I'm working on a e-learning project with Articulate. On my home page, I would like to have zero player features such as: Menu, resources and a few other text button that I've created. I know that I can make disappear the ones that come by default for the player, like home and resources but what about they other manually created?
All you have to do to hide an object (text, button, symbol, image, video) on a slide is to select it and then click the States tab next to the timeline. You will see an "Initial State:" dropdown menu. Change the dropdown select from Normal to Hidden.
The object will appear hidden until sepcifically tell it not be be by adding a trigger to change the state back to normal.
Your talking about the Articulate player correct? What software are you using? And you only want the first screen? In storyline, if you go to scene view, select the slide you want to make change to. On the bottom right corner you should see some options to deselect the "next"and "previous" buttons.
Hi Jerson, I am talking about the Storyline Articulate player. You can turn off the next and prvious buttons on the player as you have described but maybe I misunderstood what Manual was asking because I thought he wanted to know how to turn off buttons that he had created himself (not the built in player buttons).
Anyway with your instructions and mine we know have all the bases covered.
Thanks you guys for your answers but this is still not working...
@Nancy: I don't want to hide an object on a specific slide, I want to hide a Player feature (top menu)
@Jerson: Yes, I'm working with Articulate Storyline. If I go to 'Story view' and I selecte the slide, I see the Player freatures options on the bottom right corner but I can only hide Menu, Resources, Glossary, Notes and seekbar . I want to hide other ones that I,ve created as well
I see what you are getting at now. There does not seem to be a way to hide the custom tab that you created unless you go to the player tab and deselect it there.
This will turn it off completely. It does not appear you can customize this at the slide level like the built in player features.
All right Nancy. If I understand correctly, I have two options: Hide my tabs all the time or show them all the time, by selecting or deselecting them on the player tabs? If it's the case I cannot do want I wanted to do in the first place: hide them only on the first page :(
That looks like the case. You can hide the build in player tabs on specific pages but not your custom ones. Seems like an oversight in the Storyline design to me.
Has anyone found a solution to this issue? As I am also trying to find a way to hide custom player features on a slide level, so any solutions would be helpful.
If you've set up custom tabs within your player, there isn't a way to hide them on a slide by slide basis. You're welcome to share your thoughts in the form of a feature request.
Thank you for your prompt response. I thought there was not an easy way, though had hoped that by perhaps manipulating the SDK or using complex javascript it might be possible. I will most likely submit a feature request regarding this issue.
Annoyingly in my efforts to push the boundaries of Storyline, I have found myself delving into various 'advanced' areas such as lmsAPI commands and complex javascript. Even amongst the great community here, there isn't a vast amount of information regarding certain niche subjects.
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All you have to do to hide an object (text, button, symbol, image, video) on a slide is to select it and then click the States tab next to the timeline. You will see an "Initial State:" dropdown menu. Change the dropdown select from Normal to Hidden.
The object will appear hidden until sepcifically tell it not be be by adding a trigger to change the state back to normal.
Hope this helps.
Your talking about the Articulate player correct? What software are you using? And you only want the first screen? In storyline, if you go to scene view, select the slide you want to make change to. On the bottom right corner you should see some options to deselect the "next"and "previous" buttons.
Hi Jerson, I am talking about the Storyline Articulate player. You can turn off the next and prvious buttons on the player as you have described but maybe I misunderstood what Manual was asking because I thought he wanted to know how to turn off buttons that he had created himself (not the built in player buttons).
Anyway with your instructions and mine we know have all the bases covered.
Thanks you guys for your answers but this is still not working...
@Nancy: I don't want to hide an object on a specific slide, I want to hide a Player feature (top menu)
@Jerson: Yes, I'm working with Articulate Storyline. If I go to 'Story view' and I selecte the slide, I see the Player freatures options on the bottom right corner but I can only hide Menu, Resources, Glossary, Notes and seekbar . I want to hide other ones that I,ve created as well
I see what you are getting at now. There does not seem to be a way to hide the custom tab that you created unless you go to the player tab and deselect it there.
This will turn it off completely. It does not appear you can customize this at the slide level like the built in player features.
All right Nancy. If I understand correctly, I have two options: Hide my tabs all the time or show them all the time, by selecting or deselecting them on the player tabs? If it's the case I cannot do want I wanted to do in the first place: hide them only on the first page :(
That looks like the case. You can hide the build in player tabs on specific pages but not your custom ones. Seems like an oversight in the Storyline design to me.
Thanks for your time Nancy
truly appreciated
Can you post a pic of what you want to hide?
Has anyone found a solution to this issue? As I am also trying to find a way to hide custom player features on a slide level, so any solutions would be helpful.
Hi Alex,
If you've set up custom tabs within your player, there isn't a way to hide them on a slide by slide basis. You're welcome to share your thoughts in the form of a feature request.
Hi Ashley,
Thank you for your prompt response. I thought there was not an easy way, though had hoped that by perhaps manipulating the SDK or using complex javascript it might be possible. I will most likely submit a feature request regarding this issue.
Hi Alex -
It *may* be possible with either of those - but they aren't things I can offer support for. So hopefully someone in the community knows!
Annoyingly in my efforts to push the boundaries of Storyline, I have found myself delving into various 'advanced' areas such as lmsAPI commands and complex javascript. Even amongst the great community here, there isn't a vast amount of information regarding certain niche subjects.
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