I am working on a project, where I need the user to press a hot key F8, instead of the Enter key to submit the interaction. We changed the submit key to F8, but the enter key will still submit the text entry. Is there a way to disable the enter key?
I am having this issue currently with Storyline 360, and am not seeing the behavior as described in the link you provided. My multi-line text entry field automatically submits the interaction when the enter key is pressed rather than inserting a carriage return.
Can you provide more information about how to force it to work as described?
Hi there, Jim. If you're using a question slide, the Enter key will submit the response every time (unless you're using an essay survey slide). On a content slide with a text entry field, however, the taller fields will allow for the carriage return rather than submitting the text.
This example course includes a content slide, a graded fill-in-the-blank slide, and a short answer survey slide for comparison. What kind of slide are you using, and what kind of information are you looking to capture?
Hi, I'm new to Storyline and was wondering if I can disable enter to submit. I have a question that requires multiple answers, so I want to go to the next line when the user hits enter and not to submit their answer. It works fine when I preview the slide, but not when I preview the project. Or does anyone have another suggestion on how I can set this up?
This is not correct anymore, I'm guessing since the text fields changed to add scrolls if they ever go over. But now whenever a user clicks enter in a text field it adds a paragraph break, regardless of field size.
This thread is over two years old, so there is likely information that is now outdated. Using the Enter key adds a paragraph break in text entry fields. It doesn't cause the text entry to lose focus when the value of the text entry field changes.
I believe the 60 px height rule does not take the font size into account. It would be better if we could manually set the Text Entry Field to Single-Line or Multi-Line.
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I just figured out a way to do it using the pick one option!! Thank you for your help!
I am having this issue currently with Storyline 360, and am not seeing the behavior as described in the link you provided. My multi-line text entry field automatically submits the interaction when the enter key is pressed rather than inserting a carriage return.
Can you provide more information about how to force it to work as described?
Hi there, Jim. If you're using a question slide, the Enter key will submit the response every time (unless you're using an essay survey slide). On a content slide with a text entry field, however, the taller fields will allow for the carriage return rather than submitting the text.
This example course includes a content slide, a graded fill-in-the-blank slide, and a short answer survey slide for comparison. What kind of slide are you using, and what kind of information are you looking to capture?
Hi, I'm new to Storyline and was wondering if I can disable enter to submit. I have a question that requires multiple answers, so I want to go to the next line when the user hits enter and not to submit their answer. It works fine when I preview the slide, but not when I preview the project. Or does anyone have another suggestion on how I can set this up?
Thanks in advance.
This is not correct anymore, I'm guessing since the text fields changed to add scrolls if they ever go over. But now whenever a user clicks enter in a text field it adds a paragraph break, regardless of field size.
Hi T.J.
This thread is over two years old, so there is likely information that is now outdated. Using the Enter key adds a paragraph break in text entry fields. It doesn't cause the text entry to lose focus when the value of the text entry field changes.
Let me know if you have additional questions.
https://articulate.com/support/article/how-the-enter-key-behaves-in-data-entry-fields-sl2
I believe the 60 px height rule does not take the font size into account.
It would be better if we could manually set the Text Entry Field to Single-Line or Multi-Line.