Getting multiple drag items to "tile" in storyline

Apr 07, 2015

I have an interaction where there are multiple drag items with multiple correct drop targets...I used advice from this awesome thread to make it work:

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/storyline-multiple-drag-objects-and-multiple-target-areas

Each drop target is a large hotspot which will have 2-4 drag objects in it when the user is finished. However, because the drop targets are not assigned in the form view but are made manually, I cannot make the drag objects "tile" on the hotspot. They are stacking on top of each other which makes it impossible for the user to see which objects they have put where.

Does anyone know a way around this? I have attached the slide to give an idea of the problem. Thanks!

sepsis_interaction_slide.story

41 Replies

Julian Stubbs

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 9:25 am (UTC)

No worries Jan. Thanks for your help anyway:)

As a workaround I have just made several drop zones in each column, but that's a lot extra checkboxes on triggers!

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 1:50 pm (UTC)

Looks like you were able to get the assistance that you needed :)

Julian Stubbs

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 2:25 pm (UTC)

Thanks Leslie. It certainly seems to be ok in Update 5 for Jan. But I am using Update 6. It would be useful if someone else with Update 6 could also open the file attached, choose "tile" in the drag and drop options, publish and see if it "tiles" or just "snaps to centre" (meaning the draggables are stacked on top of each other rather than all visible). That way we can establish if this is a bug in update 6 or just something that is happening to me. I must admit I designed the interaction to tile and can't remember seeing a problem before I updated to 6.

Freeform_multiple_drop_S2_tile_not_working.story

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 5:12 pm (UTC)

Hi Julian!

I was able to see the behavior you are describing in your file utilizing SL2 Update 6 as well.

I installed SL2 Update 5 on a Virtual Machine and you are correct, it is not occurring.

If you could open up a support case here, then I would be happy to further assist you and get this issue filed with our QA Team as well. No need to re-attach your file, I just do not have access to your e-mail or I would file it for you.

Thanks!

Julian Stubbs

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 5:37 pm (UTC)

Thanks for confirming Leslie - much appreciated. I have opened a case # 00642070 and have posted a link to this discussion.

Julian

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 6:03 pm (UTC)

Thanks again Julian! The issue has been submitted.

Julian Stubbs

over 8 years ago09/10/15 at 7:18 am (UTC)

One more piece of info. You'll notice in my original post I uploade two story files. The one that works was originally created in SL1. So the problem seems to only affect interactions created in an earlier version of SL2.

Hope that helps and is not a red herring!

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago09/10/15 at 1:43 pm (UTC)

Thanks Julian.

Melanie Lewis

over 8 years ago09/15/15 at 12:52 pm (UTC)

I have the same problem - :)

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 8 years ago09/15/15 at 1:35 pm (UTC)

Hi Melanie!

I do not have an update to provide on this issue at this time as it is still in the hands of our QA Team.

over 8 years ago09/18/15 at 6:01 am (UTC)

Hi Leslie,

Upate 7 is available.... is this bug removed?

It is not listed in the bug-list of update 7.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago09/18/15 at 6:28 pm (UTC)

Hi Jan,

It does not seem that this bug made it into Update 7 - the release notes document what fixes and/or features were included as shown below:

New Features:

Added support for Apple iOS 9
Added support for Google Chrome 44 and later on Android devices

Bug Fixes:

Fixed issue where a lengthy course could lock up during preview or playback in a Flash-enabled browser
Fixed issue where right-click triggers wouldn't work on base layers in Flash output
Fixed issue where key-press triggers assigned to the slide wouldn't work after clicking the slide in Flash output
Fixed issue where pressing arrow keys would highlight items in the menu rather than moving objects on the slide

Jan Vilbrandt

over 8 years ago09/21/15 at 6:19 am (UTC)

Hi Ahsley,

I know this list and the place where to look.

It would be very helpful if the programming team remembers to fix that bug!

I cannot install update 6+7 because of two bugs Articulate did NOT fix THOUGH the programmers know that the bugs are there.

:-(

I wish Articulate would care more about service and their customers.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago09/21/15 at 3:53 pm (UTC)

Hi Jan,

I know Justin already reached out to you here, and let you know that our Storyline QA lead is aware of the issues so I just wanted to link the two threads.