State Error

Did you duplicate the Normal state and renamed it to Selected? That would also copy the image from the Normal state to Selected. See attached a quick example with an object that works like you described.

DOes this help? I am trying to do two separate states and when I select the object, it does the above. It just doesn't make sense.

Hi Kathryn,

It would help if you could share that file, even just that one slide. You can upload a copy of your .story file here using the Add Attachment button. 

Okay, I just copied that one slide out of my project.. sorry, the rest I'm not supposed to share widely:) Thanks!

Here's the published version: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/ed7a900d-8381-4ab4-92e4-fc051b61ce15/review

Hey Kathryn! 

Happy to help you here. The selected state is additive on top of the normal state, so you'll see both states at the same time. However, there's an easy way to get around it! 

First, can you tell me how you added the red credit card image to the caption? It's not grouped, and I'm trying to figure out how to remove it. You've stumped me! 🙃

Hey Alyssa!

I just put it in there, like I said I'm very new to all of this! Not sure how I got the red credit card to start acting like a group with the thought bubble.

Oh, so it is supposed to do that? I thought for sure that it wasn't supposed to be additive! If it is supposed to be, can I just add a white fill to the Selected state? Would that solve the problem, do you think?

Thanks for the response!

1. Edit the states of Cloud Caption 1
2. Select Selected state and select the caption
3. Go to shape fill and choose white (or background gray)
4. Select Normal state
5. Select the credit card and right click
6. Choose Send to Back

I'm sorry, I don't really know what you mean by that, @Walt. I'm pretty new to this.

Oops, pulled the trigger too soon. Try the edited version.

Oh okay, thanks Walt! That makes sense.

I ended up doing the following triggers instead and it worked pretty well. But I would like to learn states better, so all of your advice has been helpful!

Hey Kathryn,

I did some more playing around with it, and I think I've got it! 

I saw that you added the red credit card to the caption's "Normal" state. To create the "Selected" state, I cut all objects from the state, then pasted only the caption back in. Now it's working correctly!

Have a look at this updated version of your file. 

Hey Alyssa,

I don't understand. I never added anything into the object in the Selected State. In mine, there is nothing to cut out. I never put anything in there.

I tried doing what you said and it doesn't even let me select inside the bubble to try to cut the nonexistent thing out.

Can you explain what you did?

-Kathryn

Absolutely, Kathryn! Here's a Peek screen recording that explains my steps. I hope that helps to clear things up!