I haven't seen this behavior and would want to take a look at the file where you're experiencing this behavior. I know that the space bar or enter key can trigger player actions such as the next/prev button as a part of an accessibility feature - so that the user could navigate the course with the tab key and enter to advance forward/back. But if it's only happening on certain slides, again we'll likely want to take a look. You can share a copy of the .story file here and please let us know where you're testing the published output as well.
This discussion is quite a bit older, and I don't see where Dustin shared his file with us. Can you share one of these problematic slides with us here? You can upload by clicking here and inserting the .story into a new discussion comment. Look for the Add Attachment button. Thanks!
Hi Ashley, thanks for your response. Since the spacebar appears to be pre-programmed by default to behave as the Enter key does (if I'm interpreting other staff comments elsewhere correctly), I decided to program the caption toggle to the C key instead and discovered that there may actually be a bug with caption toggling triggers in general. Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you, and in case this helps someone who views this thread later, I thought I'd post a link to that thread here: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/programming-triggers-for-space-bar-to-toggle-captions-on-off#reply-502690. If you have any thoughts on this problem, feel free to comment there. Thanks!
Hi, I am experiencing this too, where the space bar makes Storyline jump to the next slide when viewing published files. Has anyone found a way to stop that from happening, or to change the functionality of the space bar?
Is this happening only for specific slides in your course or on each slide?
With your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll share my findings and delete the file when I'm done troubleshooting!
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Hi Dustin,
I haven't seen this behavior and would want to take a look at the file where you're experiencing this behavior. I know that the space bar or enter key can trigger player actions such as the next/prev button as a part of an accessibility feature - so that the user could navigate the course with the tab key and enter to advance forward/back. But if it's only happening on certain slides, again we'll likely want to take a look. You can share a copy of the .story file here and please let us know where you're testing the published output as well.
Did you ever get an answer to this question? I'm having the same problem with one of our slides.
Hi Lisa,
This discussion is quite a bit older, and I don't see where Dustin shared his file with us. Can you share one of these problematic slides with us here? You can upload by clicking here and inserting the .story into a new discussion comment. Look for the Add Attachment button. Thanks!
Hi Ashley, thanks for your response. Since the spacebar appears to be pre-programmed by default to behave as the Enter key does (if I'm interpreting other staff comments elsewhere correctly), I decided to program the caption toggle to the C key instead and discovered that there may actually be a bug with caption toggling triggers in general. Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you, and in case this helps someone who views this thread later, I thought I'd post a link to that thread here: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/programming-triggers-for-space-bar-to-toggle-captions-on-off#reply-502690. If you have any thoughts on this problem, feel free to comment there. Thanks!
No worries, Lisa - and I never think I'm being ignored! I know how busy life and work can get.
We'll take a look at your other discussion and keep the discussion going over there if that one contains more info!
Hi, I am experiencing this too, where the space bar makes Storyline jump to the next slide when viewing published files. Has anyone found a way to stop that from happening, or to change the functionality of the space bar?
Hi Chris,
Is this happening only for specific slides in your course or on each slide?
With your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll share my findings and delete the file when I'm done troubleshooting!
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