Is there a way wrap Glossary terms?

Here is a screenshot that shows the issue. (I can't show the entire screen due to confidentiality issues.) The full term is Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA). It is only the terms that are being truncated. The definitions are wrapping appropriately.

Hi Wendy,

Sorry for the confusion, I was thinking about the definition, not the terms. I see exactly what you mean, now, and I ended up with the same result using the term you provided. It looks like this is by design, however, most long terms get cut off with the "..." at the end. I think allowing an extension of the term pane, or wrapping the term titles would make an excellent feature request, though. I can certainly see how this would be something you'd like to have when the terms are quite long!

Okay, thanks Christine. I probably will submit a Feature Request. There are a lot of long terms used in my industry.

Hi Christine,

I have a similar issue, only in my case it is the definition, and not the term, that appears cut off.

When you click a term, you see only the first few lines of the definition and then the rest is cut off. This only happens with some of the terms, not all of them.

When you double-click the term, however, you do see the definition in its entirety. Although double clicking solves the problem, I still prefer my learners to be able to view the entire definition without having to double click.

In case it makes any difference, my definitions are written in Hebrew.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks,

Tali

Good morning Tali!

That does sound strange. If the definition is long, it should scroll the pane that displays the content when only clicked once. Just curious, how are you viewing the course when the definitions are cut off? Does this happen when previewing, or after you've published? 

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Let me know how it goes!

Thanks,

Christine

Hi Christine,

Thank you for your detailed reply! My display is set to 100%, and I am using the latest version of SL (1212.1412).

I was trying to isolate the problem and I think it might be caused by changing the player properties to "Text is read from: Right to Left".

Please have a look at the attached example.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tali

Good morning Tali,

Thanks for the file! I took a look and I see the same thing. 

I've done a little testing on my end and I agree, it does look like this happens only went the direction of text is changed. If I use "Left to Right", everything seems to show up properly. 

I haven't been able to find a bug report for this specific issue, so we may want to pass this information on to our support team. If they're unable to find a solution, they'll be able to pass the file on to our QA team for testing. 

Please go ahead and submit a support case with us, including your file. You'll be able to attach the .STORY file on the second page of the following form:

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Please be sure to include a description of your issue. Please also include the URL for this thread in the form. Also, please share the case number with me. You're welcome to do so here, or in a private message. This way I can follow the progress of the case and update this thread.

I'll continue testing on my end, as well. If you happen to find any other information, please share :)

Thanks!

Hi Christine and good morning to you too (although here in Israel it's late afternoon )

Thank you so much for your help.

Case Number: 00332678

Hi Tali,

Good afternoon then :D 

Thanks very much for the case number! I'm checking it out, now.

I'll keep an eye on the case and try to follow up with you here.

Thanks again,

Christine

So, it's 2 years later--was this feature ever added? I'm in Studio 13 and I still have the same problem--and we have lots of long terms/acronyms that learners are forever complaining about not being able to see the whole term, and it wastes lots of space to spell them out again in the definition. The Outline wraps long slide titles, why doesn' the Glossary do the same?

Hi Deb! There is no update to this functionality for Presenter '13. I cannot speak to why, but you are welcome to share your feature request with our developers.

?Thanks, just did that!

Deb

Thanks :)

So has this feature still not been "updated"? Sorry, but it's somewhat useless as is. That is, not being able to wrap the text in the definition window so as to see the term that's being defined makes little sense. I would essentially have to include the word/term that's being defined in the definition, which is essentially redundant. Has anyone figured out an alternative? Thanks for your help.

Hi Brandon! I do not have an update to provide, but the 'Term' shows up in the Definition section by default, so no redundant work should be necessary. 

Hopefully someone in the community will be able to assist if they have come up with a solution that works best for them.

Hey, Leslie:

I appreciate your response, but I'm thinking I wasn't clear in my comment. I was actually referring to the Glossary Engage interaction, not the Glossary tab in the player.

Thanks

Oh, sorry about that Brandon. Storyline forum, so could have been my error in assumption.

Unfortunately, I have no update to provide here either, but I do know that many users have found that utilizing a smaller/narrow font helps:

Click on "Interaction Properties" and select the "Colors and Effects" tab. In the "Interaction Fonts" section, you can change the fonts uses for both the title and slide content.

Hey, Leslie:

Duh. Totally forgot I was on a Storyline thread, so the apologies are mine.

As far as your suggestion, though, it's not going to work. (I actually tried it already.) Some of my terms/acronyms are really long, so I don't think there's a font that will solve the issue. So, at this point, I guess there's still no way to wrap the text?

Unfortunately not at this time. Those templates are pretty restrictive. We typically recommend keeping the term section brief, but it does not work for everyone as you're mentioning.

Hey Brandon, a year later and I'm having the exact issue you mentioned with the Glossary Engage Interaction.  Did you ever happen to find a fix?

Hey, Janelle:

Unfortunately, no. I had to publish my course with my glossary terms looking just like yours, which was unbelievably frustrating. As far as I know, Articulate has not updated this feature. As always, I'm sure they will suggest that you submit this as a features request.

Good luck!

I was the original requestor on this issue a year ago, and I submitted a features request. Never heard anything from it.

Deb Peak

Haha yes I've seen that suggestion a lot...   My only workaround was to change to a condensed font.  I feel your pain.  Super frustrating.  Thanks!

I'm having an issue with cut off as well. I changed "notes" to "cc" and added script text from the storyboard. I'm getting cut off text on the right almost like there is a white bar all the way down the right side.

I published this locally, on a web server and also thru cloud scorm.

Any ideas on why this would be happening?

Thanks, E