Reserved State Names

Hi John and welcome to Heroes! 

"Checked" is not a built in state, but they're all defined here. 

You mentioned you're still on update 2 of Storyline? Are you able to update to update 5, as that's the most recent update with a number of bug fixes. 

Thanks forthe quick response. Our corporate IT infrastructure means that we aren't always able to update our software as we'd like. But I think upgrading looks like the way forward.

Trust me to find a quirk

Hi John,

Let us know if you're able to update and still experience the odd behavior, as then we'd want to take a look at your files. 

I encountered this thread while researching this oddity. Here's the bottom line: Do NOT use "Checked" as a state name. It might not be built-in or explicitly reserved, but it's definitely taboo. Storyline will change the state name from "Checked" to "Selected" when you save/load or copypaste the offending object. This will screw up triggers and make the object behave as though "selected" is one of its states.

As for a list of reserved states, I have yet to find one. This issue is beyond the scope of the Support article Ashley linked.

Interesting find Greg. I've not seen that mentioned before. Was this a finding in your own testing? If you would like for our team to take a look, I encourage you to share your file and findings here.

Though I discovered this gremlin independently, I wasn't the first. It's been a few years, Leslie, but you actually did see it, in this thread. 

The issue is easy enough to avoid (don't call a state "Checked"), but if your team wants to look into it, I'll be happy to help.

A saved test file doesn't show anything interesting. If you would like to duplicate this bug:

1. Make a new Storyline presentation
2. Insert an object (e.g. a square)
3. On that square, add a state called "Checked". Click "DONE EDITING STATES".
4. Copypaste your object.
5. Check the new object's states. Whereas the old object has states "Normal" and "Checked", the new object has states "Normal" and "Selected".
6. Save, close, and reopen the file. Now BOTH objects have states "Normal" and "Selected", while the "Checked" state is nonexistent.

My testing used Storyline 2, update 10.

Thanks for the details Greg - and for calling out my memory lapse :) 

I would like to add that apparently using "Review" as a State name does not also work (confirmed by Support).  It would be helpful if we had a list of reserved words in SL2.

Hi Erin! I'm reaching out to the team to see if we have some documentation on this topic to share.

Hi Erin - well, the discussion has led to some further discovery and we have shared this information with our QA Team to investigate further as we are finding some unintended behavior as you can see above. I do not have an update or list to share with you at this time, but this thread has been included for user awareness and for update when applicable.

Great! I'm glad to hear your QA team are looking into the matter. Call me a geek, but I'd love to understand what's going on under the hood to cause this.

Geek is a total compliment if you're ever called that Greg :)