Layer always on top

One other thing, if you really want to item to sit on top of the content, you can add a layer to your slide master and place the logo or whatever on the layer. Then on the slide master page (not the layer ) add a trigger that says show layer when the timeline starts.

Any object that you have on the layer will appear on top of the content on your slides.

Your second answer sounds like the solution I tried, I was kind of hoping it wasn't this as I would need to trigger it on all screens / pop-ups.

What I am trying to do is a little more complex than just a logo on screen, there will be buttons and graphics but is the same principle.

Thanks for your advice.

Regards

Alan

Storyline will load layers in the order they are called, if you always want a layer on the top you could modify what Nacy reccommends and on every layer add a trigger on timeline start to show your top layer (ensure this is not set to close other layers.

this will just need brute force copying and pasting the trigger to every layer

thanks Phil, just as I thought.

I will just have to be very thorough. 

This is kind of sad that 5 years has passed and i'm stuck with the same problem...

Hello Xavier!

This thread is a bit dated. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what the need is here, but it sounds like the slides needed to be branded with a logo? 

Creating a custom master slides/feedback slides would not work well for you? Can you share what roadblock you run against when doing so?

I spoke too soon. I see further details of your issue here.

An Example of this issue,

if I have a custom navigation menu and when user click button to show this menu it should always be on top of everything.

Issue
if we have a new layer appears while the menu is opened the content of this layer will be on top of the menu which is not correct 

Thanks Mohamed, for sharing that here. 

I know a few other folks have shared similar thoughts on how layers should behave, and it's certainly something we can consider as a feature request! I'll submit one on your behalf, and you can always share yours with us right here. 😁 

I second that request. It would be an amazing feature. It would be especially helpful when creating our own navigation menu. 

When I create a custom menu I hide the layer it is on before jumping to the relevant content. This avoids the event that the content sits above the menu.

Pssst, Every HTML5 authoring tool (including another elearning tool called L.I.)  has an object-level option "always show on top".  This technically changes the z-index of the object to always have the highest value.   This is a pretty basic feature of visual editing across platforms going all the way back and it should be included.  Submitted long ago as a feature request.

Hi, I have the same issue as Mohamed. We have a custom navigation layer, which can be triggered by a button the slide. The slide with issue contains a slideshow of images (each image on its own layer, which changes to the next image layer when the timeline ends). The problem is when the user opens the menu it disappears after a few seconds when the trigger for the slideshow moves to the next image, this layer is shown on top of the menu. Agree there needs to be more support for z-index/ always on top functionality.

My only solution to get the slideshow effect at the moment is to put all the images on the base layer, in one object with states. Then, use triggers to change the state of the image when the timeline reaches a cuepoint. Not ideal as we can't add transitions this way, and I don't know of anyway to get the slideshow to loop back to the start when it reaches the last cue point this way, which is the effect we were able to achieve when using layers.

Would really appreciate a better solution for 'Always on top'.

Cheers

Ross

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your thoughts and use-case with us.

I've submitted a feature request on your behalf.

Thanks Leslie.

Strongly agree @Patrick! A simple checkmark on slide level to  "always show Master Layer objects on Top" should be included. SL could "borrow" this feature from many  other authoring tools like CP for example.

Yes please implement this feature - so that layer can be shown on top even if other layers are called (and they will be opened "behind" the top layer, even without a master slide. Just to be able to create a set of layers, so that one of them will always be the top layer if shown (and the res do not hide it when called)

Hi Irina,

Thanks for chiming in! I appreciate the added insight, and I'll be sure to include your voice to the report and pop back in here to let everyone know when any progress is made.

Add my voice to this request as well.  

Include me on this as well. An "always on top"  or "global top" layer within the Master Slide would be fantastic.

It would be great if  not only on Master Slide - but on any slide one could decide to have the layer on top priority to set for any layer.

Has there been any progress on this feature, I am running into all sorts of limitations with my design because I need to work around this obstacle.
Thank you Community