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MirandaGong
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9 years ago

Draggable items on non-drag & drop freeform slides?

I know I can make objects draggable on a drag&drop freeform question.

Possible to make an object draggable/movable on a slide that isn't a drag & drop slide?

I'm wanting to make an instruction box that can be moved about the screen if it is obscuring the relevant portions of the screen. I could make a minimize interaction, but I'd prefer draggable if possible.

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  • Hi Timothy, just make a target object off the stage that the user will never see and then make a trigger that changes the instruction box state to Normal when dropped on.  Like this example.

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    MirandaGong
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    Love your file names and shape names. Good sense of humor.

    So it seems we can make an item draggable by creating a trigger and defining an offscreen target. Fantastic!

    Thanks for the help Richard

  • This is just what I was looking for (thanks Richard)! However, I cannot get my draggable item to stick like Richard's. It always returns to its original position. I tried with a simple rectangle (thinking it was because the drag item is a group). I tried changing the revising state from reset to resume saved and automatically decide, but did not help.

    Does anyone have a suggestion?

  • Hi, Glenda.

    Thank you for sharing your .story file!

    If you right-click the Hint box, select Drag and Drop, you can uncheck Drag return:

    Windows 10 (1) 2021-10-12 at 10.18.10 AM

    Let me know if this works!