is there a way to have a sort of a "main layer"? By this, I mean a layer, that is accessible from any slide in the course. I guess I already know the answer, but this could definitely be a great update for Storyline.
I'm not certain I'm following what you'd like to set up - but if you'd like one slide to be accessible from the entire course, say a menu or home slide you could set that slide up and include a trigger for it on a master slide that would be applied to all slides in your project. You can also edit master slide layers, and apply those throughout your course as well. For more information on the latter, here is a tutorial on working with slide masters.
If I'm totally off base, can you offer a bit more about what you'd like to set up, how you'd like it to behave, etc.? Additionally, if there are ever any new features you'd like to see in Storyline, please feel free to share your thoughts with our development team by submitting a feature request.
OK, this is how I imagine a "main layer" would work.
1) Somewhere in Storyline you would create Main Layers. Let's say I create a Main Layer called "Happy face".
2) I then go to slide 12 and I add a button that, when clicked, shows the main layer "Happy face". It acts as a slide layer.
3) I then go to slide 23 and I add a triger that, when something happens, it shows the main layer "Happy face".
4) I then go to slide 54 and I add a red circle that, when clicked, shows the main layer "Happy face".
The point is, to have a layer accessible from wherever in the course. Not that I have to create a new layer and insert all the objects I need and then animate and so on (currently I cannot even copy layers to other slides).
In slide masters you can add a layer that can be shown across slides. on the master add the layer and then add a trigger to show layer when variable changes. On your slide add a trigger your button to adjust the variable.
Why was this implemented this way? Is my suggestion something you thought about and then went the other route?
That would be something you need to ask the staff. The function I describe will work as you suggest, it uses a single layer on a slide master that can be called wherever you want.
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HI Nejc and welcome to Heroes!
I'm not certain I'm following what you'd like to set up - but if you'd like one slide to be accessible from the entire course, say a menu or home slide you could set that slide up and include a trigger for it on a master slide that would be applied to all slides in your project. You can also edit master slide layers, and apply those throughout your course as well. For more information on the latter, here is a tutorial on working with slide masters.
If I'm totally off base, can you offer a bit more about what you'd like to set up, how you'd like it to behave, etc.? Additionally, if there are ever any new features you'd like to see in Storyline, please feel free to share your thoughts with our development team by submitting a feature request.
OK, this is how I imagine a "main layer" would work.
1) Somewhere in Storyline you would create Main Layers. Let's say I create a Main Layer called "Happy face".
2) I then go to slide 12 and I add a button that, when clicked, shows the main layer "Happy face". It acts as a slide layer.
3) I then go to slide 23 and I add a triger that, when something happens, it shows the main layer "Happy face".
4) I then go to slide 54 and I add a red circle that, when clicked, shows the main layer "Happy face".
The point is, to have a layer accessible from wherever in the course. Not that I have to create a new layer and insert all the objects I need and then animate and so on (currently I cannot even copy layers to other slides).
I hope I was clear?
In slide masters you can add a layer that can be shown across slides. on the master add the layer and then add a trigger to show layer when variable changes. On your slide add a trigger your button to adjust the variable.
Hey, Phil,
great, thank you for the tip!
Why was this implemented this way? Is my suggestion something you thought about and then went the other route?
That would be something you need to ask the staff. The function I describe will work as you suggest, it uses a single layer on a slide master that can be called wherever you want.
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