I've got a bunch of radio buttons that need to have color changes made to multiple states. Is there an easy way to do this? The format painter seems to have no effect, and I'm dreading the effort of selecting and changing these states one at a time for hundreds of buttons.
It sounds like the Format Painter should be the right tool for you. Maybe you're forgetting a step?
You'll want to click the "Done editing states" tab before applying the format painter, as just one thing that comes to mind that might prevent it from working properly...
Thanks, Peter. I tried using the Format Painter again after clicking "Done editing states" but I still can't make it apply a format to my radio buttons.
I tried to use Screenr and then Storyline to create screencasts of this issue, but kept running out of RAM. I've done this manually now, but here are the steps I followed:
1. Change the color of all states of a radio button object.
2. Click "Done editing states."
3. Double-click the Format Painter.
4. Click another radio button. (either inside the button, which sets its default to "selected" or outside, which does not.)
Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I too could really use the Format Painter to modify a series of radio buttons, but it's having no effect.
Hi Belen! I'm not sure if David is subscribed to this thread or not, but you may need to send him a PM to see if he found some sort of solution.
As far as the format painter not working on the radio buttons properly, I am able to reproduce this and can see where our QA Team has this in their hands as well.
I know this is an old forum, but I'd be curious to know if the QA team found a resolution. I want to change the states/colors of my radio buttons, but the format painter isn't working well with them. If there is a way to quickly change them all without using format painter, that would be even better, since I have several dozen buttons in my project that I want to change the color of the hover state.
Format painter is working for me while using Radio buttons, and I recorded a quick Peek 360 video to walk you through that. If you're having trouble, can you share some additional details and I can continue to guide you from there!
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Hey David!
It sounds like the Format Painter should be the right tool for you. Maybe you're forgetting a step?
You'll want to click the "Done editing states" tab before applying the format painter, as just one thing that comes to mind that might prevent it from working properly...
Thanks, Peter. I tried using the Format Painter again after clicking "Done editing states" but I still can't make it apply a format to my radio buttons.
Hi David,
Any chance you'd be able to put together a quick screencast of what you're trying to do, just to make sure we're on the same page?
Thanks!
Peter,
I tried to use Screenr and then Storyline to create screencasts of this issue, but kept running out of RAM. I've done this manually now, but here are the steps I followed:
1. Change the color of all states of a radio button object.
2. Click "Done editing states."
3. Double-click the Format Painter.
4. Click another radio button. (either inside the button, which sets its default to "selected" or outside, which does not.)
Nothing changes when I complete step #4.
I hope this helps.
David
Hi David,
Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I too could really use the Format Painter to modify a series of radio buttons, but it's having no effect.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hi Belen! I'm not sure if David is subscribed to this thread or not, but you may need to send him a PM to see if he found some sort of solution.
As far as the format painter not working on the radio buttons properly, I am able to reproduce this and can see where our QA Team has this in their hands as well.
I know this is an old forum, but I'd be curious to know if the QA team found a resolution. I want to change the states/colors of my radio buttons, but the format painter isn't working well with them. If there is a way to quickly change them all without using format painter, that would be even better, since I have several dozen buttons in my project that I want to change the color of the hover state.
Thank you!
Hi Megan! No update at this time, looks like it is still listed for Development as a feature request though.
Is there any update on this?
Hi Tricia!
I do not have an update on this.
Leslie, do your features get weighted on how many requests they get? If so, can I be added to the request? Thanks.
Hi Rachel - Absolutely! What version of Storyline are you utilizing?
Version 2
Thanks Rachel - taken care of :)
I'm having the same issue. Format painter doesn't work with radio buttons. Original comment on this is 6 years old and it's still not working???
Hi CK1,
Format painter is working for me while using Radio buttons, and I recorded a quick Peek 360 video to walk you through that. If you're having trouble, can you share some additional details and I can continue to guide you from there!
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