Markers in Storyline

Hi Ray,

You can not turn them off, yet is you render then border and background (of the marker) transparent and you do not enter any text, then the marker will just be show....

Cheers

Geert

Nice little trick - WORKS GREAT and just what I was looking for!!!     Now I don't have to design my own little Markers  )

Cheers!

Ray

Help Geert,

I had it and lost it ...... where do you find the location to set border and background?? 

Right click on the Marker > Format Shape, (I think).

Bruce

... I thought that was it too but I don't think thta's it. That changes the Marker itself, not the associated text box pop-up  :-(

Select your marker. Then click Marker Tools/Format/Label Styles.  You are looking at Marker Tools/Format/Marker Styles.

The label styles look like captions.

Meryem!!!!!    You have made my day   - Thank You   )

There is another option I just learned from Kevin Thorn and Tom Gafford in the Articulate Advanced Certificate program from Training Live and Online. This was a VERY Worthwhile workshop to take (all online) and I was able to apply many of the things I learned right away.

What Kevin taught us was to use a button, but make it a round shape like a marker. Then, you can put any icon on it that you like AND it has states (something markers do not) so you can evaluate if the user has clicked it or not. I really liked this because I needed markers that went to the number 60 but Markers only go to 20.

You can also now use this with variables and conditions.

This would give you a marker without the attendant pop-ups etc. If you would like the pop-ups, then add them as a Hover state.

you can set a marker to audio only and then dont need to make it transparent as the popup wont popup

Hello

I have put a hyperlink to youtube in the marker, but it's not working. Kindly assist me.

Thank you

Youshra

Hi Youshra,

Did you follow the instructions on this page Adding Markers (info on adding Media is about halfway down the page)

and on this page about Inserting YouTube Videos into Storyline?

If so, and it's still not working, perhaps you could upload your slide for the community to take a look.

Hi,

Is there a way of increasing the size of the markers, I think they are a great idea but would like them bigger.

Thanks All

Dave

Hi Dave,

Currently there isn't a way to change the size of the marker. I have seen users add more weight to the marker's border line, but it will only add a little bit of additional size. I'd suggest if you'd like to see a larger size for the markers, to request that as a feature. 

Hi there. I am also trying to use a marker without a label. I've succeeded in making the label transparent and I've also tried the Audio Only version and that seems to work as well, except for one little thing.

The problem is that I am seeing a little grey arrow icon that appears in the corner of the label when I hover over the marker. Does anybody know how to make that go away? (See picture.)

Hi Wendy,

It looks like part of a scrolling panel. Did you check within the text box of the marker if there are any extra spaces or anything that could be creating that scroll panel? Even if you select "Audio only" the text box is still created on your slide - just nothing will be shown when a user hovers over it or clicks it. 

I like to use the markers as objects on my slides for many different reasons than what they were designed for. When I follow these steps I do not see the grey arrow. This produces a nice shape that I can use as a object to assign triggers to. I hope this helps .....

1. Insert the marker you want to use and place it on the slide.

2. This changes the menu display and you are now in the "Marker Tools" menu selections.

3. In the "Label Styles" section change the "Label Fill = No Fill" and the "Label Border = No Outline".

Thanks Ray for sharing those tips here! 

Is there a way of changing the size of the marker number please?

Hi Ruth,

The markers and the icons are at a fixed size in Storyline. How big are you looking to make it?

You could look at creating the same type of effect using a custom shape and a trigger to show the caption on a layer or inside a state when the user hovered over it. Here's a really simple example. I created it in Storyline 2 - but you can upgrade to SL3 or 360 if needed. 

Hope that helps! 

Hi there Ruth! 

Marker numbers and icons are a fixed size, but you could certainly use a custom button instead. That way, you'll have more control over the icon size. Just add a caption to a layer, with a trigger to open the layer when the button is clicked. 

Let me know if you have other questions!

Hi Ruth!

The marker size is pretty set as you can see from the conversation here.

You may be able to create a larger number by utilizing a blank marker and adding the number via a text box.

I'm curious to see other ideas from the community as well.