In Storyline 2, is there a way to 'lock' the next slide button so that it's not clickable until the slide ends? I found a thread from 3 years ago but am hoping a fix is in the newest version to avoid adding triggers to each slide.
Is there a setting I can change somewhere to cover all slides? I don't want to remove the button all together because then I'd have to have each slide auto advance, which I also do not want. I want the learner to have to click next to go to the next slide, but not to be able to just speed through the course by hitting the next button repeatedly.
If you have a custom button you can show it only at the end using the timeline. But if you want to hide the built-in navigation you need to use 2 triggers. One to hide or disable the button and the other to set it back to normal.
Should the NEXT button be "Visibly" disabled when the Menu Option is set to 'Restricted'?
Similarly, should the "Next and Prev" button be "visibly" disabled (grayed out) when the Menu Options is set to Locked?
I know how to visibly disable using states and/or triggers but surprised that the Locked and Restricted functionalities in Menu Options does not do this automatically. Or, does it and it's just not working that way at my end? Anyone?
Valid question - as I could see how that would be the thought, but using the locked/restricted navigation does not change the way the next button will appear within the player. You can disable it manually as you said - but that's a slide by slide set up you'd need to implement. Definitely could be taxing if you've got a lot of slides though - so an idea and use case to share with our team as a feature request!
Thank you Ashley – I appreciate the prompt response. Seems like that will make it two feature requests – one for the Menu Options and another for global triggers. Would be great to apply a trigger globally rather than having to cut and paste to every slide.
The more we know what types of features you need to be an effective course developer the better! So send along anything you think of or reach out here in the forums.
*Thanks for the quick reply, for now, I have created both back and next
buttons on the main screen only and manage to complete the assignment, as
per your solution there is again we have to work on each slide, and
workload increases even after we are using slide master. but there should
be a solution that will help us in this case.*
Hi, this thread is a couple years old and I am trying to accomplish the same thing. I need to prevent the user from racing through the slides so I'd like to fix the length of time of each slide before they can press Next (I don't want it to auto-advance). Have there been any improvements to make this easier? What's the best way to go about this?
Hi, I work with two players (2 languages) and in one player the next button works like it should, but in the other player, the next button appears gray and is unclickable until the timeline end, I do not want this, but I can nog seem to find where the differences lay. It is a copy of a course with a different player, so the problem is the player... Can you help?
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing in your projects.
Were you able to check the navigation settings in the menu as Walt shared above?
If you'd like us to take a look, then with your permission, please share your project file. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll delete it when I'm done troubleshooting.
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing.
When you return to a slide, the timeline restarts, so if you trigger to change the state of the next button to disabled when the timeline starts, it will become disabled again.
I'd recommend adding a variable to control this. I can see you shared a bit more context in your post here and Jordan has popped in to help you. I'll pop in there.
Need help with a similar issue. Have custom previous and next buttons in my course how do i prevent the learner from clicking the custom next button till the timeline ends
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If you have a custom button you can show it only at the end using the timeline. But if you want to hide the built-in navigation you need to use 2 triggers. One to hide or disable the button and the other to set it back to normal.
Go into the player, and set the menu to restricted. That globally disables the NEXT button until the timeline finishes.
You would then also have to set the seekbar to be read only as well or the user could just use that to skip through.
Thank you both - this is working perfectly!
Should the NEXT button be "Visibly" disabled when the Menu Option is set to 'Restricted'?
Similarly, should the "Next and Prev" button be "visibly" disabled (grayed out) when the Menu Options is set to Locked?
I know how to visibly disable using states and/or triggers but surprised that the Locked and Restricted functionalities in Menu Options does not do this automatically. Or, does it and it's just not working that way at my end? Anyone?
Hi Edina,
Valid question - as I could see how that would be the thought, but using the locked/restricted navigation does not change the way the next button will appear within the player. You can disable it manually as you said - but that's a slide by slide set up you'd need to implement. Definitely could be taxing if you've got a lot of slides though - so an idea and use case to share with our team as a feature request!
Thank you Ashley – I appreciate the prompt response. Seems like that will make it two feature requests – one for the Menu Options and another for global triggers. Would be great to apply a trigger globally rather than having to cut and paste to every slide.
The more we know what types of features you need to be an effective course developer the better! So send along anything you think of or reach out here in the forums.
How can I achieve this with custom next button?, Please help me with this. I designed back & next button inside the slide master.
Hi Sandesh!
Try adding a shape that matches the slide background on top of the custom next button to hide it until the timeline ends. Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
Hi Alyssa!
*Thanks for the quick reply, for now, I have created both back and next
buttons on the main screen only and manage to complete the assignment, as
per your solution there is again we have to work on each slide, and
workload increases even after we are using slide master. but there should
be a solution that will help us in this case.*
Hi, this thread is a couple years old and I am trying to accomplish the same thing. I need to prevent the user from racing through the slides so I'd like to fix the length of time of each slide before they can press Next (I don't want it to auto-advance). Have there been any improvements to make this easier? What's the best way to go about this?
Change state of Next button to hidden when timeline starts on this slide.
Change state of Next button to Normal when timeline reaches 200 sec.
Which works only if the timeline of the slide is at least 200 sec long.
Hi, I work with two players (2 languages) and in one player the next button works like it should, but in the other player, the next button appears gray and is unclickable until the timeline end, I do not want this, but I can nog seem to find where the differences lay. It is a copy of a course with a different player, so the problem is the player... Can you help?
Hi Maya,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing in your projects.
Were you able to check the navigation settings in the menu as Walt shared above?
If you'd like us to take a look, then with your permission, please share your project file. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll delete it when I'm done troubleshooting.
I found that this doesn't work when the user returns to the slide, even when you set "Resume saved state". Is there a workaround for this?
Hi Lauren,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing.
When you return to a slide, the timeline restarts, so if you trigger to change the state of the next button to disabled when the timeline starts, it will become disabled again.
I'd recommend adding a variable to control this. I can see you shared a bit more context in your post here and Jordan has popped in to help you. I'll pop in there.
Hi
Need help with a similar issue. Have custom previous and next buttons in my course how do i prevent the learner from clicking the custom next button till the timeline ends
Set the initial state of Custom Next button to Hidden.
Create trigger to change state of CNB to Normal when timeline ends.