Hyperlink not displaying visited state when using keyboard navigation

Jan 25, 2023

Hyperlinks in text work as expected when using the mouse but if using keyboard navigation (ie tab and enter) to activate a hyperlink the text does not change to the visited state. This is using the default hyperlink text style. Although the link is activated using the keyboard navigation there is no indication to the user that the link has been visited. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks

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Luciana Piazza

Hello, everyone! 👋

I wanted to share that we've released Storyline 360 (Build 3.84.31647.0) which includes the fix for the bug where hyperlink states didn't work as expected when navigating only with a keyboard or after duplicating a slide.

All you need to do is update Storyline 360 in your Articulate 360 desktop app!

If you run into any issues, don't hesitate to reach out to our team by submitting a support case. 

Have a great day and happy developing! 

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Jose Tansengco

Hello Kirsten,

Sorry to hear that you ran into this issue. 

We are currently tracking a known bug that causes hyperlinks to not change states when using keyboard only navigation.

I added this thread to the bug report so we can notify you as soon as a fix is released. Here's a quick look at how we tackle bugs for your reference. 

Steven Benassi

Hi Russ!

It sounds like you've also been affected by hyperlinks not changing states when using keyboard navigation. Sorry if this has been slowing you down!

I don't have any updates to share at the moment as our development team is still closely tracking this issue. I've included you in the bug report so you can be notified as soon as we have any updates to share.

Luciana Piazza

Hello, everyone! 👋

I wanted to share that we've released Storyline 360 (Build 3.84.31647.0) which includes the fix for the bug where hyperlink states didn't work as expected when navigating only with a keyboard or after duplicating a slide.

All you need to do is update Storyline 360 in your Articulate 360 desktop app!

If you run into any issues, don't hesitate to reach out to our team by submitting a support case. 

Have a great day and happy developing! 

Renee Y

Luciana - Glad to hear some progress has been made on this issue. 
I can confirm the hyperlink state changes to visited when selected with the keyboard - but NOT if the text is animated by paragraph.

Is there any update on this and the other issue still affecting text animated-by-paragraph (the hover/visited state not working on every link)?

Jose Tansengco

Hello Renee,

I can confirm that we are still monitoring a known bug where the states of hyperlinks inside the same text box behave erratically when entrance animation by paragraph is applied. I've added this ELH post to the bug report so we can notify you as soon as a fix is released that addresses this issue!

Steven Benassi

Hi Anjana!

Thanks for checking in on this!

I don't have any updates to share at this time as our development team has been prioritizing other bug fixes. Not to worry! I've included you in the bug report and will update this discussion as soon as a fix is in place!

For your reference, here's a deeper look at how we tackle bugs.