In Storyline 360, how could I prevent a user from going to the next slide until text is entered in a text box? Aug 31, 2018 By Vladimir Soto Hello, I'm trying to make it mandatory for a user to enter text into each of the text boxes provided in a slide before being able to continue. (See attached) The main reason is the user will have to give a hierarchical organization to the entries on the following slide. Can anyone help me figure out how to prevent a user going forward without entering text in the corresponding boxes? Many thanks screenshot-360.articulate.com-mandatoryslide.png
Michael Anderson over 5 years ago08/31/18 at 10:30 pm (UTC) Do you have any requirements on what the text must contain? More than one word, etc?
Vladimir Soto Author over 5 years ago08/31/18 at 10:33 pm (UTC) No, not really. The user just needs to type even one word per field. Thx!
Michael Anderson over 5 years ago09/03/18 at 2:34 pm (UTC) Have you tried creating a trigger like this on your submit button : Jump to next slidewhen the user clicksIf TextEntry is not equal to (blank)
David Anderson Staff over 5 years ago09/04/18 at 2:34 pm (UTC) Here's an example that shows an alert layer if the user tries advancing before entering their name in a text field: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/f6bf065c-4896-494e-94d9-77cd743751de/review
Vladimir Soto Author over 5 years ago09/06/18 at 5:54 pm (UTC) I like the idea of creating a trigger like you mentioned Michael, but I can't seem to get it to work properly. Here's the project. Perhaps someone could give me a hand understanding what I'm doing wrong. https://we.tl/t-xio2a50hOl Many, many thanks in advance.
Wendy Farmer Hero Vladimir Soto over 5 years ago09/06/18 at 10:15 pm (UTC) Hi Vladimir in the variable list you have added the text 'blank' in the default field. This means that the TE fields are never blank so the triggers won't accept the conditions. The field should literally be left blank like the others in the list
Laurie Kinzie David Anderson 2 years ago03/16/22 at 1:41 pm (UTC) I can't seem to see this file. I would like to see an alert layer.
Wendy Farmer Hero Laurie Kinzie 2 years ago03/19/22 at 6:17 am (UTC) Hi Laurie here is an example - hope it helps Alert_layer_text_entry_WF.story
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Do you have any requirements on what the text must contain? More than one word, etc?
No, not really. The user just needs to type even one word per field.
Thx!
Have you tried creating a trigger like this on your submit button :
Jump to next slide
when the user clicks
If TextEntry is not equal to (blank)
Here's an example that shows an alert layer if the user tries advancing before entering their name in a text field:
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/f6bf065c-4896-494e-94d9-77cd743751de/review
Thanks!
I like the idea of creating a trigger like you mentioned Michael, but I can't seem to get it to work properly.
Here's the project. Perhaps someone could give me a hand understanding what I'm doing wrong.
https://we.tl/t-xio2a50hOl
Many, many thanks in advance.
Hi Vladimir
in the variable list you have added the text 'blank' in the default field. This means that the TE fields are never blank so the triggers won't accept the conditions.
The field should literally be left blank like the others in the list
I very much appreciate your help
I can't seem to see this file. I would like to see an alert layer.
Hi Laurie
here is an example - hope it helps