Help needed with variable triggers and layers

Hi Val Jon,

What is it that the mouse over triggers? Are you able to upload the story file here? I think I know what you mean but not 100% sure, don't want to go off on a tangent.

Hi Val Jon and welcome to  Heroes! 

Generally for the mouse over triggers you can change the option to allow it to "restore on mouse leave" but as Alex mentioned I'm not entirely sure of your set up, so if you're able to share the Storyline file with us or an example we can take a look. 

Thanks to both of you!  Here is a published version of the test.  I tried "restore on mouse leave" but it did not do the trick. 

The key issue is that after a button is dropped ("factor 1" in this case) and the layer appears with the button in the drop zone, all is well until I happen to mouse-over the dropped button prior to playing the video.  If I do, the hover trigger assigned to the button activates and the layer changes.  I suspect a variable is required but I just can't seem to discover it.  Here's the link.  (and I only have sequences for the first button, which should be enough to see the challenge here.)  THANKS!

www.keystoneconsulting-ev.com/market/test_menu/story

Thanks Val Jon for sharing the published version - we'll also want to look at the .story file to see how you've set up the triggers associated with all the buttons. 

I have interest in the same issue.   I am working from the Video Drag and Drap Storyline template in the downloads and just can't seem to trigger the Done state (button shows with a checkmark) after a video has played.   I am using a value variable and the variable changes based on my logic, but it does not cause the button to change to a "Done" state.on the main slide.

Appreciate the collaboration on this.

Ashley,

I'd be happy to send you the files.  How and where?  Thanks so much!

VJ

Hi Neil,

As with Val's question, it would be easier to sort out if you're able to upload your .story file, or specifically the problem slide.

Hi Val,

You can upload the .story file to the forums as well, and you'll want to use the paper clip icon to do so. If it's too big or you'd prefer not to share publicly, I can send you directions on how to share it with me directly. Also, you're also always welcome to connect with our Support engineers. 

Thanks to you both!  Here you go Ashley.  This issue with the menu triggers has been a doozy ... at least for me.  I'm sure it's something simple but I flunked Boolean algebra twice in high school! *lol*

Hi Val,

I hope it's this easy - but I may be missing something at the end of a long Thursday, so if I am - let me know.

To disable your hover trigger once the user has dropped it onto the drop area I added a condition to the hover trigger that it should only work, if the state of your button is equal to normal. Once I did that - it seemed to work as expected in that I no longer saw the hover state and could play the video. 

Ashley thank you!  I'll check out your solution this weekend.  I really appreciate your help and take time off without having to stare at a computer screen and 10p fonts!  Bye until next week.

Have a great weekend Val! 

I've attached my base storyline file.  I modified the Drag and Drop Video template from the library, but was having the same issue in terms of marking my lessons show complete.   Turned out to be a combination of things, but primarily it was unchecking the box for "restore on mouse leave". 

Ashley's suggestion on the 'hover button' state also opened some other ideas.   The module now allows the user to view a previously completed lesson without interrupting the button states and also a subtle message that this lesson has been completed.

Thanks for the collaboration.

Thanks for sharing here Neil, and if you need anything else feel free to let us know! 

Hello Ashley,

I have another menu challenge to ask you about. Can you help me understand how to have a menu item that has layers, (say "item 1") when "re-visited" will return the user to item 1's main page rather than to its layer? I'm sure it's an easy one but I still don't have variable down pat!  *lol*  I tried uploading the test file 3 times and with 2 browsers and could not complete it on the forum site.

Thanks!

VJ

Let me try again . . . nope no upload for some reason.  I'll try rebooting...

Hi, Ashley,

Do you know any reason why the upload function for this forum is not working?  I've tried it on several browsers and systems and reboots.  Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Thanks,

VJ

Hi Val,

The file may be too large to upload here - I believe the limit is 20 mb. I haven't heard of an issue with uploading in the forums from other users, so I'd check into that first. If it's over 20 mb, and you'd still like to share here you may want to look at stripping out some non-essential elements and just share the menu slide with the layers so that we can get a sense of what you're trying to set up. 

Thank you again to all of you for helping me with triggers and layers!  I'm getting better by the day!

VJ

Happy to hear it Val, and if you still need us to take a look at your file feel free to let us know!