Drag & Drop Question - How to snap back incorrect items to a defined point?

Dec 02, 2021

Jana Brausch
By Jana Brausch

Hi,

I’m using Storyline 360 to create a custom drag & drop interaction.
Thereby the user has to assign cards with examples to the correct of two drop targets.

The cards are placed in a stack so that the user doesn’t see the next card until the previous one has been dropped.
Now I don’t want to return the items to their start point if they are dropped outside the right drop target but to a defined point in the background.
The user should not see in the first place that he matched something wrong but when he matched all the other examples the wrong one reappears without clicking Submit or Try again.

So my question is:

• Can I return a draggable object to a defined point if it’s dropped outside the right drop target?

Thanks!

Jana

3 Replies
Maria Costa-Stienstra
over 2 years ago12/02/21 at 2:39 pm (UTC)

Hi, Jana.

Thank you for reaching out!

I am looking forward to what others in the community will suggest, but in the meantime, here's one way that might work for you:

  • In the Drag and Drop Options, uncheck the delayed feedback checkbox: 

Uncheck the delayed feedback checkbox

  • Create a Drop Incorrect state for your object.

Create a drop incorrect state

  • Create a motion path for that object, where the ending is the place you want the card to move to. 

screenshot showing motion path

  • Change the trigger to move the object along the motion path when the state of the object is Drop Incorrect.

Move rectangle trigger

This is what it would look like:

screen recording showing interaction

I hope this helps!

Jana Brausch
over 2 years ago12/03/21 at 8:21 am (UTC)

Hi Maria,

Thanks for your feedback.

Working with motion paths is a good idea in principle.
But is there any option to let a motion path end in the background and not on the same level the object started?

Since my cards are placed in a stack, it would be nice if the cards that are mismatched are moving behind the rest of the cards in the stack and don't end up right on top.

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