The Storyline search feature is dependent on the Menu display. By default, your menu shows as a sidebar, but did you know that you can move this and create it as a tab instead? Since this would move the entire menu to a tab, it may not be an option for you - but it could be something to consider if you'd like to only show the search function on demand.
I do have the "search" function in the full menu, but could this function be copied onto some slides too, as this might feel more intuitive to a casual user
Any news about this function? Was is added? I need to search an entire course of many many slides for a particular word that was misspelled by a colleague that is gone now. Can I locate that word somehow using a Search function on the entire course instead of reading the entire course slide by slide and word by word? Hopefully this was implemented as it's been 2 years since requested. Please let me know. Thanks Stef
Do you have access to the source file, or do you only have the published format? If you have the source file, you can use the Find/Replace feature in Storyline under the Home tab.
This will help you search any text in the course and correct the spelling!
Thank you for taking the time to share this! I see that we've logged this as a feature request, so I've added your comments to the report. I'll present this to my team and keep you updated in this discussion when I have news to share!
Lauren that is great. I am building a course for a client who wants the Classic look and the ability to do a search would help them. This is a course for continuing education credits so the people who approve this have very specific rules.
I did note that if words are in the NOTES tab, search actually does list that slide on the menu. The issue is the participant has to clear the menu, then click the topic or topics that were listed. Ideally the person could go directly to that slide. In this case, the slide has a video and without a transcript, the best a person could do is listen again. I don't expect this feature to solve that problem but going to the slide would help.
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Hi there Dave!
The Storyline search feature is dependent on the Menu display. By default, your menu shows as a sidebar, but did you know that you can move this and create it as a tab instead? Since this would move the entire menu to a tab, it may not be an option for you - but it could be something to consider if you'd like to only show the search function on demand.
You can read more about player features here.
If you still need something custom, hopefully some of our community members can chime in with suggestions.
Thanks and good luck on the project!
Hi
I do have the "search" function in the full menu, but could this function be copied onto some slides too, as this might feel more intuitive to a casual user
Hey Philippe,
I submitted this feature request to our team on your behalf :)
Thanks ! They are going to get tired of me !
I am back to SL3 after months of traveling: this is a fun program!
No way Philippe :)
Glad you are enjoying it and I hope travel was good to you!
Hello! You can build a custom search engine within the slides in Storyline through using JavaScript. Read about it in my discussion here.
Hope this helps!
Any news about this function? Was is added? I need to search an entire course of many many slides for a particular word that was misspelled by a colleague that is gone now. Can I locate that word somehow using a Search function on the entire course instead of reading the entire course slide by slide and word by word? Hopefully this was implemented as it's been 2 years since requested. Please let me know. Thanks Stef
Hi Stefaniada,
Do you have access to the source file, or do you only have the published format? If you have the source file, you can use the Find/Replace feature in Storyline under the Home tab.
This will help you search any text in the course and correct the spelling!
I do, wonderful! Thanks a lot, Ren! Stef
I think we still need a search feature built into Storyline that can find a word and take the learner to that slide.
Hi Jeffrey!
Thank you for taking the time to share this! I see that we've logged this as a feature request, so I've added your comments to the report. I'll present this to my team and keep you updated in this discussion when I have news to share!
Lauren that is great. I am building a course for a client who wants the Classic look and the ability to do a search would help them. This is a course for continuing education credits so the people who approve this have very specific rules.
I did note that if words are in the NOTES tab, search actually does list that slide on the menu. The issue is the participant has to clear the menu, then click the topic or topics that were listed. Ideally the person could go directly to that slide. In this case, the slide has a video and without a transcript, the best a person could do is listen again. I don't expect this feature to solve that problem but going to the slide would help.
Thank you.