Shapes moving out of alignment in preview mode

Jan 02, 2014

I have shapes nicely aligned in the normal view (stacked rectangles to make a gauge) but when I preview it, they are all akilter.   This also happens to some other shapes I have stacked.  When it is previwed, the top shape is moved over somewhat, exposing what is below.  Any suggestions on preventing this?

126 Replies
Khalil Rivera

I am using  boxes with an outline and no fill over the same boxes with fill for a specific hover/click effect. The boxes with no fill have a hover state change to a 25% transparent fill with text on it. Everything is perfectly aligned in the SL2 file but once published some of the boxes (not all) shift out of alignment. It is interesting these threads go back a few years but I am just recently experiencing the issue. Seeing no fix for this is concerning. Any recent fixes or workarounds?

Keith Shull

Ali:

Sorry - we already built a new Feedback Master. Since we were just getting started setting up our template, we didn't have to do too much re-work.

For what it's worth, we originally made changes to the Feedback Master Slide, moving text boxes, adding a shape, etc. We then grouped several elements together & copied & pasted the group into the incorrect & correct slides. When we previewed, 2 of the text  boxes displayed in their previous locations - as if we hadn't moved them prior to grouping.

Ali Goulet

Hey Khalil- Sorry that's happening! Since this is an older thread- lets go ahead and start from scratch with what you're seeing.

Would you be able to share your .story project file here? I'd love to do some testing with it. 

You can add it as an attachment right to a comment like this: 

Thanks for letting us know about this!

Ali Goulet

Hey Keith! 

Thanks for that update and those details here. I'm glad you're good to go after remaking the Feedback Master.

I did a quick test on my end and couldn't reproduce what you're describing. If you run into it again, be sure to let me know here so we can continue investigating this with you! ☺️

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Keith and Khalil,

I know this one has been around for a while, but I believe you both were seeing it in Storyline 360? Just a quick note to let you know that the issue where shapes are not aligned in preview/publish is fixed in the latest Articulate 360 Update. 

Just launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button for each application. Details here.

Alyssa Gomez

Hi Henriette! 

Are you on the latest update of Storyline 360? To check, click the Help tab, then click About Storyline. You should see 3.11.14249.0 in the bottom-right corner. 

We've included a fix for this issue in the latest update of Storyline 360, so you'll want to download that update to take advantage of the fix!

Henriette Krohn

Hi
I am running the latest version, the one that you mention.
It different what I experience. I have 11 drag boxes. Once I peview, sometimes they are out of order and yesterday only one was shown. When I dragged this to a drop position, the next drag box was suddenly showing up ect. To day, again I get one drag box in preview and when I drag this, the next comes and after dragging this, nothing more happens. See attached

Best Regards
Henriette Krohn