storyline multiple choice answers in columns, custom focus order

May 13, 2022

similar to this old thread, i've got a multiple choice slide set up with about ten choices or so, and resized, etc. to fit into two columns, which is working fine as expected for a sighted user. i ran into an issue though, trying to navigate the choices using JAWS.

upon further inspection back in form view, i see that the choices have been rearranged in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom order (so it's A, F, B, G, etc.). is there any way to manually set the focus order for the answer choices, so screen readers work as intended?

and/or is that something that could be implemented in the future? and/or can automatic formatting into columns be a thing? i've worked around needing more than ten answer choices with a custom question slide, but it would also be nice to support more than ten choices natively. thanks!

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Renz Sevilla

Hi Paul! Thanks for reaching out! 

Please have a look at this support article on how to customize the Focus Order.

By default, the focus order is left to right and top to bottom. If you still have trouble or can't reorder the items, could you please share a copy of your project with us by submitting a case?