, very helpful even 2 years on!

So glad that this was able to help you as well Sean. 

Thanks for chiming in to share.