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Multiple Hyperlink Styles?
Anyone know if you can create and apply multiple hyperlink styles in one file?
I though you could create a new color style (duplicate the one I am using), apply ONLY to the desired slide, then adjust hyperlink styles to that slide. But it seems to default to the one Hyperlink style that a file seems to accept.
If you Modify the Hyperlink style, it does so for all in the file. You can add a New Style (see attached) but it does not seem to allow you to add a new Hyperlink style.
The issue is I have 1) white text on black backgrounds, 2) black text on white backgrounds and 3) white text on orange backgrounds etc. No one combination will work for all 3 and meeting client color scheme. White, black or orange visited state won't work for all 3.
Thanks for any help!
Having only one style for hyperlinks causes me lots of pain! I'm amazed this has not been resolved yet.
I would love to be able to style hyperlinks individually or have at least 2 styles available to me.
Hopefully, we will see this in place soon.Hello all, does anyone has a tip to force a hyperlink NOT to use the hover state from the hyperlink text style.
It is the bane of my life at the moment.
It would appear that there is no sure way to do this, as sometimes the hover state is the same as the coloured text while other times it will match the hyperlink style, meaning the link will disappear when I hover over it.
I really need two hyperlink styles. One for dark backgrounds and another for light backgrounds. Using hotspots over underlined text is a way around it, but feels like a poor workaround and not as accessible as it could be.
Thank you in advance.Hi Barry,
Just throwing this out there, but have you considered using hotspots placed over the text that you want to hyperlink instead? This will allow you to redirect your learners to a specific URL without having to use the hover states included in a hyperlinked text.
Hi Joe, this is what we have had to do. It's not ideal but it has worked.
I think the problems it has caused me were so significant that I'll have to tell the graphic designer to rein it in instead.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Jeff,
You are correct. You can have one hyperlink style in your project.
Would you be able to include a consistent color style to the text boxes that would also include a hyperlink or create a button for any links needed to match the color scheme?
I look forward to hearing ideas from others in the community that may have dealt with a similar requirement.
Hi Leslie.
I have a similar issue with hyperlink styles. I use two different styles - one blue and one white. The blue is standard. I use a white hyperlink on the 'Vision - Instructions Layout slide' as the text is white.
Something that has worked in the past to resolve this issue is to use the 'Design' tab. However, it is not working for me today.
It is an ongoing issue.
As a potential solution: I suggest that the development team create an option under 'text styles' to apply a hyperlink style to the current slide.
Siobhán
Just to add onto this, here is an example: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/636e4ae5-78ad-4468-a1b4-de888d708bda/review
Also, source file attached.
Not only is it tough to get links correctly colored, the visited states change to more than one color of text, black AND white after visiting them. Thinking this may be a bug?
Did you ever resolve this issue?
Hello Siobhan, and thank you for sharing your idea for a solution!
I encourage you to fill out a features request. Then, we can keep you updated if this makes it onto our feature roadmap!
Hi Barry,
Being able to have multiple hyperlink styles in a course would be really useful! This would be a great idea for a feature request! You can submit one here. If the request makes it onto our feature roadmap, we’ll make sure to update you in this conversation!
Thanks for reaching out!
Hi John, thank you for this.
I have raised it as a feature request as I would love to see at least two styles. One to use on dark backgrounds and another to use on light backgrounds.
Have other people requested this? I would presume so.Hi Barry,
Just to add to what John shared, you can change the style of your hyperlink states by following the steps in this article:
Let me know if this helps with some of your design requirements!
Hi Joe, thank you for your suggestion. I really hoped I would have a solution, but it does not always work.
Let's say the default hyperlink style is white text to work on a black background. But on some screens, we have reveal or feedback layers that require black text on a light background.
In some cases, we can simply recolour the links within the text to black, and it works.
However, this does not always apply the colour to the hover state. So I end up with a link that disappears when you hover over it. And worse still, sometimes any text that comes after the hyperlink also turns white when you hover over the link.
To be honest, it is a mess and I will have to resort to using invisible hotspots over the top of underlined text which is not as accessible as real inline links.
Thanks for reading.This has been a pain for me too. I'm primarily using hotspots as a work around or I'm just using an object trigger for a full text box/shape to open the URL.
Hi Tracy, I hope it either gets fixed soon, or we get multiple styles for hyperlinks.
In the meantime, I'll have to tell our graphic designers that certain designs will not work for us.
