I try to use different styles of cursor in a Try Mode Simulation. What I want to achieve is to have a specific cursor according to the area you hover. I insert a hotspot over each area.
If I could just change the hand cursor showed over the hotspot into a different cursor, I would have the exact result I am looking for.
Here is a tutorial on customizing mouse cursors. I haven't seen an example of what you are looking for, but I'm hoping the community has some ideas they can share with you!
I've created a custom shape hover in SL. I want the cursor to change to a hand on hover. The hover state works for "on click", but not for "on hover". Is there any way to change this? Right clicking and enabling 'Show hand cursor on hover' doesnt work...
First, if you have any triggers that say, "Change state of the shape to 'hover' when the mouse hovers over," you can delete those triggers.
Next, add a 'selected' state that matches the 'normal' state. This will cause the mouse cursor to change to a hand cursor when the mouse hovers over. This short video demo explains what I mean.
Give it a try, and let me know if you need any help along the way!
Articulate...how is a hotspot any different than a transparent shape with triggers? Shouldn't a hotspot by default NOT have the hand icon when you hover over it to indicate that it is clickable? If, for instance, I'm testing someone's ability to click on the correct item in an image, I don't want to give away the answer by changing the mouse cursor to a hand when they happen to accidentally hover over it.
I created a test file to demo a few scenarios based on your question. Perhaps using a different question/slide type will work better for what you'd like to design.
Slide 1 - hotspot over an image vs. an image with a transparent shape and states
As you mentioned, the hotspot will show the hand cursor
Slide 2 - A freeform pick-one question type
Again, shows the hand cursor on clickable items
Slide 3 - Freeform hotspot
This is the one that you may be looking for. The hand cursor stays present, indicating that I need to click, but shows for the entire image, so no clues are given.
Unfortunately, this isn't the default setting so you have to do this on each hotspot but if you right-click on the hot spot, you have the option to NOT show the hand cursor. Is that what you are looking for? I tried using the format painter but that doesn't work so you have to do it manually for each hotspot. I wish this was something that we could choose globally for our project.
Are you looking for a different image than the Hand cursor? That's built-in to Storyline, so there isn't a way to change it. You could set a trigger that when hovering over an object something else is shown on the screen - although it won't change the cursor.
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Hi Davessenn, neat idea!
Here is a tutorial on customizing mouse cursors. I haven't seen an example of what you are looking for, but I'm hoping the community has some ideas they can share with you!
Hi Alyssa,
I've created a custom shape hover in SL. I want the cursor to change to a hand on hover. The hover state works for "on click", but not for "on hover". Is there any way to change this? Right clicking and enabling 'Show hand cursor on hover' doesnt work...
Hi Stephanie,
Happy to help you here!
First, if you have any triggers that say, "Change state of the shape to 'hover' when the mouse hovers over," you can delete those triggers.
Next, add a 'selected' state that matches the 'normal' state. This will cause the mouse cursor to change to a hand cursor when the mouse hovers over. This short video demo explains what I mean.
Give it a try, and let me know if you need any help along the way!
Articulate...how is a hotspot any different than a transparent shape with triggers? Shouldn't a hotspot by default NOT have the hand icon when you hover over it to indicate that it is clickable? If, for instance, I'm testing someone's ability to click on the correct item in an image, I don't want to give away the answer by changing the mouse cursor to a hand when they happen to accidentally hover over it.
Hi Artur,
I created a test file to demo a few scenarios based on your question. Perhaps using a different question/slide type will work better for what you'd like to design.
Hi Artur,
Unfortunately, this isn't the default setting so you have to do this on each hotspot but if you right-click on the hot spot, you have the option to NOT show the hand cursor. Is that what you are looking for? I tried using the format painter but that doesn't work so you have to do it manually for each hotspot. I wish this was something that we could choose globally for our project.
Thanks, Tracy! I failed to show that option in my example.
If you have a need to adjust this globally as you mentioned, you are welcome to share your idea and use-case with our team here.
Done!! Thanks Leslie!
Is there a way that you can show a different image or cursor when you hover over a hotspot?
Hi Chris,
Are you looking for a different image than the Hand cursor? That's built-in to Storyline, so there isn't a way to change it. You could set a trigger that when hovering over an object something else is shown on the screen - although it won't change the cursor.
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