Restore on Mouse Leave - Storyline 2 v12
Aug 18, 2017
All,
I have been running into an issue with storyline 2 button states that I can not figure out and was hoping someone could please help.
I'm developing several buttons the user will navigate the project, each button will have the following:
- Normal
- Hover
- Selected
The buttons are a .png image icon I created and then a storyline oval shape. The states basically are simple...the oval changes color behind the .png image. I have all three states built and then a hotspot is drawn over the button to attach the trigger to the button item. My trigger is as follows:
Action: Change state of
On Object: my button (Preset)
To State: Hover
When: Mouse hovered over
Object: my hotspot target area (Preset_Hotspot)
Restore on mouse leave is checked
The problem I'm running into is when the user rolls over the button the image color changes but when they mouse back off the oval changes color but then the .png image disappears. The restore on mouse leave does not seem to work with the images just the storyline shapes.
5 Replies
Hello Dave and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
You do not need the hotspots that you've added nor the triggers as the hover is a built-in state.
Removing these items seems to work well in your project. Can you let me know what you think of this or if I'm missing a need in your attached course?
Leslie,
Thank you so much for the reply. I'm a newbie to storyline so the help is very much appreciated it. So when building buttons/states hot spots and triggers are not needed as they are built into the states. I was directed that you had to have a hotspot and trigger to do the rollovers. I am corrected and now see what you have done. Works great...so I do add a trigger to the state when the user clicks to direct them to the next section.
Thanks again
Hi Dave - Yes, you can add a trigger to the object to jump you to where needed as well. I know you just shared the one slide, so just let me know if you need some further assistance when you get going with your project :)
Leslie,
Thanks again for the help. I have managed to take what you explained to me and move forward with this e-learning project. I do have another question off topic from the posted one but still on the same slide. Attached I have a screen grab of my timeline. I'm able to rename the layers but the Oval shape name I can't seem to edit. This gets really confusing when trying to link up things. Is it possible to change the oval name to something more meaningful like I have down the right-hand side? This e-learning and storyline are new to me but I do come from a 3d animation and interactive design background so I think if I can just learn the ins and outs of storyline I will be able to pick this up quickly. Thanks again for any help.
Glad that helped Dave :)
As for your subsequent question, that is the actual shape that you're adding into your course. It cannot be changed, but you are doing a great job naming those objects.
The good news is when you add triggers, the name is what comes up for selection:
I hope that helps :)
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