Making text disappear when revisiting slide

Aug 17, 2018

On the main menu of my training, I have a text box with "Start Here" written next to the button that I would like the learner to start on. How do I make that text disappear when the user revisits the slide?

I need the slide properties to stay on Resume Saved State  so that the learner can see which buttons they've  already visited.

Thanks

1 Reply
Susi B

Hi Michelle,

use a trigger "hide textbox when user clicks button" and position this trigger above any "jump to" trigger. This way the text disappears and the chosen slide is shown. The user might see the text disappear tho before the next slide is shown. That´s the simple version. :)

Not so simple version: If you have multiple slide the user should look at and only want to let the text disappear, when he saw all slides, then you can use a true/false variable on the last slide. Create a variable like "chapterXY" as a true/false variable and set it to start with false. Then add a trigger on the last slide of your chapter "change variable "chapterXY" to true when timeline starts". On your menu you now have to add a trigger to hide the textbox when timeline starts (with the condition that variable "chapterXY" is equal to true). For every chapter you have to create an individual variable. Variables do NOT reset when the slide is set to "reset to initial state". So if you want to reset a slide and a variable on this slide, you have to add a trigger to reset the variable when the timeline of the slide starts.

Important is the trigger position, the first trigger in your list is performed first. So all "jump to"-triggers should be in the bottom and all changing state or variable triggers should be on top.

If you need more help just ask. :) Maybe you can share a dummy storyline file with us where you have the simple setup of a few slides and buttons etc. if you need more help with the variables.

Regards

Susi

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