Free Form Drag & Drop Issue
Dec 11, 2013
By
Tom Munz
Hey there,
I'm working on a free form drag and drop interaction in Storyline where users drag a logo onto a hotspot to reveal an image. The interaction works with 2 of the logos, which are similarly shaped (short & wide), but is very finicky for the third logo (which is closer to a square). The third logo only seems to work when it is dropped on the edge of the hotspot, but does not work when dropped in the middle. I've tried using a layer as the hotspot, as well as various hotspot shapes and sizes, but the problem persists.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom
4 Replies
Hi Tom and welcome to Heroes!
It may be easier to diagnose this if you're able to share the .story file here with us so that we can set how you've set up your slide and triggers associated with it. If you're not able to share here in the forums you're welcome to also send along here.
Hey Ashley,
I just went ahead and sent in my .story file to the link you provided in order to keep the content confidential. Thanks for the response!
Tom
Thanks Tom, I'm taking a look at your file and testing it now. I'll be in touch shortly.
Hi Tom,
Ok, I just sent you two files - the second one I think works much better for what you need, and in case anyone else comes across this thread I also wanted to explain it here.
The layers that were being triggered for each drop item, were hiding elements of the hotspot, so the user was only able to get it just on the outside edge that wasn't hidden by an image on the layer. To fix this, we set up a trigger on each layer, to hide the layer when the user moused over a new hotspot area (that covered the other remaining logos). This way when they went back to drag a new logo, the layer hides and it's like they're starting fresh.
You'll also need to set a dropped state for those logos to change to hidden when dropped as else they'll still appear on the base layer in the drop target area (doesn't cause problems with dropping items, but did look a little messy).
Hopefully you're all set now, but you can reply here or to the email!
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