Pause timeline when user clicks Resources tab?

Apr 29, 2019

Is there a way to pause the timeline when the user clicks the Resources tab on the player?  I have not been able to find a setting or Trigger that will do this...

5 Replies
Katie Riggio

Hello, John. Great question!

Right now, there isn't a built-in trigger that recognizes when a user clicks on the Resources tab in Storyline. One approach you could try: Move the resource to a slide. Then, have your resource presented in a lightbox. That way, the course will pause and the resource will appear in an interactive lightbox.

In the meantime, I'd love to understand more about your needs! Would you mind sharing a bit more about why having such a trigger would come in handy for you and your team? 

John L.

Hi Katie, thanks for your reply.

We have placed a few downloadable PDFs and a couple of links that our users might find useful at various points in the program, or may want as "take-aways." I looked at the lightbox example you linked to, and that might do the trick for us - it also helps avoid an issue we've run into with Firefox, where the Resources links open in new windows underneath the Player's widow, and are hidden if the Player is full screen.

John Leinung
Assistant Director, Multimedia Program Development
Training & Development
Metro-North Railroad

Katie Riggio

Hey there, Tom!

Here are a few ways to add a PDF to a slide:

Let me know if any of those ideas could work for your design — I'll be right here!

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