Can you give a slide layer an exit transition?

You cannot create an exit transition for layers, however, you can have all the objects do an exit transition including an image emulating the background.

Just make sure all objects and background are not anchored to the end of timeline.

Thanks, Dennis.

That would work if there was a way to stop the timeline. For example, the layer I have animating in has a "Close" button on it to hide the layer. I'd like the layer to fly out when the close button is clicked. Is there a way to animate the slide layer when the close button is clicked? All I can see that Storyline can do is to just have it disappear with no animation.

You would need a second layer that shows when you press the hide button this has exit animations on the objects

Hi Phil -  would you do it like this?

Hi Eric! This is a relatively older thread, but if you are looking for specific feedback from Phil, you may need to send him a PM. 

I was looking for the same kind of effect and Eric's solution work perfectly... Thanks!!!

Thanks Cedric for the update and glad it worked for you! 

Brilliantly exactly what I needed

I know this is an old thread, but there still doesn't seem to be an actual fix, just the workaround. I was confused by the answer given by Phil and had to look at the file from Eric, so I'm going to reword it:

You have to essentially duplicate the layer you want to animate on exit, get rid of the entrance animations on the new layer, align all components to the playhead, add exit animations, and set the timeline to the length of the exit animations. After that, use triggers to tell the first layer to go to the second on exit, 

Really old thread you can pause the layer before the exit transitions now and then unease when you are ready to leave.

On the menu layer this is what this odes.

Hi, hate to reopen this thread but I can't seem to figure this out from looking at Phil's file. There is only a base layer, a single object, and a single trigger. Yet, when I click on the single object in preview, a brand new object magically appears. But I can't find that new object anywhere in the file. What is this wizardry?

Is it because I opened it in Storyline 3?

I've attached a screenshot of what I'm seeing in Phil's file, plus a screenshot of the preview after clicking on the Menu Button.

Thank you!

Hi D K

check the master slide layouts or state changes on the objects

It is a layer on the slide master.

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Ugh, thank you to both of you! I feel so dumb. 

(I swear I clicked everywhere!) (:

Thank you so much, Wendy! Someday I will be better at this! :)

I know it's been a while, but I found this thread through a search and came up with an alternate solution using multiple slides (although it still  gives the same effect of layers). Maybe someone will find it helpful.

Awesome, J. Never too late to help someone who may run into this. Thanks for popping in to share.

thanks, J, I'll take a look. And yes, never too late! Can't believe my original post was 6 years ago....crazy.

I add a trigger to pause the timeline before the exit animation. I set a trigger the resume the timeline to resume when a button is clicked and another trigger to go to the layer (or back to the base layer) when the timeline ends. 

Can someone provide some explanation to Phil Mayor's solution posted above?

I dont see why the timeline is being paused and what the function of the variable is. What if someone click on the menu multiple times and the timeline ends? Does the menu stop working? Im confused, I just want to do an exit transition.

I know this is a super old thread but has there been any update on this feature request? It's been seven years since the original post and it looks like people still really want the option to use an exit transition for layers.

I would like to use a different exit transition based on what the user is doing. I have the "Swipe:" checkbox selected for Next and Back, but I want the exit transition to "push" from the left when the user swipes "Back" and have the exit transition "push" from the right when the user swipes "Next" (from the right side of the screen to the left). This seems very intuitive for smartphone users these days. I don't want to write a bunch of variables or tie special layers to triggers with custom animations just to make this happen. It should be a built-in feature within the "Transitions" menu options. Please advise.

Hi Aptive,

I'm unable to track down a feature request for this functionality. Would you be able to share your thoughts and use-case with our team here?

Hi Mr. Krepps,

I have seen a conversation similar to what you are asking about here. I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests as that may be helpful and I invite you to share your use-case with our team here as well.

We have a link to see the features we are working on next:

Articulate 360 Feature Roadmap