Built-In variables and lightbox

Jun 20, 2023

Chris Dorna
By Chris Dorna

I use Built-In variables (Scene.SlideNumber and Scene.TotalSlides) in the navigation of my courses. When I open a slide in a lightbox the variables are adjusted to the slidenumber of the slide in the lightbox but this also affects the variables on the slide from where I opened the lightbox (Motherslide).

Any ideas how the prevent the variables on the motherslide to update?

5 Replies
Kelly Auner
10 months ago06/22/23 at 3:11 pm (UTC)

Hi Chris,

Thanks for reaching out!

Do you want the slide numbers to appear when viewing the lightbox? If not, you could try to hide it while the lightbox is showing, as Len explains in this similar thread. Please let me know if this isn't what you're looking for!

Additionally, if you're comfortable sharing your file, I'd be happy to take a closer look to continue troubleshooting. You can upload it here or share it privately in a support case. We'll delete it from our systems once troubleshooting is complete.

Chris Dorna
10 months ago06/23/23 at 7:08 am (UTC)

Hi Kelly,

 

Thanks for your response.

We already moved the field on the motherslide behind the lightbox.

I understand the behavior of the Buitl-In variables and the only 'sustainable' solution would be an extra set of variables for lightboxes or a checkmark to indicate weather the variables should update on lightboxes.

I don't thin a feature request like this would get a serious priority. 

Jürgen Schoenemeyer
10 months ago06/23/23 at 9:17 am (UTC)

try

  • create two new numeric custom variables (n, m)
  • add trigger: on slide start -> "n" = "Scene.SlideNumber"
  • add trigger: on slide start -> "m" = "Scene.TotalSlides"
  • important: don't add this two trigger to the lightbox slide
  • use for the text on screen: "%n%/%m%"
  • you can do it global in the Slide Master

result:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/011fe4a3-1664-4ac7-8f84-f21dc7d4ddf4/review

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