Hi There! I'm using Storyline to put together a (really cool) museum-style interaction that will play on a touch screen computer at a historical site! I'd like to essentially make the interaction play full screen at 1280X720, so I've gone in and set all of the player elements as transparent. Here's my question: I have gotten rid of everything but the previous and next buttons- how do I turn these off?
You can turn these off in the slide itself on a per-slide basis but I prefer to go into Story View, select a heap of slides and deselect the Prev / Next / Submit properties all at once:
I've removed the Next and Prev buttons from the player and added my own custom navigation buttons. Now on question slides when I go back using my custom buttons the Prev/Next buttons appear on the player. Is there a way to hide those as well?
I've removed the Next and Prev buttons from the player and added my own custom navigation buttons. Now on question slides when I go back using my custom buttons the Prev/Next buttons appear on the player. Is there a way to hide those as well?
Thanks
I am having the same problem as Maneli. Is there currently a solution for this?
I just had a discussion yesterday with another community member about this. Are you using a custom "Submit" button on your question slides, or are you using the default player's "Submit" button? Try creating a custom button and disable the default one. When you submit and return to the question slide, the player navigational buttons should remain disabled.
I am using a custom submit button in my question slides, I disabled the submit and Pre/Next button in each of the slide. The only way it keep the default Prev/Next button disabled when I go back is if I set each slide to "reset to initial state" but It is not a good solution to do this.
Any idea why the prev/next button keep coming back? is that a bug or is there anything I can do?
You're using a custom "Submit" button and they're still showing up? Do you have the default buttons enabled on any other slides in the course? If so, that may be what's happening.
Are you able to share the .STORY file here? I'd be happy to check it out and see what's happening.
If you have the review quiz switched on the next and previous will appear, really frustrating because this destroys any design where you removed the buttons
Phil, I agree with you. I wish there was a way to disable them. The review quiz is active in my project and I see the next and previous buttons when I am reviewing the quiz.
The other thing is that I have a mastery test that has presentation slides spread out in between questions and while reviewing the quiz the next and previous buttons are displayed on all the question slides but not the presentation slides. So learner can't go back if she gets to any of the presentation slides during the review mode.
If I remember correctly, if you add custom prev / next buttons to your question slides and control the visibility with a variable, the built-in buttons do not appear since there's already a slide trigger on the slide.
1) Add custom back / next buttons (default to hidden) to your slides along with your submit (might be best to do this in the master slide for the questions)
2) Add a variable (inTest = true)
3) For each slide (or master) add a trigger to show the custom prev / next buttons if inTest=false.
4) Also add a trigger to hide the submit button if inTest=false;
5) On your results slide, set the inTest variable to false
This'll make your submit go away and the prev / next appear during the review. It should also suppress the appearance of built-in navigation, provided you have them unchecked in slide properties as well as the player.
If I remember correctly, if you add custom prev / next buttons to your question slides and control the visibility with a variable, the built-in buttons do not appear since there's already a slide trigger on the slide.
1) Add custom back / next buttons (default to hidden) to your slides along with your submit (might be best to do this in the master slide for the questions)
2) Add a variable (inTest = true)
3) For each slide (or master) add a trigger to show the custom prev / next buttons if inTest=false.
4) Also add a trigger to hide the submit button if inTest=false;
5) On your results slide, set the inTest variable to false
This'll make your submit go away and the prev / next appear during the review. It should also suppress the appearance of built-in navigation, provided you have them unchecked in slide properties as well as the player.
Thanks Steve, if that works I owe you a pint of your favourite poison
Thank you so much for the tips and help. I have been sicked for the past few days and havent had a chance to test this, I will report back once I test Steve solutions.
I am using a custom Submit button in my true/false, multiple choice, drag-and-drop etc questions slides (feedback in slide layers), I have disabled the defaults submit in each of the slide (I'm using custom Prev/Next buttons). The only way it keeps the default Submit disabled when I go back to revisit a responded question is if I set each slide to "reset to initial state" but It is not a good solution to do this.
Any idea why the default Prev/Next buttons are coming back after revisiting the question slides? Additionally, the default Next button does not navigate to the correct logical slide - instead, it jumps to a random slide in a previous section of my project.
Christine has taken another position within Articulate and doesn't get in the forums as often. Steve and Phil may be subscribed to this thread, but are you able to share your .story file here with us so that we can look at everything you have set up? If you'd prefer to share privately you can send it to our Support team here.
Thanks for the update. I'm attempting to sumbit the .story file via the support team link you've provided but I have no way to "submit" it. See image below...
I went ahead and submitted a Support case on your behalf, so that someone from our team will be in touch shortly to request your file. The case # is 00354619 (for my reference) and I'll follow along so that I can update this thread as well.
I see that Jayem was able to reproduce the issue, and they're looking into a fix within Storyline. In the meantime, he suggested the following: To workaround this issue, make sure that all the built-in controls at the bottom of the player is disabled. So far, all of the controls on your project is disabled, except for slide 1.95 where the Previous button is still checked. Once you unchecked this and preview the project, it seems to work.
If you have any other questions about this, feel free to reply to the email Jayem sent you and let us know if you need anything else!
