Slide 1 has a button with a visited state that triggers to layer A. From Layer A I go to Slide 2. Upon completion of Slide 2 return to Slide 1.
Since we left from Layer A that is where you land on return. When you close Layer A, any object that had a visited state on the base slide is gone! Objects without visited state are untouched.
Its the leaving the layer before returning to the base of the slide that causes the change.
Anybody have any insights? Have tried to adjust properties to resume saved state but to no avail.
Not sure what the question is, but i'm trying to have the learner click from layer A to go to slide #3 and then return to original slide and close the layer and continue working thru the rest of the base slide.
The trigger to hide the layer appears only after the learner returns from slide #3.
Basically all the stuff on slide #3 wouldn't fit in layer A that's why the jump.(Slide 3 has many layers itself with interactive video so it needs to stand alone)
The question stands WHY the Disappearing of only Objects with a Visited state?
When I click the image on Base slide 1.2 Test 1 it goes to a 'visited state' but that doesn't take me anywhere - why does it have a visited state if you don't visit anything? I have added a trigger to the image - I click, it goes to layer A, I click the x close button and it hides layer A and returns to the base layer and the visited state is shown. Maybe I am not following the logic.
Wendy the point of that particular item you are clicking is to illustrate that it DISAPPEARS only because it has a visited state! The issue is not to add to the demo but to figure out why these object are missing if you return to the base indirectly from another slide.
HERE is the pattern failure.
Slide 1.2 click the blue box to go to layer A From layer A click the Green arrow to advance to the third slide Closing the third slide by either trigger (direct to slide or general previous slide) returns you to Layer A . Now when you close the layer A the Base slide is Void of objects with visited states ( note the text box without any states is unscathed)
TELL ME WHY!
For added value it doesn't matter which direction you travel from layer A the result is the same. If you repeat the exercise ( replay) and this time from Layer A choose the red arrow to go back a slide, on your return & close of the layer the disappearing effect is the same.
i am able to see what you are describing, however I am not able to recreate it on a new slide with the same set up. I am going to try a few things with your file and see if I can figure out what is causing this.
I have the same issue, items on base layer are used as navigation buttons. When clicked I go to another layer. On the next layer I have a return button which closes It (the second layer) and returns to the base layer. However, the object clicked on the base layer is now gone. Very frustrating.
Hi Alexander! This thread is a bit dated. Would you be able to share your .story file so that we could take a look and better understand what you are seeing?
I was able to fix it. The second layer had its trigger set to hide layer when the return icon was clicked. It did this but also then reverted to the base layer but with the initial selected icon missing. To fix this I added a second trigger to the second layer, telling it to go to the slide again. I also set the playback properties for the slide to reset / restart when revisited.
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Hi Stephan
have a trigger on Layer A, to hide layer (this layer) when...however the learner gets to Slide 2 whether they click something or it goes automatically
Not sure what the question is, but i'm trying to have the learner click from layer A to go to slide #3 and then return to original slide and close the layer and continue working thru the rest of the base slide.
The trigger to hide the layer appears only after the learner returns from slide #3.
Basically all the stuff on slide #3 wouldn't fit in layer A that's why the jump.(Slide 3 has many layers itself with interactive video so it needs to stand alone)
The question stands WHY the Disappearing of only Objects with a Visited state?
Hello Stephen,
On the base slide, do you have the properties set to resume to saved state, or initial state?
Do you have a file you can share for us to take a look?
I attached a simplified demo with the post titled Disappearing_Base_Objects.story 3.28 MB - is it not visible?
The properties I have tried both settings to no avail.
Hi Stephen
When I click the image on Base slide 1.2 Test 1 it goes to a 'visited state' but that doesn't take me anywhere - why does it have a visited state if you don't visit anything? I have added a trigger to the image - I click, it goes to layer A, I click the x close button and it hides layer A and returns to the base layer and the visited state is shown. Maybe I am not following the logic.
Here is a sample
Wendy the point of that particular item you are clicking is to illustrate that it DISAPPEARS only because it has a visited state! The issue is not to add to the demo but to figure out why these object are missing if you return to the base indirectly from another slide.
HERE is the pattern failure.
Slide 1.2 click the blue box to go to layer A
From layer A click the Green arrow to advance to the third slide
Closing the third slide by either trigger (direct to slide or general previous slide) returns you to Layer A .
Now when you close the layer A the Base slide is Void of objects with visited states ( note the text box without any states is unscathed)
TELL ME WHY!
For added value it doesn't matter which direction you travel from layer A the result is the same. If you repeat the exercise ( replay) and this time from Layer A choose the red arrow to go back a slide, on your return & close of the layer the disappearing effect is the same.
Hello Stephen,
i am able to see what you are describing, however I am not able to recreate it on a new slide with the same set up. I am going to try a few things with your file and see if I can figure out what is causing this.
I have the same issue, items on base layer are used as navigation buttons. When clicked I go to another layer. On the next layer I have a return button which closes It (the second layer) and returns to the base layer. However, the object clicked on the base layer is now gone. Very frustrating.
Hi Alexander! This thread is a bit dated. Would you be able to share your .story file so that we could take a look and better understand what you are seeing?
I was able to fix it. The second layer had its trigger set to hide layer when the return icon was clicked. It did this but also then reverted to the base layer but with the initial selected icon missing. To fix this I added a second trigger to the second layer, telling it to go to the slide again. I also set the playback properties for the slide to reset / restart when revisited.
Ah, makes sense. Thanks for popping back in to share your update and solution with the community.
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