I have to disagree. I made a one-slide course and placed ond text block. There are 3 bullets and it is animated by pop level. Then I adjusted the three bullets to synch with a 6 second audio track. When I tab, the order is:
It would be nice to be able to create our own tab order. I've put in a feature request. Without this feature, all but the simplest layouts (that happen to follow the upper-left-to-lower-right convention) will be unusable by screen reader users because the order will be off.
For federal agencies where 508 compliance is a big issue, the lack of being able to set tab order is a problem. Example, a menu screen. Please add it to Storyline capabilities. thanks.
Thanks for sharing here Scott, and you'll also want to share your thoughts here in the form of a feature request so that the feedback gets to our product development team.
I noticed you had another post with similar information and you posted a screenshot - not sure how to help you with just seeing a screenshot - can you upload the slide you are having trouble with
Thanks for sharing your file here. You mentioned the tab order is occurring "randomly" and I'm unsure what you mean by that based on this set up. The tab order is set up per slide, and it looks like you've enabled a number of items on the layers and base slide, so that those items are all being tabbed? Is that the element that you mean by random? If you could share a bit more information about what you're expecting to see vs. what you are seeing that would be helpful.
Also, as you mentioned there is not a "scroll" option when adding new elements to the tab order.
So i want to set the order for the tab button. I set it as it is show on the picture Capture list, so that is the order i want to have. And the result what i got tested in preview Articulate storyline...it is shown in video Random tab (sorry for big video size)!
Bug: Problems with a list where you can add more options to the tab order! in the second video
And also is there a way to delete items that are not on the base layer from the tab order list? Because i do not need them if they are not from the base one!
Thanks for sharing the videos and additional information. I tried setting up some radio buttons in a scrolling panel as well to see if I could recreate the random tab order, and everything follow what I set in terms of the custom tab order I've set up. Also, even though I can see the "incorrect/correct" layer elements in the tab order, they dont' appear to be tabbed to unless the layer is showing.
I also seem able to delete items from the custom tab order if they appear on the slide layers, with the exception of elements that are drawn in from the master slide - so for example, the incorrect layer text box, can be deleted but not the line within the text box that separates the title from the rest of the pop up.
Based on my review of your code stripped down with nothing else on the screen revealed the following.
My test results have shown that the tabbing order does not work within an Articulate Storyline 2 - Scrolling Panel.
As you can see from the attachment, the tabbing order is correct. However during the test rendering of the scene the tab order is not maintained inside a Scrolling Panel.
I would recommend breaking the content into separate slides, 3 or 4 questions per/slide for example.
At this time, I would avoid using tab-able content inside of a Scrolling Panel.
My two cents, however... I am sure an official answer from Articulate is either on the way or a patch maybe in the works.
I'm not certain that's the case - as I tried placing elements in a scrolling panel and could still set the tab order. That's why it seemed to be something with Jure's file - do you have a sample file you created from scratch that doesn't allow the tabbing to function as expected in a scrolling panel?
I almost deleted it, but with the story file above you should be able to successfully recreate the error and perhaps identify root cause of the issue. ...and with luck, implement a solution.
I tested your file and could tab in the normal order, although it wasn't in a scrolling panel? And could on my own brand new file with the information in a scrolling panel but within Jure's original file there was odd behavior of the tabbing order. So that's where it's a bit tricky to narrow down the issue - do you have a file with the scrolling panel where it doesn't work? You'll also want to confirm that you were working locally as described here.
The version of the file above is the content outside of a scrolling panel this method has no tab control issues.
I was working on the file locally on my hard drive, I had two instances of Storyline 2 open.
I copied the content from the non-functioning example that Jure provided into a new file. My hope was if a file corruption existed it would not carry over into the new file.
In the example below you can see tab control works fine when his content is outside of the Scrolling Panel. As well, the file shows the same content in a scrolling panel and the tab control does not work as it should.
I would suggest from this point contacting Jure directly for more information.
So no confusion exists, please view the MP4 file to see a video of exactly what is being shown on my end.
All the best with the identification of the issue and development of a solution.
I'm having the same / similar issue. i have several text boxes on a slide. the tab order works perfectly fine in the preview but seems to be completely randomised once the project is published.
i tried removing the accessibility tool checkbox but that didn't make any difference. any suggestion would be greatly appreciate
Are your items in a scrolling panel as well? As you'll see above, that seemed to be the issue with Jure's file although I couldn't replicate it in a new file. If you're able to share a copy of your .story file here we can take a look. You could also send it along privately here.
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the objects tab from left to right and then from top to bottom, you cannot set the tab order it works based on layout
I have to disagree. I made a one-slide course and placed ond text block. There are 3 bullets and it is animated by pop level. Then I adjusted the three bullets to synch with a 6 second audio track. When I tab, the order is:
It appears to be totally random
Hi Kriss,
It was designed to travel from the upper-left to the lower-right, but we've discovered that under some circumstances, the order becomes randomized.