I am having the same issue. I created custom Prev/Next/Submit buttons and disabled all of the built-in controls but the Previous/Next buttons still appear once the Review Quiz button is selected.
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Hi, Ethan!
You can turn these off in the slide itself on a per-slide basis but I prefer to go into Story View, select a heap of slides and deselect the Prev / Next / Submit properties all at once:
Thank you!
Hi Steve:
Dumb question but how do you select multiple slides?
Hi, Anna -
Within Story View, you can select multiple slides using SHIFT-CLICK within a scene.
Hi Steve,
I've removed the Next and Prev buttons from the player and added my own custom navigation buttons. Now on question slides when I go back using my custom buttons the Prev/Next buttons appear on the player. Is there a way to hide those as well?
Thanks
Brilliant! thank you
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, E!
I just had a discussion yesterday with another community member about this. Are you using a custom "Submit" button on your question slides, or are you using the default player's "Submit" button? Try creating a custom button and disable the default one. When you submit and return to the question slide, the player navigational buttons should remain disabled.
If you have any trouble with this, let me know!
Thanks,
Christine
Hi Christine,
I am using a custom submit button in my question slides, I disabled the submit and Pre/Next button in each of the slide. The only way it keep the default Prev/Next button disabled when I go back is if I set each slide to "reset to initial state" but It is not a good solution to do this.
Any idea why the prev/next button keep coming back? is that a bug or is there anything I can do?
Thanks
Hi E,
You're using a custom "Submit" button and they're still showing up? Do you have the default buttons enabled on any other slides in the course? If so, that may be what's happening.
Are you able to share the .STORY file here? I'd be happy to check it out and see what's happening.
Thanks!
Christine
If you have the review quiz switched on the next and previous will appear, really frustrating because this destroys any design where you removed the buttons
Phil, I agree with you. I wish there was a way to disable them. The review quiz is active in my project and I see the next and previous buttons when I am reviewing the quiz.
The other thing is that I have a mastery test that has presentation slides spread out in between questions and while reviewing the quiz the next and previous buttons are displayed on all the question slides but not the presentation slides. So learner can't go back if she gets to any of the presentation slides during the review mode.
If I remember correctly, if you add custom prev / next buttons to your question slides and control the visibility with a variable, the built-in buttons do not appear since there's already a slide trigger on the slide.
1) Add custom back / next buttons (default to hidden) to your slides along with your submit (might be best to do this in the master slide for the questions)
2) Add a variable (inTest = true)
3) For each slide (or master) add a trigger to show the custom prev / next buttons if inTest=false.
4) Also add a trigger to hide the submit button if inTest=false;
5) On your results slide, set the inTest variable to false
This'll make your submit go away and the prev / next appear during the review. It should also suppress the appearance of built-in navigation, provided you have them unchecked in slide properties as well as the player.
Thanks Steve, if that works I owe you a pint of your favourite poison
Worked last I tested it
It's been awhile. We've been using Storyline for too long... :P
Hi Guys,
Thank you so much for the tips and help. I have been sicked for the past few days and havent had a chance to test this, I will report back once I test Steve solutions.
Hope you feel better soon, E!
Hi Christine,
I experiencing a very similar issue right now.
I am using a custom Submit button in my true/false, multiple choice, drag-and-drop etc questions slides (feedback in slide layers), I have disabled the defaults submit in each of the slide (I'm using custom Prev/Next buttons). The only way it keeps the default Submit disabled when I go back to revisit a responded question is if I set each slide to "reset to initial state" but It is not a good solution to do this.
Any idea why the default Prev/Next buttons are coming back after revisiting the question slides? Additionally, the default Next button does not navigate to the correct logical slide - instead, it jumps to a random slide in a previous section of my project.
Seems to be a bug in Storyline, please help!
Ronny
Hi Ronny and welcome to Heroes!
Christine has taken another position within Articulate and doesn't get in the forums as often. Steve and Phil may be subscribed to this thread, but are you able to share your .story file here with us so that we can look at everything you have set up? If you'd prefer to share privately you can send it to our Support team here.
Ashley,
Thanks for the update. I'm attempting to sumbit the .story file via the support team link you've provided but I have no way to "submit" it. See image below...
Thank you!
Hi Ronny,
I went ahead and submitted a Support case on your behalf, so that someone from our team will be in touch shortly to request your file. The case # is 00354619 (for my reference) and I'll follow along so that I can update this thread as well.
Hi Ashley,
I received the support case email - thank you!
I've now uploaded the .story file.
Thanks Ronny for the update - I see that Jayem has been assigned to your case, and I'm following along.
Hi Ronny,
I see that Jayem was able to reproduce the issue, and they're looking into a fix within Storyline. In the meantime, he suggested the following: To workaround this issue, make sure that all the built-in controls at the bottom of the player is disabled. So far, all of the controls on your project is disabled, except for slide 1.95 where the Previous button is still checked. Once you unchecked this and preview the project, it seems to work.
If you have any other questions about this, feel free to reply to the email Jayem sent you and let us know if you need anything else!
Hi,
I am having the same issue. I created custom Prev/Next/Submit buttons and disabled all of the built-in controls but the Previous/Next buttons still appear once the Review Quiz button is selected.