The lightbox trigger definitely is, because the layer doesn't fire, either. If you move the close layer trigger before the lightbox, when it cycles back to that slide, the layer is hidden. So that's the culprit, but I'm afraid that you're going to need a design adjustment to solve it.
Walt, thanks but I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting.
Do you mean to simply change the order of the triggers on the question slide? I've tried that, and placing the hide layer trigger on the template to no avail.
If you think it's possible to achieve what I am asking, would you mind modifying my story file to show what you mean? Much appreciated. Thanks.
I'm sharing my troubleshooting process. In the order the triggers are, the close layer trigger doesn't work. When it is put before the lightbox trigger, it does. Therefore I conclude that no triggers are executed after the lightbox trigger on the layer. Sorry, but I don't have a workaround to suggest.
No Ta as in Thanks. Maybe it's an antipodean term. I know about the ordering of triggers, but still don't see any reason why the template trigger to change the state of a variable won't work. Never mind, I've found another solution so she'll be right! (That's antipodean as well.)
Learn something new every day - and today I got three - "Ta", antipodean and "so she'll be right" now to only use them appropriately...
As for your template file, perhaps I'm not seeing it - but I don't see where you're adjusting the variable value from false to true to pause the lightbox?
I can't review the file just now (on a mac at the moment), but from memory I put the trigger on the "Continue" button on the "Try Again" feedback slide template.
Thanks Steve - I looked there and found it, and even though it's on the feedback master, it does not seem to be executing prior to the lightbox or the jump to slide trigger which is why the value is remaining at false and your lightbox slides timelines are continuing.
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could you share your file please?
I'll do better than that, I'll share two! One is where I have the functionality I want, but all the triggers are on the slides.
The other is where I have moved the trigger to the template, which doesn't work. Thanks.
The lightbox trigger definitely is, because the layer doesn't fire, either. If you move the close layer trigger before the lightbox, when it cycles back to that slide, the layer is hidden. So that's the culprit, but I'm afraid that you're going to need a design adjustment to solve it.
Walt, thanks but I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting.
Do you mean to simply change the order of the triggers on the question slide? I've tried that, and placing the hide layer trigger on the template to no avail.
If you think it's possible to achieve what I am asking, would you mind modifying my story file to show what you mean? Much appreciated. Thanks.
I'm sharing my troubleshooting process. In the order the triggers are, the close layer trigger doesn't work. When it is put before the lightbox trigger, it does. Therefore I conclude that no triggers are executed after the lightbox trigger on the layer. Sorry, but I don't have a workaround to suggest.
Ta.
Ta...da? Like that fixed it? :-)
Walt is correct that trigger order is key - you can read about the order if which they are executed here and that may assist you.
No Ta as in Thanks. Maybe it's an antipodean term. I know about the ordering of triggers, but still don't see any reason why the template trigger to change the state of a variable won't work. Never mind, I've found another solution so she'll be right! (That's antipodean as well.)
Learn something new every day - and today I got three - "Ta", antipodean and "so she'll be right" now to only use them appropriately...
As for your template file, perhaps I'm not seeing it - but I don't see where you're adjusting the variable value from false to true to pause the lightbox?
I can't review the file just now (on a mac at the moment), but from memory I put the trigger on the "Continue" button on the "Try Again" feedback slide template.
Thanks Steve - I looked there and found it, and even though it's on the feedback master, it does not seem to be executing prior to the lightbox or the jump to slide trigger which is why the value is remaining at false and your lightbox slides timelines are continuing.
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