Hover state for hotspost

Hi Stephanie

I've tested this in preview in SL360 and it's working on hover - see attached Peek.  Which version of SL are you using?

Hi Wendy,

I'm using SL 360

Can you share the slide

I'll have to modify before sending due to privacy. Do you have a link i can send it to?

This is the public forum and I'm not Articulate staff but if you're happy for me to take a look you can click my profile pic and contact me that way.

Sorry Wendy, I didnt read your orange tag properly. Thank you.

Hi Stephanie!

You're always welcome to send us your file privately by clicking here, if you'd like. 

If you do decide to open a case, be sure to let us know your case number!

Hi there, Stephanie!

Alyssa beat me to it in which you're clearly in the right place for help from both heroes and staff alike ☺️

Thanks Alyssa and Katie,

I ended up converting my slide into a drag and drop interaction because i needed to move forward with my project. 

Thanks for the offer though.

Thanks for the update Stephanie and you know right where to find us if you need some help :)

I just ran across the same issue. If you set the trigger to: "Show layer "X" when the user hovers the mouse over", the hand cursor stays as a pointer. I think that is what Stepahnie's original post may have referred to.

Any ideas on fixing this? I've tried several things but every time that hover trigger is used the cursor always remains the pointer.

Hi Bob! 

The mouse cursor will remain a pointer over an object with a "mouse hovers over" trigger. The cursor will only change to a hand if the object is clickable--this behavior is consistent in all versions of Storyline.

You can force the mouse pointer to become a hand if you give the object a "Down" state. This "tricks" Storyline into thinking that the object is clickable. 

I thought we tried that and it didn't work.

When I went back into the file, the properties option on the rollover layer info was set to "Prevent users from clicking on the base layer", so that was disabling the cursor from displaying as a hand.

Thanks Alyssa!

Happy to help you solve it, Bob!

I'm happy to find this thread since I'm trying to have the cursor change to a hand on hover. I couldn't seem to make it work as described above. I've included the slide where I have two hotspots and want the learner to be alerted to a clickable spot by changing the pointer into a hand. Any suggestions?

Hi Laura
I no longer use hover objects for this reason. Inside I create shapes or buttons and apply hover states to them.  I think the reasonning is so the learner doesn't think its a clickable object. 
For multi device purposes I also avoid using hover objects as much as possible, and instead make object clicabkle (e.g. ipad or phone device users, etc).

Hope this helps!

thanks Stephanie - yes, smart thinking! I definitely will rethink this
application of hover states.

Laura Bunte - Instructional Design Consultant

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