Hotspot hover over not working

Is there anything on the layer that covers the hotspot?  If you have it to revert when mouse out then this is what will happen.  You must ensure the hover area is free from obstructions on the layer that shows uncheck the option

Hello Louis!

Do you have a file you could share for us to take a look?

No nothing is covering the hotspots and when I change the hot spot to 'user clicks' they work as intended and surely they wouldn't if they were covered.

Also the cursor does not change to the hand icon when hovering the hot spots.

I've noticed that I can get this to work if I untick the 'Restore upon leaving' tickbox but I want to use this feature, any thoughts?

There is something on the layer that is showing that is causing the ouse to be no longer above the object.  That is why on click and restore work.  Perhaps it is a transparent shape

But the hotspot is the top of the list on the timeline?

Not on the base layer, there is an object covering the hotspot on the layer that you are showing. That is why it only shows on click and when it is set to not restore. this is causing layer to hide as soon as it opens.

ok, I've tried moving the hotspot to the top of the time line on the base layer and the 1st layer and I'm still getting the same problem?

If you can post a slide, I can fix it and show you why it is not working.

You cannot have anything above the object on the timeline, it sounds like you have another hotspot, this will break the functionality of the hover trigger, hope this helps

Ok thanks. 

Hello Louis,

Hopefully you got things to work. If not, you could share the file here for us to take a look.

I'm having the same issue - did this ever get resolved? Thanks!

Hello Michelle!

If you have a file to share we could take a closer look and see what could be causing the hover to not work for you.

There seems to be an issue with using hotspots for mouse over objects to appear. I've tried using layers and states for making objects appear on mouse over using hotspots. In articulate 1, this wasn't an issue. Now when I use a shape or marker instead of a hotspot, it works great. I think someone in development should look into this, as it is causing problems on some of my quizes that were converted to Articulate 2. 

Notice that the markers with the trigger "show layer on mouse over" work great. Then try the hotspot with the same trigger, no luck. At best it will work for the first few hovers, but eventually it will break.

Here is a published version of the file in a screen recording.

ok, so the fix is to add the trigger to both the hotspot and the marker. Still needs to be addressed though, as I spent way too much time fixing this.

Hi Brad,

Thanks for sharing the .story and .mov file here. I see what you're saying in regards to lots of hovering back and forth and it no longer showing the layer. Instead of using it as a hotspot question did you look at instead as a pick one? I also saw you  had triggers for the submit to occur on click of the marker and the submit button, wasn't sure if that was intentional or not. 

Hi Ashley,

Yes, I meant to have submit interaction on mouse click and just noticed that I forgot to remove the submit button before I read your post, thank you for the heads up though.

I haven't explored the free-form quiz slides, but I'll take a look at it. Can the shapes be markers in that style of quiz? I like using the markers because they glow and are hard to miss.

Hi Brad,

Yup - you could use markers in a freeform pick one (or pick many) quiz slide. The freeform options are great as you can really use anything you want in that set up as the answers. 

I've encountered this same problem, however I've discovered that if you unclick "Hide Objects on Base Layer" on the layer settings, then it will work without a problem.