Interactive simulation
Apr 09, 2015
By
Linda C
I'm trying to create an interactive simulation of signing into an online account; entering an email address and password. I've taken the screencast, but when I preview it in try mode, it won't allow you to type the text into the fields . Instead when you click into the fields, it automatically pre-fills them with the text you originally typed in when doing the screencast.
I also did another screencast where I inserted a shape and placed text inside the shape. Again when I previewed it in try mode, it wouldn't allow me to type the text into the shape.
Is there a way of doing this?
10 Replies
Hi Linda
do you want to upload the .story file to take a look at?
Hi Wendy
Sorry for the late reply; I've solved the problem by using data entry
fields.
I'm working on a black background and the text is red. I've formatted the
data entry box and changed the font colour to red, but it also changes the
colour of the cursor to red. Is there a way of changing the colour of the
cursor independently from the font. I need the cursor to be white and the
font to be red.
Kind regards
Linda
Hi Linda,
I'm glad you were able to solve a portion of your problem but I don't believe there is a way to change the cursor color within the text entry fields as it's based on the overall font color you've selected for the entry.
Hi Ashley
Thanks for your reply; yes you're right, it seems you can't format the
cursor independently of the text.
Please feel free to let us know if you need anything else and you're welcome to share your thoughts in the form of a feature request.
When I go to Preview the scene in Try mode, it looks like the scene is 100% loaded, but then it doesn't take me to the preview. Is there a step I'm missing after this. It gets to this point and then stops.
Hi Crystal
can you preview other scenes in your project successfully?
Might be easier for someone to help if you can upload the story file.
I was testing it because I hadn't tried the interactive simulation functionality and want to begin using it. I have to go into my Task Manager and close the entire program every time I try to preview a scene because it locks up. So, I've created another, shorter file. Please see if the preview will open for you. Is there possibly a "size" limit for the recording? (I can't get much shorter than this.) Thanks!
Hi Crystal
works fine for me - see attached video.
Are you working from your local drive and not from a network, usb or external drive?
Hi Crystal,
Wendy mentioned working off a local drive, as working on a network or shared drive is known to cause odd behavior within your Storyline files as described here. You could look at importing it into a new .story file.
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