Hi. A client has come back to me to note that the replay button on the right side of the seekbar doesn't work. I've checked it on both the Flash and HTML5 versions. I also can't find any triggers that specify the replay button, when pushed, should replay the audio for the slide. Can you help?
In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the far right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning. The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. See this article for details.
So this means that we can't use "Resume saved state" in combination with the Seekbar? The slide will work -- except for the replay button which will be visible but nonfunctional?
Is this still the case? Are there are workarounds to either remove the replay button or make it function?
In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning.
The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. There are three options to choose from:
Automatically decide: This is the default option, and it means Storyline will decide automatically whether to rewind the slide or not. Here's the logic: If the slide contains just simple objects and audio but no interactivity, Storyline will rewind the slide to the beginning of the slide’s timeline. However, if the slide contains any interactive elements, such as buttons or any other object that includes a visited/selected state, Storyline won't rewind the slide. Resume saved state: This option will always prevent the slide from rewinding. Reset to initial state: This option will always force the slide to rewind. To change the “When revisiting” property for slides in your course, see this user guide.
If you'd prefer to simply remove the Rewind button, you can do that, too. Bear in mind that removing the Rewind button will also remove the seekbar.
For an Individual Slide To remove the seekbar and Rewind button from a single slide, uncheck the Seekbar box in the slide properties.
For the Entire Course To remove the seekbar and Rewind button from the entire course, uncheck the Seekbar box in Player > Features.
This seems to be a feature/issue that should be resolved in the software and not addressed by workarounds. It's a Rewind button. It should work like a Rewind button found in any other UI learners and developers are accustomed to interacting with. Maybe it's matter of making this the normal behavior as a default and adding controls to allow a developer to alter if necessary but not required to create familiar, and well designed from a usability standpoint, learning experiences. Additionally, I would highly suggest the seek bar and rewind button be unlinked in terms of showing or not showing controls. Although related functions, these should be available independent of each other in the controls.
Hey Jason, I appreciate your feedback on the player Rewind button. Our product team is always keen to hear about customer needs and ideas, so I can certainly pass along your suggestion. And feel free to share any other ideas you have here: Feature Request Form.
Hi Jessica! Thanks for adding your voice! We've got our eye on this discussion to keep a pulse on the popularity of this request, so I've added your vote to our report.
I'm with Jason and Jessica and dealing with this issue now as well. The rewind/replay button should be independent of BOTH the seekbar and the "when revisiting" setting. This causes some significant workaround needs.
Add my vote to this as well. This comes up for us a lot, and it's not easy for us to handle. Our users want it to rewind, or start the slide over. Sometimes it works they way they desire, sometimes it doesn't...that's frustrating for everyone. We need to be able to have separate control over the "when revisiting" and the function of the replay button. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually while on the "wish-list" how about a Stop button that freezes the timeline too ? The more the player resemble the function of a old fashion DVD player the easier for users to adapt. And most of these should be options for triggers such as When user press XX stop timeline or restart timeline...
Could you explain a bit more about your wish list?
We do have triggers that can be utilized to both pause and resume the timeline as well as a play/stop button that can be added to the slide at the player level as well.
That looks great, but when i do Home > PLayer > Control i do not seem to have this option (SL3, Aug 2018). What did i do to miss that ? or is this a different version ?
This was brought up in our testing as well and agree with previous comments that it should rewind no matter how the slide is designed. So I'm adding my vote that it be fixed. Thank you!
My vote also goes to having the replay/rewind do just that. I don't want to have to set my page to "initial state" just to have it work properly -- the user shouldn't have to listen to the audio all over again if returning to the page. Thank you!
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Hi Shel!
In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the far right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning. The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. See this article for details.
So this means that we can't use "Resume saved state" in combination with the Seekbar? The slide will work -- except for the replay button which will be visible but nonfunctional?
Is this still the case? Are there are workarounds to either remove the replay button or make it function?
Thanks so much!
Hi Michael,
The same setup exists in Storyline 360 (and Storyline 3) where:
This seems to be a feature/issue that should be resolved in the software and not addressed by workarounds. It's a Rewind button. It should work like a Rewind button found in any other UI learners and developers are accustomed to interacting with. Maybe it's matter of making this the normal behavior as a default and adding controls to allow a developer to alter if necessary but not required to create familiar, and well designed from a usability standpoint, learning experiences. Additionally, I would highly suggest the seek bar and rewind button be unlinked in terms of showing or not showing controls. Although related functions, these should be available independent of each other in the controls.
Hey Jason, I appreciate your feedback on the player Rewind button. Our product team is always keen to hear about customer needs and ideas, so I can certainly pass along your suggestion. And feel free to share any other ideas you have here: Feature Request Form.
Thanks Alyssa! Really appreciate it.
I agree with Jason. The button needs to work in the player as designed and rewind the slide. @Alyssa do I need to submit a feature request also?
Thank you,
--Jes
Hi Jessica! Thanks for adding your voice! We've got our eye on this discussion to keep a pulse on the popularity of this request, so I've added your vote to our report.
I'm with Jason and Jessica and dealing with this issue now as well. The rewind/replay button should be independent of BOTH the seekbar and the "when revisiting" setting. This causes some significant workaround needs.
Can we customize the replay button - instead of the icon can it be a text reading "Replay"?
I too would like a replay button independent from the seek bar and matching the Previous-Next buttons :)
Thanks, Lyn, Apoorv, and Philippe, for adding your voice here!
Add my vote to this as well. This comes up for us a lot, and it's not easy for us to handle. Our users want it to rewind, or start the slide over. Sometimes it works they way they desire, sometimes it doesn't...that's frustrating for everyone. We need to be able to have separate control over the "when revisiting" and the function of the replay button. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually while on the "wish-list" how about a Stop button that freezes the timeline too ? The more the player resemble the function of a old fashion DVD player the easier for users to adapt. And most of these should be options for triggers such as When user press XX stop timeline or restart timeline...
Hello Philippe,
Could you explain a bit more about your wish list?
We do have triggers that can be utilized to both pause and resume the timeline as well as a play/stop button that can be added to the slide at the player level as well.
That looks great, but when i do Home > PLayer > Control i do not seem to have this option (SL3, Aug 2018). What did i do to miss that ? or is this a different version ?
You are correct Philippe, I apologize if I created additional confusion.
The Play/Pause button is a part of the Seekbar for Storyline 3:
I add my vote here.
A rewind button should rewind no matter how the slide is designed. You click, it goes back to the beginning. No thinking should be necessary.
For the learners, it just looks like an annoying bug forcing you to drag the seekbar manually.
Please, do something to fix that.
Add my vote. Can't believe this is an issue. Crazy.
This was brought up in our testing as well and agree with previous comments that it should rewind no matter how the slide is designed. So I'm adding my vote that it be fixed. Thank you!
My vote also goes to having the replay/rewind do just that. I don't want to have to set my page to "initial state" just to have it work properly -- the user shouldn't have to listen to the audio all over again if returning to the page. Thank you!
Please add my vote. Rewind should rewind the slide no matter what the other settings.
Add my vote to this as well. Not having these options independent is creating issues when making course accessible. Thanks!
+1 : The rewind/replay button should be independent of BOTH the seekbar and the "when revisiting" setting. I submitted a feature request - thanks.
Add my vote to having the replay button work no matter what the settings, too!