Replay Layer Animation HOW? (without slidebar)

I found this post... it doesn't seem to work. Hoped I could merely point a trigger back to the same layer and restart the timeline...but I must have missed something. Food for thought though!

·         How to use "Show layer" trigger to replay a layer that is already displayed

By default, a "Show layer" trigger will not replay a layer that's already displayed. 
To get a "Show layer" trigger to replay a layer that's already displayed, make the following change to that layer's properties:

1. In Storyline, select the layer in the Slide Layers panel in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Click the gear icon (the Properties button) for that layer.
3. Mark the “Hide slide layer when timeline finishes” box.
4. Click OK.

Hi Stephan, 

It looks like the link to that other thread didn't come through - but to answer a few of your other questions, there is no way to only have a seekbar on the layer. In regards to the Javascript, I'll have to defer to the community on that - but I hope someone is able to pop in here and offer you some assistance! 

Found a solution ( a  Storyline selfie!)

See https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/pause-timeline-of-any-layer-by-btn#reply-242302

Thanks Stephan for linking the threads and sharing here. 

Do try it out and let me know your thoughts!
Thanks in advance
Cheers
S

Stephan, Just an FYI - when you reply via email your signature is included here. You can edit that to remove the information if you wish. 

Thank You Ashley!

Not sure if this is of use to anyone but I was creating a scene where on screen load a primary animation plays which tells you to click the play button to watch a demonstration video. My secondary animation is a slide layer. My goal was to accomplish this..

1. click the play button  2. play the secondary animation  3. Click the play button again and only have the secondary animation play.

Since there doesn't seem to be a replay Slide Trigger in SL3 I tried to improvise. I could have the button Jump to New Slide and simply direct it to reload itself but that meant watching the primary animation over again which I didn't want.

A work around is simply placing multiple triggers on the same Play Button. Basically a combination of  the items listed below. *Note on the Slide Layer (my secondary animation) I have set to Pause at the very beginning so it doesn't play while my Primary animation does.

1. Resume timeline on (Slide Layer) when user clicks playButton

2. Hide layer (Slide Layer) when user clicks playButton

3. Show layer (Slide Layer) when user clicks playButton

4. Resume timeline on (Slide Layer) when user clicks playButton

Just make sure your Slide Layer is set to Reset to initial state.

Not an ideal method but it seems to do exactly what I wanted it to.

Hi David,

Always great to share ideas and tips here - helpful for anyone else who may come across the discussion! 

"Not an ideal method but it seems to do exactly what I wanted it to."

David,

"exactly what I wanted it to do" is the definition of ideal in this business, unless you are lazy and want "exactly what I wanted it to do without me having to do any work."

Remember, it is all smoke and mirrors, and what counts is what the learner sees in the end.