I'm having issues hiding a text box in storyline 2 if it has animation attached.
I set the initial state to hidden and added a user-click trigger, which works. When I animate the text box, it automatically plays at the beginning of the slide. Any help would be much appreciated!
Do you want to hide or show the text? Your first sentence says you're having difficulty hiding it, but then you say the initial state is hidden...and the user-click trigger works.
I've been able to both hide or show animated text boxes. See the two slides in attached
I would like the text box to be hidden when the timeline starts, and then i added a change state trigger when user clicks on a button to change the text box to normal. That all works unless I try to add animation to the box, then it starts when timelines starts, ignoring the initial state and trigger. does that make sense?
Here's the file, the review text box (TB1: Step 1: prioritize step 2:match step 3:assign etc) should load when clicking 'next' button. thank you for your help!
Ah, that's a horse of another color ;). Same with Fade by paragraph I vaguely remember something wonky with that in SL1 also. Seeming like a bug. Playing with some ideas, so far unsuccessfully. stay tuned
Bummer. Nothing I've tried is working. Can't reverse it either. That is, add a new state and call it show. Delete the text from the normal state, making it the initial state. Add a trigger to Change the state of the text box to show when user clicks.
The layer thing works. Users won't know it's another layer.
Oh, just saw your post. Doesn't work w/fade either. Doesn't work w/anything that's "by paragraph." I'm thinking we should report it. Maybe staff can weigh in.
I see the behavior you've shared here and am able to replicate it in a new file. It seems to only be connected to the "by paragraph" set up as mentioned by Rebecca. It looks like as a workaround you'd have to use the layer setting Rebecca mentioned.
I'm going to share this with our QA team for additional review, and I'll share additional information here once it becomes available.
Hi. I realise this is from 6 years ago and I’ve just had the exact same issue with Storyline360 when changing the animation to be ‘by paragraph’. Seems odd that this is still the same after 6 years. My workaround was to split the four lines of text into separate text boxes meaning that ‘by paragraph’ wasn’t required. Didn’t think of layers.
I'm happy to help! Since this discussion is a bit dated and based on Storyline 2, I'd like to gather more details from you to make sure I understand exactly what steps you're taking. It sounds like you're looking to add animation by paragraph in Storyline 360.
Which animation are you using? Also, are you setting the initial state to Normal or Hidden?
If you have a file you could share, that would be a great place to start. You can either attach it to this discussion or share it in a support case. I'm excited to troubleshoot this issue with you!
It looks like it's happening with any animation when you select the option "By paragraph" and what I can see from research is that this is a small bug and hasn't been resolved. I solved it by splitting four bullet points into separate text boxes meaning that "by Paragraph" is not required. Yes the initial state is set to hidden. I don't have a file to send.
Thank you for sharing your steps and the workaround! We haven't released the fix for this bug as we've prioritized other bug fixes and features. I'll update our team on this bug and report back if it makes it on our roadmap for upcoming releases. I appreciate you taking the time to share this is still an issue in Storyline 360!
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Hi Shelly,
Do you want to hide or show the text? Your first sentence says you're having difficulty hiding it, but then you say the initial state is hidden...and the user-click trigger works.
I've been able to both hide or show animated text boxes. See the two slides in attached
Thanks Rebecca!
I would like the text box to be hidden when the timeline starts, and then i added a change state trigger when user clicks on a button to change the text box to normal. That all works unless I try to add animation to the box, then it starts when timelines starts, ignoring the initial state and trigger. does that make sense?
did you see my attachment? Slide 2? Both text boxes are initially hidden. One has animation. Clicking show text button works for both.
Other option: can you upload your slide
Aha, it seems to only happen with the spin and grow by 1st level paragraphs animation setting.
Here's the file, the review text box (TB1: Step 1: prioritize step 2:match step 3:assign etc) should load when clicking 'next' button. thank you for your help!
Ah, that's a horse of another color ;). Same with Fade by paragraph I vaguely remember something wonky with that in SL1 also. Seeming like a bug. Playing with some ideas, so far unsuccessfully. stay tuned
Oh good, glad I'm not just messing things up! I can use a different animation, it just looks SO COOL with that one haha
Bummer. Nothing I've tried is working. Can't reverse it either. That is, add a new state and call it show. Delete the text from the normal state, making it the initial state. Add a trigger to Change the state of the text box to show when user clicks.
Maybe put it on another layer instead?
The layer thing works. Users won't know it's another layer.
Oh, just saw your post. Doesn't work w/fade either. Doesn't work w/anything that's "by paragraph." I'm thinking we should report it. Maybe staff can weigh in.
Great idea with layer, that will work! and yes that might be the case!! Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it!
Hi Shelly,
I see the behavior you've shared here and am able to replicate it in a new file. It seems to only be connected to the "by paragraph" set up as mentioned by Rebecca. It looks like as a workaround you'd have to use the layer setting Rebecca mentioned.
I'm going to share this with our QA team for additional review, and I'll share additional information here once it becomes available.
Thanks Ashley!
Hi. I realise this is from 6 years ago and I’ve just had the exact same issue with Storyline360 when changing the animation to be ‘by paragraph’. Seems odd that this is still the same after 6 years. My workaround was to split the four lines of text into separate text boxes meaning that ‘by paragraph’ wasn’t required. Didn’t think of layers.
Hello Andrew!
I'm happy to help! Since this discussion is a bit dated and based on Storyline 2, I'd like to gather more details from you to make sure I understand exactly what steps you're taking. It sounds like you're looking to add animation by paragraph in Storyline 360.
Which animation are you using? Also, are you setting the initial state to Normal or Hidden?
If you have a file you could share, that would be a great place to start. You can either attach it to this discussion or share it in a support case. I'm excited to troubleshoot this issue with you!
Hi Lauren
It looks like it's happening with any animation when you select the option "By paragraph" and what I can see from research is that this is a small bug and hasn't been resolved. I solved it by splitting four bullet points into separate text boxes meaning that "by Paragraph" is not required. Yes the initial state is set to hidden. I don't have a file to send.
Hi Andrew!
Thank you for sharing your steps and the workaround! We haven't released the fix for this bug as we've prioritized other bug fixes and features. I'll update our team on this bug and report back if it makes it on our roadmap for upcoming releases. I appreciate you taking the time to share this is still an issue in Storyline 360!