Force lightbox or exclude slides from search result.

Hi Terry!

I like these creative ideas! Within the search feature in the Player, there isn't a way to exclude certain slides. We do have an active feature request report where we are tracking impact so I'm going to share your ideas there! 

Secondly, there is a way to have slides open as a lightbox. It does take customization, but I've explained this in a short tutorial!

Hi Lauren,

Thanks for taking the time to make the video, but my question is about a how to FORCE a slide to ONLY open as a lightbox. (I do understand the basics of how to use lightboxes, sorry if that wasn't clear in my question.)

So, in your example, if you wanted the "Fox" slide to ONLY open in a lightbox, you would remove it from the menu.  BUT, if someone searched for the text "fox", the search results would allow them to open that slide directly.

If you want to see what I mean, I have published an example on my review:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/e65acfee-8c5f-4902-b19a-e9dd2556d16c/review 

Hi Terry,

Thanks for sharing that file, and I understand what you mean about the search function inadvertently allowing you to view a slide in full view even though it was intended to be a lightbox-only slide.

At the moment, there isn't a way to force a slide to be lightbox specific, as the current trigger allows you to lightbox any slide. As you mentioned, the trick was to remove the slide from the menu. We've shared your details with our product team and will be sure to update you when any progress is made.

In the meantime, will it be possible to save the text as images so that it doesn't come up in the search function?

Unfortunately, that's not an option in my real-life module because there's just too much text, and too many lightbox slides. 

Hi Terry,

Understood, and I'm sorry the suggestion didn't help! I appreciate you bringing that to light, and I'll be sure to let you know if we bring further customization into the search function and lightbox abilities.