did you by any chance duplicate the base layer when making the slide layer? In that case the button may be there twice (hiding) - check the objects on the slide layer timeline
Thanks for your uber-speedy response! I've checked and I didn't make a duplicate slide layer - it was a new one - and I've hidden most of the base layer items (including this button).
It doesn't appear on the slide layer timeline at all - only when I preview the slide?
happy to have a look if you want to upload the file - even just that slide (import it into another project file) and then click the Add Attachment link here in the forum
Oh thank you thank you Wendy. The summary layer is still in development stage - so have only added a couple of objects as yet - including the complimentary video (this is so the SME can review the clip before I purchase it).
Really appreciate your taking the time to look at this.
it was the order of triggers. See the attached file.
Just to let you know when you insert a button SL has default behaviours like 'Selected' and 'Visited' so you don't really need to have a trigger that says Change state of button X to selected when the user clicks as SL knows to do that automatically - hope that makes sense.
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Hi Angela
did you by any chance duplicate the base layer when making the slide layer? In that case the button may be there twice (hiding) - check the objects on the slide layer timeline
Hi Wendy
Thanks for your uber-speedy response! I've checked and I didn't make a duplicate slide layer - it was a new one - and I've hidden most of the base layer items (including this button).
It doesn't appear on the slide layer timeline at all - only when I preview the slide?
Hi Angela
happy to have a look if you want to upload the file - even just that slide (import it into another project file) and then click the Add Attachment link here in the forum
Oh thank you thank you Wendy. The summary layer is still in development stage - so have only added a couple of objects as yet - including the complimentary video (this is so the SME can review the clip before I purchase it).
Really appreciate your taking the time to look at this.
Hi Angela
it was the order of triggers. See the attached file.
Just to let you know when you insert a button SL has default behaviours like 'Selected' and 'Visited' so you don't really need to have a trigger that says Change state of button X to selected when the user clicks as SL knows to do that automatically - hope that makes sense.
Shout out if you need more help
Fabulous Wendy - thank you so much for taking the time to help me out with this.
I've imported it back into my course and now understand about the default states of buttons.
Muchly appreciated. Thank you!
Glad to help Angela
Glad that Wendy was able to help you out here - and just as a reminder, here is information on how triggers are executed and how the built in states will behave.
Thank you so much Ashley. That all makes a lot more sense to me now.
Happy to hear it Angela.
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