We're currently looking into it...
It would be nice to be able to create our own tab order. I've put in a feature request. Without this feature, all but the simplest layouts (that happen to follow the upper-left-to-lower-right convention) will be unusable by screen reader users because the order will be off.
Thanks for the input, Paul
I'd love to see that kind of control, too.
For federal agencies where 508 compliance is a big issue, the lack of being able to set tab order is a problem. Example, a menu screen. Please add it to Storyline capabilities. thanks.
Hi Scott and welcome to Heroes!
Thanks for sharing here Scott, and you'll also want to share your thoughts here in the form of a feature request so that the feedback gets to our product development team.
Hi,
any update on the post? Tab order is still randomized...
And also when i want to add new item to the order, i can not scroll down/up among the options!
Thank you!
Hi Jure
have you installed the latest SL2 update 5 that addresses tab order?
I have the latest version installed!
I noticed you had another post with similar information and you posted a screenshot - not sure how to help you with just seeing a screenshot - can you upload the slide you are having trouble with
Here is the file. Thank you :)
Hi Jure,
Thanks for sharing your file here. You mentioned the tab order is occurring "randomly" and I'm unsure what you mean by that based on this set up. The tab order is set up per slide, and it looks like you've enabled a number of items on the layers and base slide, so that those items are all being tabbed? Is that the element that you mean by random? If you could share a bit more information about what you're expecting to see vs. what you are seeing that would be helpful.
Also, as you mentioned there is not a "scroll" option when adding new elements to the tab order.
Sorry for such a scope post :)
So i want to set the order for the tab button. I set it as it is show on the picture Capture list, so that is the order i want to have. And the result what i got tested in preview Articulate storyline...it is shown in video Random tab (sorry for big video size)!
Bug: Problems with a list where you can add more options to the tab order! in the second video
And also is there a way to delete items that are not on the base layer from the tab order list? Because i do not need them if they are not from the base one!
Thank you :)
Hi Jure,
Thanks for sharing the videos and additional information. I tried setting up some radio buttons in a scrolling panel as well to see if I could recreate the random tab order, and everything follow what I set in terms of the custom tab order I've set up. Also, even though I can see the "incorrect/correct" layer elements in the tab order, they dont' appear to be tabbed to unless the layer is showing.
Can you confirm that you're working on files as described here?
I also seem able to delete items from the custom tab order if they appear on the slide layers, with the exception of elements that are drawn in from the master slide - so for example, the incorrect layer text box, can be deleted but not the line within the text box that separates the title from the rest of the pop up.
Based on my review of your code stripped down with nothing else on the screen revealed the following.
My test results have shown that the tabbing order does not work within an Articulate Storyline 2 - Scrolling Panel.
As you can see from the attachment, the tabbing order is correct. However during the test rendering of the scene the tab order is not maintained inside a Scrolling Panel.
I would recommend breaking the content into separate slides, 3 or 4 questions per/slide for example.
At this time, I would avoid using tab-able content inside of a Scrolling Panel.
My two cents, however... I am sure an official answer from Articulate is either on the way or a patch maybe in the works.
All the best,
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
I'm not certain that's the case - as I tried placing elements in a scrolling panel and could still set the tab order. That's why it seemed to be something with Jure's file - do you have a sample file you created from scratch that doesn't allow the tabbing to function as expected in a scrolling panel?
I almost deleted it, but with the story file above you should be able to successfully recreate the error and perhaps identify root cause of the issue. ...and with luck, implement a solution.
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
I tested your file and could tab in the normal order, although it wasn't in a scrolling panel? And could on my own brand new file with the information in a scrolling panel but within Jure's original file there was odd behavior of the tabbing order. So that's where it's a bit tricky to narrow down the issue - do you have a file with the scrolling panel where it doesn't work? You'll also want to confirm that you were working locally as described here.
The version of the file above is the content outside of a scrolling panel this method has no tab control issues.
I was working on the file locally on my hard drive, I had two instances of Storyline 2 open.
I copied the content from the non-functioning example that Jure provided into a new file. My hope was if a file corruption existed it would not carry over into the new file.
In the example below you can see tab control works fine when his content is outside of the Scrolling Panel. As well, the file shows the same content in a scrolling panel and the tab control does not work as it should.
I would suggest from this point contacting Jure directly for more information.
So no confusion exists, please view the MP4 file to see a video of exactly what is being shown on my end.
All the best with the identification of the issue and development of a solution.
Kevin
I'm having the same / similar issue. i have several text boxes on a slide. the tab order works perfectly fine in the preview but seems to be completely randomised once the project is published.
i tried removing the accessibility tool checkbox but that didn't make any difference. any suggestion would be greatly appreciate
Hi Alex,
Are your items in a scrolling panel as well? As you'll see above, that seemed to be the issue with Jure's file although I couldn't replicate it in a new file. If you're able to share a copy of your .story file here we can take a look. You could also send it along privately here.
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