If you have your slide set up as "Reset to Initial State" and set a trigger to jump to the slide that you are on, it should have the effect of restarting it.
Is there a way to use this to trigger replaying a slide layer from its initial state? If instead of 'jump to slide', i select 'show layer' as the trigger it doesn't restart the timeline of the layer.
I would just like to restart the layer, but unfortunately the 'When revisiting: Reset to initial state' function doesn't work when you set up a trigger to show the layer that you are already on.
The trigger to jump to a slide or show a layer again would need to have something inbetween to help reset the initial slide/layer. Just thinking outloud here - did you look at a trigger to show a new layer, and have that layer include a trigger to hide itself/show the previous layer at timeline start?
This discussion is a bit older, so perhaps others are no long subscribed, but if you wanted to share a copy of your file it may help clarify what you're looking to achieve and then the community can weigh in with some other ideas!
thank you. this thread was incredibly helpful. I just duplicated my layer and set it to show the original layer when timeline starts. On the original layer I have a Reset All custom button. I put a trigger on it to show the duplicate layer. Works like a charm.
Hi and thanks for the quick response. I found a solution to separate these two function. Basically, I had an audio and I wanted to replay it only when I wanted and not everytime I was visiting the slide. So I simply moved the audio to a side layer where I changed its property to 'Reset to initial state'. So with a button, I was replaying the audio through the side layer.
A slide can jump to itself, and will restart a lot of objects, but for some reason audio files don't seem to restart. Best practice for restarting audio files is to place a slide immediately preceding the slide with the audio. Make it look like the target slide so you don't have a visual disparity in the event there is a buffering glitch. Put a trigger on it to jump to the target slide when the timeline starts. It will usually make the jump seamlessly and invisibly. Set all triggers and jumps to go to that slide whenever you want the learner to go to the target slide. For instance, in Leslie's example you would jump to the slide before, rather than the slide with the audio.
Does the audio start right at the beginning of the timeline? I have found more reliable behavior by spacing the audio start in about a half a second. For some reason, adding this buffer tends to make things like timeline restarts and sync work better for audio starts.
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Hi Michael
If you have your slide set up as "Reset to Initial State" and set a trigger to jump to the slide that you are on, it should have the effect of restarting it.
Thank you for your quick reply!!!
I just found that out myself, was on my way to deleting this post.
Best to leave it. It might be useful for someone else one day.
Agreed - and we don't actually delete posts... the content can be removed but the post lives on.
Someone here is really glad you didn't delete
same here, thanks
Glad that you were able to get assistance from this as well Muhammad.
+1 thanks for keeping this post around. :)
Absolutely Joseph! It's great when posts are continuing to assist other users. Glad you were able to find assistance here :)
Is there a way to use this to trigger replaying a slide layer from its initial state? If instead of 'jump to slide', i select 'show layer' as the trigger it doesn't restart the timeline of the layer.
Hi Anik!
Your layers have re-visit properties as well. Check out this tutorial.
Hi Anik,
Did you manage to find a fix for this?
I am trying to achieve the same thing.
I would just like to restart the layer, but unfortunately the 'When revisiting: Reset to initial state' function doesn't work when you set up a trigger to show the layer that you are already on.
Hi James,
The trigger to jump to a slide or show a layer again would need to have something inbetween to help reset the initial slide/layer. Just thinking outloud here - did you look at a trigger to show a new layer, and have that layer include a trigger to hide itself/show the previous layer at timeline start?
This discussion is a bit older, so perhaps others are no long subscribed, but if you wanted to share a copy of your file it may help clarify what you're looking to achieve and then the community can weigh in with some other ideas!
Glad you didn't delete this thread!! Did not realize that the layers could ALSO be reset to initial state.
Haha! Glad it was able to help you here Ashley :) Exactly why we don't delete them.
thank you. this thread was incredibly helpful. I just duplicated my layer and set it to show the original layer when timeline starts. On the original layer I have a Reset All custom button. I put a trigger on it to show the duplicate layer. Works like a charm.
So glad that this thread was able to help you out as well Keithia :) Thanks for chiming in to share.
I have a question regarding the initial matter. I want to restart the timeline but only with a trigger button. Not when I revisit the slide.
Hello Christos and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
The two behaviors are tied together as they would be based on the Slide Properties being 'Reset to initial state':
Check out this sample slide where a button has been added with a simple trigger to jump to the same slide. File attached.
Hi and thanks for the quick response. I found a solution to separate these two function. Basically, I had an audio and I wanted to replay it only when I wanted and not everytime I was visiting the slide. So I simply moved the audio to a side layer where I changed its property to 'Reset to initial state'. So with a button, I was replaying the audio through the side layer.
Thanks for your help!
Awesome. Glad you were able to figure out what you needed and I appreciate you chiming back in to share :)
Well, thank you for NOT deleting this, i found it useful for a project i am working on!
Btw, the above works well for resetting all on the slide, but not audio, any ideas on that?
A slide can jump to itself, and will restart a lot of objects, but for some reason audio files don't seem to restart. Best practice for restarting audio files is to place a slide immediately preceding the slide with the audio. Make it look like the target slide so you don't have a visual disparity in the event there is a buffering glitch. Put a trigger on it to jump to the target slide when the timeline starts. It will usually make the jump seamlessly and invisibly. Set all triggers and jumps to go to that slide whenever you want the learner to go to the target slide. For instance, in Leslie's example you would jump to the slide before, rather than the slide with the audio.
Does the audio start right at the beginning of the timeline? I have found more reliable behavior by spacing the audio start in about a half a second. For some reason, adding this buffer tends to make things like timeline restarts and sync work better for audio starts.