Thanks for posting your question here in the community!
No, you cannot change the size of the markers in Storyline. That would be a great feature request that you can submit here. In the meantime, you'll have to work with the markers at their existing size or create your own custom markers and pop-up layers. Hope this answers your question!
I agree with Nicole that I'd like to see more control over the built-in markers.
One thing you can do that might work is to increase the marker's outline to an outrageously high number. Here's an example of some markers with outlines of 22:
@Montse That's actually a neat trick. You need to make the border colour the same as the marker, so no nice white borders on dark backgrounds, but otherwise it works well.
One downside...you can't see the marker animation.
Another thing I have noticed is that as you reduce the storysize resolution the markers become bigger relative to other items on the slide (since they stay at a default 28 pixels) so if you need to make a marker interaction and aren't worried about other things use a low res storysize.
So many weird features that should be include but just aren't - 100% need to be able to make the markers bigger! The Line Style width is great but the text still seems tiny on it!
Our team is trying to establish default slide sides for all of our projects. 1920 x 1080 is in line with modern standards (kind of) but we can't agree on setting all of our projects to this larger size just because the marker sizes can't be adjusted. This will cause more work for us when we inevitably convert existing projects to a smaller or larger slide size -- depending on what we choose. When will this feature be released?
We still have no updates to share regarding this feature request. We'll be sure to let everyone in this thread know when this feature makes it to our Storyline 360 roadmap!
Thanks for checking in on this! I understand you are looking for an update on the ability to resize markers. There currently hasn't been any movement on this as we prioritize other features. There has been a feature request submitted for this and I'm going to include your voice in the request. We’ll update this discussion when there is any news to share about this.
I have a trick to make any icon "flash" but I would love to lay my own icon on top of the pre-programmed marker and have access to the marker's triggers so I can do "when user clicks" "custom icon" trigger (all marker callout functionality on hover and click.)
The lack of transparency on the marker triggers is a shame.
can we get an update on the ability to resize and edit marker icons? I have attached an example where it would be IDEAL to use for testing audio/speakers from one of my courses.
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Hi there Paul,
Thanks for posting your question here in the community!
No, you cannot change the size of the markers in Storyline. That would be a great feature request that you can submit here. In the meantime, you'll have to work with the markers at their existing size or create your own custom markers and pop-up layers. Hope this answers your question!
Thanks Nicole I have submitted the request, in the meantime I will try and create custom icons and layers.
I agree with Nicole that I'd like to see more control over the built-in markers.
One thing you can do that might work is to increase the marker's outline to an outrageously high number. Here's an example of some markers with outlines of 22:
@Montse That's actually a neat trick. You need to make the border colour the same as the marker, so no nice white borders on dark backgrounds, but otherwise it works well.
One downside...you can't see the marker animation.
Great trick with the borders and I hope it can be made possible to increase the size of the marker soon too.
+1 for more controls on the marker icon
Another thing I have noticed is that as you reduce the storysize resolution the markers become bigger relative to other items on the slide (since they stay at a default 28 pixels) so if you need to make a marker interaction and aren't worried about other things use a low res storysize.
Hi Sanduni,
Thanks for sharing that you'd like some additional options for the marker icon.
If you could share your idea and use case for this feature directly with our team here, that would be helpful in understanding.
second the motion your honor. I need larger markers.
Me, too!!??
Did the feature request for this get submitted? Just curious as to not submit a duplicate request :)
Hi, Jenn.
Thank you for reaching out!
We have a feature request logged and connected to this discussion, so we'll be sure to notify you when we have news to share.
I also want to share two resources with workarounds:
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Awesome suggestion! Thanks for sharing!
Feature Request Number: 03150817
Request Details: Please make the marker more customizable (size, own image)
Definitely would love to see this
So over 4 yrs later no progress?
I would like to make the size smaller.
So many weird features that should be include but just aren't - 100% need to be able to make the markers bigger! The Line Style width is great but the text still seems tiny on it!
Our team is trying to establish default slide sides for all of our projects. 1920 x 1080 is in line with modern standards (kind of) but we can't agree on setting all of our projects to this larger size just because the marker sizes can't be adjusted. This will cause more work for us when we inevitably convert existing projects to a smaller or larger slide size -- depending on what we choose. When will this feature be released?
Hi Griffin,
We still have no updates to share regarding this feature request. We'll be sure to let everyone in this thread know when this feature makes it to our Storyline 360 roadmap!
So maybe in another 4 YEARS???
Any progress on the ability to resize marker icons please Articulate?
Hi Alex,
Thanks for checking in on this! I understand you are looking for an update on the ability to resize markers. There currently hasn't been any movement on this as we prioritize other features. There has been a feature request submitted for this and I'm going to include your voice in the request. We’ll update this discussion when there is any news to share about this.
I have a trick to make any icon "flash" but I would love to lay my own icon on top of the pre-programmed marker and have access to the marker's triggers so I can do "when user clicks" "custom icon" trigger (all marker callout functionality on hover and click.)
The lack of transparency on the marker triggers is a shame.
can we get an update on the ability to resize and edit marker icons? I have attached an example where it would be IDEAL to use for testing audio/speakers from one of my courses.