Can some one point me to where the tutorials are for using the lightbox. I don't really understand what it is or how to use it and when I try to search for it I get lot's of other options. I think the search feature should be enhanced to allow you to search a specific area of the Articulate website. Currently it searches tutorials and forums which ads a lot of clutter to the search results.
There is a pretty great Forum Thread here discussing the Lightbox Trigger. I recommend checking it out, as folks have put together several tutorials, screen captures, and templates right there within the thread.
You make an excellent point regarding the missing features of Search, and this is something that we have slated for improvement. In the interim, Adrian put together a nice tutorial (and a follow up here) on using Google to perform a targeted search of articulate.com.
Still can't find something that tells me how to insert a lightbox. The threads I looked at were about using a lightbox in a special ways, such as adding on to a tab, adding triggers to it, and manually creating a lightbox.
What are the steps for just adding a lightbox to a slide? Is it on a layer? How do you control the size and shape (if you can). Where do you put the material you want to show on top?
Sorry to be dense -- couldn't find it in a tutorial either.
I am able to use Lightbox slide and have viewed the tutorials which show that. Can a lightbox be a layer or an object?
For example, I want a dialog box to pop up at 3 seconds with a message. Clicking the X button would be a trigger to close the box. I usually do this with layers. Add the dialog box to another layer and then the X button hides the layer when clicked. But, then I have to trigger the layer and I don't want the user to have to click to see the dialog box. To get around this, I have the layer triggered at the end of the timeline and I shortened the timeline.
A lightbox slide is actually a real slide (having layers of its own) and can therefore not be on a layer. It is just displayed in a different way... On top of your presentation.
I've attached an example for you
It is a slide that opens the same slide once as a lightbox and once as normal slide. The only difference is in the trigger that opens the slides
When it opens as a lightbox, there's a trigger fired when the timeline ends that closes the lightbox... Hope it helps
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Hi Jesse,
Check this thread out.
Always Happy to Help,
Adrian
Good Afternoon, Jesse.
There is a pretty great Forum Thread here discussing the Lightbox Trigger. I recommend checking it out, as folks have put together several tutorials, screen captures, and templates right there within the thread.
You make an excellent point regarding the missing features of Search, and this is something that we have slated for improvement. In the interim, Adrian put together a nice tutorial (and a follow up here) on using Google to perform a targeted search of articulate.com.
Hi all,
Still can't find something that tells me how to insert a lightbox. The threads I looked at were about using a lightbox in a special ways, such as adding on to a tab, adding triggers to it, and manually creating a lightbox.
What are the steps for just adding a lightbox to a slide? Is it on a layer? How do you control the size and shape (if you can). Where do you put the material you want to show on top?
Sorry to be dense -- couldn't find it in a tutorial either.
Thanks
Good Afternoon, Judith.
Does this How-To help?
Thanks, Justin -- that's great!
I was hoping to get the lightbox to display without clicking anything, like when the timeline ends, so I'll play around with that.
What fun!
OK, I must be doing something wrong.
I created another slide containing the graphic I want in the lightbox. (put it in a new scene)
On my original slide, I added a button (:() and set the trigger to
Action: Lightbox slide
Slide: 3.1 Dup lightbox
When: User clicks
Object: Button 1
But when I preview the original slide and click the button, nothing happens.
What did I miss?
Oh, wait a sec. I was previewing the slide and the scene -- since the lightbox graphic is in a different scene, I have to preview the whole project.
Thump
Ha--good catch, Judith!
Please let us know if you run into any other trouble, and have a great day!
I am able to use Lightbox slide and have viewed the tutorials which show that. Can a lightbox be a layer or an object?
For example, I want a dialog box to pop up at 3 seconds with a message. Clicking the X button would be a trigger to close the box. I usually do this with layers. Add the dialog box to another layer and then the X button hides the layer when clicked. But, then I have to trigger the layer and I don't want the user to have to click to see the dialog box. To get around this, I have the layer triggered at the end of the timeline and I shortened the timeline.
Hi Sandie,
A lightbox slide is actually a real slide (having layers of its own) and can therefore not be on a layer. It is just displayed in a different way... On top of your presentation.
I've attached an example for you
It is a slide that opens the same slide once as a lightbox and once as normal slide. The only difference is in the trigger that opens the slides
When it opens as a lightbox, there's a trigger fired when the timeline ends that closes the lightbox...
Hope it helps
Cheers
Geert
...and of course, I just HAVE to point you in the rather strange direction of my StoryLion episode where he learned all about Lightboxes - sort of...
Bruce
What would we do without the Story Lion?
Great episode!
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