not that i know. A lightbox slide is just a normal slide which is rendered in a different way. If you want to have it transparent, then you can always create a layer which has the transparency feature embedded.
Hi Geert ... problem is I need to access a video clip from anywhere in the course, as far as I know there is no way to access a layer on a particular slide from elsewhere in the course, that is why I was hoping to use a lightbox but with no background or a transparent one
One approach would be to create a "psuedo lightbox."
Put your video on a single slide in it's own Scene. Since you're already using a lightbox slide to access from anywhere in the course, simply use the same slide. Then to Geert's suggestion, create a shape the same width and height of the slide. I do this often and use solid black with no border. Place it at the top most position in your timeline just behind the video. Then set the transparency to your liking.
The only challenge is with navigation. Getting "to" that slide is the easy part. Knowing where users were when they arrived will require a few variables to track whereabouts. So when users leave the video "psuedo lightbox" they return to the where they were.
@ Geert, I am using an html background image wrapped around the course for visual appeal ... when I launch the lightbox it throws up a black box over my background, not very attractive. @ Kevin, thanks for your suggestion I will see what I can come up with
Having a light-box like capability where you can make the background transparent AND customize/remove the close button would be awesome. I light box a "pause" slide (it's the only way I've found to pause all media in the underlying slide) and it would be great if the learner could see what was on the slide when it's paused.
Running into this same need. I know how to let the background bleed through on a layer. The reason I am not doing a layer is because this same content needs to be viewed throughout the course, not just on one slide. I do not want to duplicate layers x10. I just want a single lightbox text to maintain, that shows the text I want with most of the underlying slide still visible to the user so they know they're just seeing the help info and then going back to the base slide.
Thanks for reaching out and sharing these details!
Currently, the supported method to customize a lightbox in Storyline is by using layers, but feel free to look at this discussion where some folks share a workaround using JavaScript.
This method goes beyond our realm of support, but it did the trick for other community members! Feel free to jump in there with questions, and someone will lend a hand!
Guys, in case you want one single 'lightbox like' layer to be called from anywhere in your course you could use your masterslidedeck and call the (masterslide) layer on variable trigger.
Use one single masterslide for those slides you want to call it and just put the layer with the content needed in just that masterslide. Works like a charm for sure! No Javascript needed here.
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Hi Dave,
not that i know. A lightbox slide is just a normal slide which is rendered in a different way. If you want to have it transparent, then you can always create a layer which has the transparency feature embedded.
Cheers
Geert
Hi Geert ... problem is I need to access a video clip from anywhere in the course, as far as I know there is no way to access a layer on a particular slide from elsewhere in the course, that is why I was hoping to use a lightbox but with no background or a transparent one
Hi Dave,
I think we hit a dead end there. Just out of curiousity why transparent?
G.
Hey Dave,
One approach would be to create a "psuedo lightbox."
Put your video on a single slide in it's own Scene. Since you're already using a lightbox slide to access from anywhere in the course, simply use the same slide. Then to Geert's suggestion, create a shape the same width and height of the slide. I do this often and use solid black with no border. Place it at the top most position in your timeline just behind the video. Then set the transparency to your liking.
The only challenge is with navigation. Getting "to" that slide is the easy part. Knowing where users were when they arrived will require a few variables to track whereabouts. So when users leave the video "psuedo lightbox" they return to the where they were.
@ Geert, I am using an html background image wrapped around the course for visual appeal ... when I launch the lightbox it throws up a black box over my background, not very attractive. @ Kevin, thanks for your suggestion I will see what I can come up with
Having a light-box like capability where you can make the background transparent AND customize/remove the close button would be awesome. I light box a "pause" slide (it's the only way I've found to pause all media in the underlying slide) and it would be great if the learner could see what was on the slide when it's paused.
Hi JR,
What if you used a method such as this one to create a custom lightbox?
Running into this same need. I know how to let the background bleed through on a layer. The reason I am not doing a layer is because this same content needs to be viewed throughout the course, not just on one slide. I do not want to duplicate layers x10. I just want a single lightbox text to maintain, that shows the text I want with most of the underlying slide still visible to the user so they know they're just seeing the help info and then going back to the base slide.
Hi Ambre,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing these details!
Currently, the supported method to customize a lightbox in Storyline is by using layers, but feel free to look at this discussion where some folks share a workaround using JavaScript.
This method goes beyond our realm of support, but it did the trick for other community members! Feel free to jump in there with questions, and someone will lend a hand!
Guys, in case you want one single 'lightbox like' layer to be called from anywhere in your course you could use your masterslidedeck and call the (masterslide) layer on variable trigger.
Use one single masterslide for those slides you want to call it and just put the layer with the content needed in just that masterslide. Works like a charm for sure! No Javascript needed here.