That's because any full-size picture on layers will overlap/cover the dial on the baselayer. You could add these pics as custom states to the background picture on the baselayer and display the states based on the changing dial variable. See attached an example with the Fauna layer.
I've moved the dial to it's own layer and you can see the triggers on the layer. The trigger that shows the "Dial" layer sits at the bottom of the list. The triggers fire from top to bottom, which means that the "Dial" layer will show on top of your other layers.
Your dial layer works. Right now it is set to hide other layers. When it changes, another layer is opened, then faster than you can see, the dial layer opens and closes all other layers.
Also, the way the settings are right now, value 3 is off the slide, so it is difficult to turn it to see flora. Experiment with dragging the green triangle, the red triangle, and the yellow diamond, as well as rotating it to get the arc and numbers visible on the slide.
If you give us a little more detail on which part of the file you're stuck on, Iām sure one of our talented community members will have suggestions for you.
In the mean time, I took a look at your project file and saw that the dial was being covered up when a layer is displayed on screen. Disabling this option in Slide Properties will correct this design behavior.
I've attached a corrected version of your project file so you can take a look at how applying this changes affects the layer behavior in your slide..
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Hi Malvika,
It's because the images on your layers are showing on top of the dial. When you show a layer, it will always sit on top of your base layer.
There are a couple of solutions:
1. Have the dial sit on its own layer, that is triggered last in the order, so it is always sitting on top
2. Reducing the size of the images so they are not blocking the dial.
I would recommend doing the first option, as it will allow you to put all your images and text anywhere on the screen.
Hope that helps,
Hon
That's because any full-size picture on layers will overlap/cover the dial on the baselayer. You could add these pics as custom states to the background picture on the baselayer and display the states based on the changing dial variable. See attached an example with the Fauna layer.
"Have the dial sit on its own layer, that is triggered last in the order, so it is always sitting on top"
How can that be done?
I've attached an updated version of your SL file.
I've moved the dial to it's own layer and you can see the triggers on the layer. The trigger that shows the "Dial" layer sits at the bottom of the list. The triggers fire from top to bottom, which means that the "Dial" layer will show on top of your other layers.
Why is dial in my attached file not working?
Regards
Malvika
Your dial layer works. Right now it is set to hide other layers. When it changes, another layer is opened, then faster than you can see, the dial layer opens and closes all other layers.
Also, the way the settings are right now, value 3 is off the slide, so it is difficult to turn it to see flora. Experiment with dragging the green triangle, the red triangle, and the yellow diamond, as well as rotating it to get the arc and numbers visible on the slide.
and am stuck again.
Hello Malvika,
If you give us a little more detail on which part of the file you're stuck on, Iām sure one of our talented community members will have suggestions for you.
In the mean time, I took a look at your project file and saw that the dial was being covered up when a layer is displayed on screen. Disabling this option in Slide Properties will correct this design behavior.
I've attached a corrected version of your project file so you can take a look at how applying this changes affects the layer behavior in your slide..
Hi Joe,
This is the issue. Dial works but when layer is shown, dial gets hidden.
Regards
Malvika
This is the revised file.
Your suggestion of hiding slide layers work. Thank you.
Regards
Malvika
Hi Malvika,
Thanks so much for the update! So glad to hear that my colleague Joe's suggestion helped! Wonderful news!
Hope that you have a great start to your week. Happy developing! š