Disabling "Next" Button Until End of Timeline

Hi Alan -  do know that you can have the submit / next button show up on certain slides by selecting it (easiest in story view) and then on the bottom right there is a 'slide' property box, uncheck the 'next' button.  Does that help?

Tania

ps - I kept mine all enabled but need for it to not show that up that way once published unti the timeline ends.

Hey Tania!

This article will describe how to disable the Next button until the timeline ends, using variables. Hope it helps!

Thanks Peter - I was actually just looking at your response to another post with this article - it sounds like exactly what I need but I'm having trouble finding the option to 'insert a variable'...I don't see it as an option from the trigger menu...any thoughts / help?

Tania

Hi Tania!

Sure thing. You can create a new variable by clicking the cursive "x" in the bottom-right of the trigger panel, and then using the window that opens to create a new one.:

Thanks Peter - huge help!  One more thing (if you happen to know) - how can I apply this to all slides in the presentation?

Hi Tania!

Maybe one of our Super Hero course-building gurus will have a much speedier practice, but the fastest way I know of, is to just use the copy / paste buttons (located at the bottom of the wizards) for both the variables and triggers, and then apply them one-by one. 

Here's a hoping there's a faster way if you have a large course with lots of triggers / variables!

Thanks Peter - you've been a huge help (and very fast in responding!!!).

Tania

Happy to help, Tania, and good luck with the project!

I have to create different variables for each slide??

Hi Khushbu,

Can you clarify your situation and what it is your wanting to accomplish? This thread is old and a little long, so I'm not sure what you're needing to do. Or, perhaps someone else will jump in.

Hi Khushbu! I have to agree with Becky on this and say that it is hard to assume what you are asking, but if you are wanting to do the custom variables for the next button as this thread discusses, then yes, you would need to do it for each slide. Hope you saw where Peter mentioned the ability to copy/paste up there, but it is still one-by-one. Just let us know if you need anything further.

no. I wanna ask I hv to create different variable for each nd every slide coz whenever I do copy/paste it only works for first slide not for every slide..

And when I create a different variable it again works for that particular slide..

Or if u don't mind cn u send me some example plzzz...

Hi Khushbu,

Sorry - old man here....could you please ask, precisely what you want to ask using "old skool..." real words and sentences?

These snippets of complete questions and text speak are really confusing me - sorry for being so blunt.

Perhaps you might get a definitive answer if I (we?) could get a definitive question?

Thanks

Hi Bruce,

PFA, in this file variable works for first slide i.e. next button is disable until timeline ends but doesn't work for next three slides..:(

Hi Khushbu! I took a look at the .story file that you shared here. You had the same variable for all slides, so Variable 1 was still 'true' for the subsequent slides and allowed the user to move forward. I am attaching an update here. Hope this helps

Hi Leslie,

I have to create a different variable for each slide??

And thanks for ur help..

Hi Khushbu! To get it to work in your current scenario, yes. You can still copy/paste and just edit the variable reference is what I did. I did not have to 'recreate' each one in the example I provided.

ok.. I got it ..

Thankuuu so mch Leslie..

Awesome! Glad you got some assistance here Khushbu and thanks for the update

A colleague came up with an idea to use just one variable and two triggers in the master slides to keep things simple:

1. Create a variable that's default as False (in this case, I called it "Advance")
2. In the master slide, add trigger that Sets Advance equal to true when timeline ends
3. Add another trigger that Sets Advance equal to false when timeline starts (this resets the variable each time, so it's unnecessary to have a different variable per slide)
4. Close master slide
5. On a slide chosen from a layout that has the trigger from #2 and #3, add a player trigger, e.g., Jump to next slide When the user clicks the Next button IF Advance is equal to true
6. Copy and paste the trigger in #5 to all the slides

Now the Next button is disabled until timeline ends with only one variable and only a condition added to an existing trigger.

See attached for example.

Hi Kathy,

Thanks for sharing the example here, and you'll see a further tutorial on how to disable the next button. 

It really helped a lot.....