Drag and Drop Issue - How to make objects that don't have a drop target turn "incorrect" if dropped somewhere

So give the "incorrect" items a target.

It could be a tiny, transparent rectangle. Put it as far away from the main target as possible, so it'd be highly unlikely that anyone would drag an item near it. 

Thanks Judy! But that wouldn't work either I think, because then if users don't place the object in that "hidden" drop target the activity result would always be wrong, even when the objects that should not be dragged remain in their initial position, where they should indeed stay. Or am I missing a setting? :)

Judy's tip works. Here's a quick tutorial.  In the drag/drop options you can set when to show drop correct/incorrect and also have objects snap back when outside the right target.

Thank you both very much! I can see it's working in the case you recorded (thanks for the recording by the way!)

BUT, I do have a Submit button in my case, and I need it because I can't tell learners if they are doing right/wrong as they move objects around, they need to complete their "selection" and than see if they were right. Now, let's say I drag the correct object into its drop target, and I don't touch the triangle and the square (which would be the correct solution for the exercise); what would happen to those two shapes as soon as I click submit? I think they would turn red because they are not in their correct drop target (the one outside the slide) and the exercise would be considered wrong. Or not?

I may be missing your point but I can't see how :)

I see what you're saying. You'd have to probably take the draggable distractors out of the form and add triggers to make them draggable and triggers to change their state when you hit the submit button. 

I noodled on this and have a simple solution (or at least starting point) for you. Attached the file.

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/ba203f7c-5b8a-44fc-85ff-2bac695581b2/review

Thank you Tom! That's brilliant :)

I'm going to ask you if you can think of a easy/quick solution to make the incorrects return to state "normal" - or not turning into "drop incorrect" - if they are dragged outside the target before clicking submit, let's say the learner changes her mind. 

What I'm thinking is to create an additional invisible shape that covers the rest of the slide on the left of the target and add a trigger that changes the state of  the incorrects to normal when dragged over/dropped on this new shape. BUT, some spaces around the circle may not be covered (and I also have funny shapes in my real project). 

Or is there an easier trigger I'm not considering. What do you think? :) 

Hi Valentina,

The easiest way is to set incorrect ones to turn "red" when submitting whether they are dropped on the target or not. It makes sense to me to tell learners that the options are incorrect. However, if you really need only dropped incorrect options to turn "red", you can use the intersect/end of intersecting triggers to change the state of incorrect options. I modified Tom's story file to mock-up.

dragDropFeedback_Joanne | Review 360 (articulate.com)

add a drop target off slide and sign them to that, then remove the drop target from the focus order, then n the feedback layers add triggers to change them to normal or another state that looks normal