Mobile Swipe interaction

Hey Linda and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

You can certainly adjust this via the Slide Properties.

Let us know if you need anything further.

Is there a way to add the swipe functionality to a custom made button? And swipe to jump to a specific slide?

Hi Ed!  If you enable swipe navigation in the slide properties like Leslie highlighted above, Storyline will create the triggers.  You can edit the swipe triggers to point to a specific slide rather than "next slide."

The swipe action doesn't rely on a button.  It is a gesture-based trigger for mobile viewing, so your custom button will need its own trigger to create an action.  I hope that helps!

Thanks Crystal! Figured it out. I actually never use the default navigation and did not think to look there until yesterday. It's a relief to know that SL has this available.

Thanks for letting us know you got it sorted out, Ed!

Is there a way to have my learner swipe to show a layer?

Hi Kristen, 

The swipe option is only listed for the next or previous button triggers and is a part of the slide properties. Could you create a new slide that appears as if it's a layer of your previous slide and use the swipe function to allow learners to see that slide? 

Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately that will not work. Essentially, I
am trying to create a "carousel effect" where the learning can swipe back
and forth through the various stages of a process as many times as needed.
Ideally, I want them to come back to the base layer and then click the NEXT
arrow to resume the course. I can give this effect using arrows but we want
the learner to be able to swipe using their mobile device and this is where
the issue comes in. I tried using drag and drop to create the effect but
that only allows the leaner to "swipe" once. I have created a workaround
using buttons but would love the option of a carousel effect in the future
or a trigger to add a swipe for mobile device that could be associated to
an object or layer.

Thanks, Kristen and I can definitely pass along that idea. I see how it would be really useful for your setup. In case you're curious, here's a bit more about how our team manages the feature requests we do receive.

Hi Ashley,

Is this function already possible? I too want to swipe between layers. 

Thanks for the info!

Swipe at the moment is a trigger attached to the player for back and forwards so cannot be assigned elsewhere

Hi Boma and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

Thank you for sharing that you would like to see this feature as well. I've submitted a feature request on your behalf.

You are welcome to share any future ideas here.

I would also love more customization with the mobile Swipe feature to be able to trigger multiple slide layers on a slide. In our work we use many buttons and layers as a way to present interactivity and information to our staff. However, doing this is not possible with the current swipe feature.  I tried submitting a feature request but was unable to do so.

Hi Alison,

Thank you for sharing that you would like to see more customization for swiping features as well! I've submitted a feature request on your behalf.

Please let us know if you have any questions! 

Thank you Vincent!