Hello - fairly new to SL. I'm trying to replicate a eLearning my predessor did with SL and layers. When a hot spot is clicked, I have a trigger for a layer and a video to play. That's great. But is there a setting for an "X" on the video, for the user to X out of layer and go back to the Main page?
For layers, you have to add your own "X" or other custom button with a trigger to hide the layer.
If you put the video on a separate slide and open it in a lightbox, that will automatically have an "X" to close the lightbox. (A custom close-lightbox button can also be added.)
I prefer shapes, like a rectangle with rounded corners, to buttons. Buttons carry a lot of states (baggage) that I don’t need. I also frequently use text boxes just for ease of creating. But whether shape or text box, you can click it and type to put text on it. Then add a trigger to it. The trigger is Hide this layer when user clicks [object]
If you’re in love with the X, the Multiply shape is more flexible and easier to modify than the letter X, while using a text phrase can give you a lot more options of what the learner sees.
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For layers, you have to add your own "X" or other custom button with a trigger to hide the layer.
If you put the video on a separate slide and open it in a lightbox, that will automatically have an "X" to close the lightbox. (A custom close-lightbox button can also be added.)
Okay thanks - so is it literally adding a letter X to the layer, and then placing a trigger on the X to go to main page?
My other question is what / how do you do a custom button?
Thank you!
I prefer shapes, like a rectangle with rounded corners, to buttons. Buttons carry a lot of states (baggage) that I don’t need. I also frequently use text boxes just for ease of creating. But whether shape or text box, you can click it and type to put text on it. Then add a trigger to it. The trigger is Hide this layer when user clicks [object]
If you’re in love with the X, the Multiply shape is more flexible and easier to modify than the letter X, while using a text phrase can give you a lot more options of what the learner sees.
Oh! thanks for the trigger tip!