Creating a 'scrolling banner'
Jan 27, 2014
Hi all,
I'm looking to create a 'scrolling news banner' on the homepage of a module I'm building.
Imagine a text box with 5 different states, each state having a headline and some supporting information. I know I can use the timeline to change the state of the text box as the slide progresses using variables but I want it to be a continuous loop, not to just change to each state once.
I know I could set a trigger to jump to the same slide to start the timeline again, but there are some animations on some objects which I wouldn't want to 'fly in' again.
Basically, i want the state of the text box to change every 4 seconds or so, but for it to be on a continuous loop without having a ridiculously long timeline.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
David.
7 Replies
Hi David,
How about creating a variable that is tied to the state of the text box (when the variable changes to a certain value, the text box changes to a corresponding state).
Then when that variable changes to 5, it is reset back to 0. (A trigger basically that says when variable changes, set variable = 0 if variable >= 5).
Although, now that I think about it - that doesn't really solve the problem of the timeline not being long since you need something to trigger the variable changes...
Hi Allison,
Thanks for replying - that's where I'm getting stuck. I need to somehow restart the timeline without triggering the entrance animations of the other objects.
I'm wondering if I can take the text box in question off the main slide and place it on a layer, make the layer visible and somehow reset the timeline on the layer?!??!!
My head hurts now - I think it's one to put down and come back to tomorrow!
If you can think of anything alternative, please let me know!
David.
Hey David - Yes, layers works! Just build 1, duplicate, and switch between them as each ends. I built it out really quickly.
Be sure to make sure your setting for the layers is reset to initial condition when revisited.
Hi Allison,
Just took a quick peek. Very nice! David, let us know if it works for your purposes.
That is absolutely perfect - exactly what I was looking to do. Thanks Allison!
Can I give you a rep point / like for your post somehow? I've verified it as the answer.
I'm glad that works for you, David!
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