Creating an Auto-Play Button for the Timeline
Mar 12, 2019
Is there a way to create an "auto-play" feature in StoryLine?
What I am wanting to achieve is this:
By default, the learner must click the play button to start the timeline on each slide; this would prevent narration and slide animations from playing automatically. Being able to manually play each slide accommodates some learners (particularity those who have accessibility needs), but it can be irritating for others. So, in addition, I would like to add a button that would allow the learner to activate an "auto-play" feature. If the button is selected, the timeline for each slide plays automatically each time they advance, without the learner having to click "play" on every slide.
I have fiddled with this for days. It seems like I have used every combination or triggers and variables, but nothing I do creates the behavior I'm looking for.
Any help is appreciated!
6 Replies
I would create a slide master layer (called autoplay) with your play button on. set to pause the base layer in layer properties.
Create two variables autoplay t/f set to false and AutoplayLayer number
For the button where they select autoplay y/n then toggle the t/f variable to specific value (sure = autoplay)
Add a trigger on slide master (base layer) to show the layer 'autoplay' when variable changes AutoplayLayer
Add another trigger on slide master base layer to add one to AutoplayLayer when timeline starts on condition that 'autoplay' equal to true
Hi Samantha!
I put together a quick sample file that might work for what you're looking to do! Hopefully this will spark some ideas. The method is slightly different than the one Phil shared.
Phil, would you be able to take this sample file and apply your method to it so we can see a second example? Thanks in advance!
I accept the challenge!
Here is mine: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/b8a0911e-f2c2-413c-9b70-7d144b2f7da6/review
Your works perfectly, I like my solution because I can call the layer at anytime on a button on the slide, but may be a bit of overkill as you probably wouldn't want to do this (would work well for a menu).
This is fantastic, Phil! Really creative work, as always. 👏
Samantha, now you've got two sample files using two different methods, and hopefully one of this will work for you! Let us know if you have any questions about how we set these up.
Apologies for my late reply. This is EXACTLY what I needed!! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together.
Thank you both so much! These examples are perfect. I am so very grateful!
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