Markers - State Change Not Viewing Properly
Aug 21, 2015
By
Amy Warner
Hello all,
I'm having an issue with the state change of markers not properly showing in preview and live online.
I've attached a couple of screenshots to demonstrate. When I'm in edit mode, the state shows correctly - a marker should change to a yellow check mark once clicked. However, when I preview and view the live product online, the check mark is white and looks chopped off in the marker circle.
I couldn't find another post with a similar issue reported, but if there's one out there already, please let me know. This issue looks like a bug to me.
Thanks!
24 Replies
Hi Fawn,
Thanks for sharing those images - could we take a look at the .story file so that we could set how you set this up?
Hi, Ashley.
Here's the slide with the markers.
When a marker is clicked, the state changes to "visited" and uses a standard marker with check mark with a custom color applied.
Thanks for your help!
Hi Fawn! Thanks for sharing your details.
This is actually an issue that has been reported to our QA Team.
Here is the workaround:
I will add this thread for awareness and so that I can update when applicable.
OK, thanks, Leslie and Ashley!
Hi Leslie! has this issue been resolved? I'm having trouble with the color of the icon (I didn't change the icon) in the visited state. And this seems like a lot of work for the 20+ markers I need to edit (client changed their mind and wanted a visited state).
Hi MW! This issue is still in the hands of our QA team and I do not have an update to provide. The thread is linked to the issue so that we can update when applicable.
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I believe I was able to find a different workaround (still some work) but doable. I created a custom state called viewed changed the icon color and set a trigger to change the state to viewed when the user selects. Looks to be working in preview mode.
Glad to hear it MW! I appreciate you popping in to share your solution with the community.
Hi there. Has this issue been fixed? I'm currently working on a file with 13 markers with visited states. The background color of the marker changes color just fine but the icon color doesn't change even though my visited state has a totally different color for the icon.
Thanks
Graham
Hi Graham,
I'm sorry you're still running into an issue here. This discussion is a bit older, so I'd want to start from scratch by knowing a bit more about your set up. What version of Articulate Storyline are you using?
Can you share a copy of that course or even just one slide here for us to look at?
Hi! was there any update on this bug?
Hello Yael,
Sorry to hear you may be running into a similar issue.
This issue was originally reported for Storyline 2 and we do not have a similar bug tied to Storyline 360, so I'd certainly like to understand what you are seeing and a sample .story file as well.
If you cannot attach it here in the forums, you are welcome to share privately here.
Articulate 360 issue.
I am having marker issue as well. One marker the purple one works as expected. The others do not. How do I fix this? Please help. See attached capture.
another Issue same slide: When using the PREV button to get back to this slide, after clicking on all icons (more than once), did not receive a NEXT button option.
Hi LaVon! Thanks for sharing that capture. I'll start with the second issue. The trigger to disable the Next button is going to fire every time you revisit that slide. If the states of those objects are already Visited, there isn't anything that's happening to change it back to Normal. Try putting a condition on the trigger to disable the Next button, e.g. IF state of any of Marker 1, 2, etc is Normal. That way, the trigger to disable the Next button will fire only if any of the markers is Normal.
It's hard to tell what's happening with the markers, though. Can you tell me a bit more about how you created the other markers and specifically what you're seeing when you test?
I have changed out the markers and I have implemented your suggestion regarding the condition on the trigger. THANK YOU! Have not tested yet but will get back to you ASAP about the results.
Hello,
The original issue is still there in Articulate 360.
Will a future update resolve this ?
09/13/2021.
Hello Angelica! Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, and thanks for following up! ⭐️
I'm sorry you see a similar issue, and I'd recommend reaching out to our support engineers here so they can help! Feel free to share your file here, and one of my teammates will reach out with a next step!
OK this is still an issue 7 years on that is shocking! I realised that the issue is that the icon from the hover state covers the visited icon when clicked.... has there been any further investigation on why this is still happening?
Hi Steve,
Sorry to hear that you ran into this issue.
The original issue posted in this thread was for Storyline 2, which is no longer supported. Would you be willing to share a copy of your project file here or in private by opening a support case so we can confirm the behavior? Please include which version of Storyline you're using as well as a brief description on how we can replicate the behavior on our end using your project file.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Hi there,
Thanks for reaching out, it is actually my colleague who is having the issue. We are using SL360 a corporate account. Unfortunately, we cannot share the file as it is for a customer so NDA and all that we can pass on.
But the issue as I described earlier is that the visited state doesn't show correctly as the hover state covers the icon.
I have added a screen clip of the marker states, you will see the visited state is a black circle with a white icon I. This turns black in preview and published modes, I worked out if I change the hover icon from black to white it will then show correctly....
Looking forward to hear from you, my colleague has about 10 markers on one slide and more throughout the scene.
Steve
I have found a resolution, add a user state named clicked, and then add a trigger to set the state to clicked once clicked and it works. Sorted
Glad to hear you found a workaround, Steve! Thanks so much for sharing in this thread. I know it will be helpful for other community members!
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or discoveries in the E-Learning Heroes Forum in the future!
Have a great day and happy developing!☀️
How is this still an issue in SL 360 eight years later, are there any plans to fix this?
Hi Deanna!
Sorry to hear you've also run into this behavior!
Our development team is closely tracking a bug that causes:
If you're comfortable sharing your .story file, I'd be happy to take a closer look and confirm you are being affected by the same issue. Feel free to upload a copy here in the discussion or privately through a support case.
Looking forward to hearing from you!