Hotspots and layers
Jul 02, 2014
By
Janet Chafey
I have a question regarding hotspots and layers. I know this has to be something super easy and I've actually done it before but can't for the life of me figure it out at the moment. I have looked through the tutorials and the forums and have yet to find the answer. Of course, I have a deadline tomorrow!
I've got several hotspots on the main timeline which, when clicked, will bring up their respective layer. You're supposed to be able to click another hotspot (or button, I've tried both elements) and bring up another layer. But once I click on the hotspot and bring up it's layer, I cannot click on any of the remaining hotspots. I'm 'stuck' on that layer.
Any suggestions? I've attached the file. Thanks!
6 Replies
I have no idea why your layers didn't behave, there was nothing wrong with your triggers. I quickly recreated the layers and now everything works as expected. Go figure...See attached file.
Arghh!
Okay, so I'm not going crazy. Just opened your file and it works! And other than the name changes, the coding is all the same. I wonder why mine doesn't work?
Thank you for checking it out. I at least I know I'm setting everything up correctly. I just wonder if my software is buggy?
I'm back to having the same issue. The slide is slightly different than the previous one. The other hotspots won't work after clicking on the first one.
Is anyone else having problems with hotspots? It's really frustrating to be doing everything right and not get it to work.
Is this a bug? How can I get this feature to work correctly?
And interestingly enough, I started a fresh file and am able to get the hotspots to work.
Something about my current file is corrupted I guess.
Hi Janet,
If the file is behaving erratically you may want to confirm you're following along with these guidelines that are known to cause issues with Storyline files:
You can also try importing an existing file into a new Storyline project as described here, and if it's happening consistently within your Storyline files it's also worth conducting the repair steps detailed here.
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