Repeating Button Function
Aug 14, 2012
By
Tom Lunzer
How do I create a button or other interactive object that will
repeat it's function over and over again on one slide.
For example, I have a button that will change the state of an image of
a picture of a bunch of strawberries to a picture of a single strawberry
with a nice animated grow effect. This button works great, ONCE! But I
want the user to be able to press the button over and over again to get
the same animated effect of the images changing.
8 Replies
Tom, are you using button states? Just curious... If you could post your story file that might be helpful.
I have included the story file in this post. It's pretty simple. Click on the
"Change Image Button" on the left and the strawberries image will change.
Then click on the "Change Image Button" again. Nothing happens. I want the
user to be able to Click on that button and have the image change again, and again
and again.
This is part of a solution for a much more complex project I have.
Tom, thanks for posting the story file - I think I've updated the button trigger to do what you want to accomplish, but let me know if this isn't helpful.
I've attached the updated story file to this post, and here is a screenr walking through the steps:
Thanks for your work, you are very close to what I am looking for, but you have to click the button
an additional time to set the image back to it's original state, then again to switch to the 2nd image.
To show you a sample of what I am looking for I created a little Flash demo. I have included it as
an attachment, but in case you can't play it locally , here is a link..
http://icci.gen21.com/media/RepeatingButton_Flash_Sample.html
You can see in this sample that every time you click on the button the image will do the same thing,
go to the first image, then to the second image automatically.
It's odd, and I'm sure I'm missing something, but I don't seem to be able to accomplish this affect using triggers.
A very simplified way to do it is to add your strawberry graphics to button states. One downside to this is that the strawberry itself becomes part of the clickable button, but that's not necessarily a show stopper.
The attached story file is almost there where you want it, but the problem I seem to be having with it is that the hover state doesn't go away when the button is in the down state. I might play around with this later when I have more time.
Thanks again for your help but it does not work for my solution. I mentioned that creating a button that's function
can be repeated was part of a bigger project. I will give you a sample of the real project that I am trying to do using
Articulate Storyline. First here is a link to this type of project that I created in Flash.
http://icci.gen21.com/media/Apples_World_Challenge.html
Click your mouse outside of the countries (the ocean). Notice the "Incorrect Try Again" box pops up (grows in).
Click the ocean again, the "incorrect Try Again" button pops up again. If you click anywhere except on the correct
country the "incorrect Try Again" will animate. This way the user is clear he has selected the wrong area every time.
That is what I want to do in Articulate Storyline. Here is a link to my Articulate Storyline version.
http://icci.gen21.com/media/St_en_world_challenge/story.html
Click your mouse outside of the counties (the ocean). You will see the "Incorrect Try Again" animate (grow) in. Now
click on the ocean (or any un-correct area). Nothing happens.
Here is an image with some explanation of the setup.
I have also included the story file.
Tom, I think I see what you're trying to do here. Let me play around with this a bit.
Thanks for your help.
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