Template for customisable matching drag and drop

Hi Dave,

I´m sorry but I don´t know if I understand your question correctly. Could you share your story file odr the slide with us, so we know what your problem is?

And do you want only one item on a drop position and when it`s correct and an other item is dragged on it the second item jumps back without the first correct item to move away? If you don´t want to share your file at least a screenshot or two would help visualize your situation. :)

Greetings,

Susi

Hi Susi

Thanks for your reply.

In storyline there is a built in graded question type called matching drag and drop, which creates jigsaw pieces which match two statements. This has built in functionality which means that when you drag the correct answer to the correct place, it snaps in place and the piece already in that position shuffles down.

Using that built in question type would be fine, except you cannot change the formatting of the pieces, e.g. colour, border etc.

So to make this as a freeform drag and drop requires some triggers that when one piece is moved to the correct position, other pieces would shuffle down. Essentially I am wondering if someone has some ideas for triggers to duplicate the functionality of the built in graded matching drag and drop, using a freeform drag and drop.

I have made a quick example of what I want to achieve here:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/4e88df8f-1eae-44f6-8443-04e0e777bbef/review

Ah now I understand what you want to build. As far as I know you can´t create this with the normal triggers, because there is no "change position with" trigger. But would be a nice one, I would use that pretty often I think. :)

I don´t know if you could recreate this with javascript.

Well, I know I could do it. With either variables or states. I think someone must have already been down this road though.

It would be so easy if either:

1. The matching drag and drop that is built in could be formatted

2. The "only allow one item on each drop target" worked fully. Right now it only triggers when a new item is dragged to a target (it doesn't recognize items which START on that target)

Hi. I have a similar one right now. I have a 3x3 jigsaw puzzle and the puzzle pieces are jumbled. I need to be able to drag 1 piece to another place and have the current piece placed there be moved to the recently emptied one.

TiA.

Hi Kathreen,

You can also contact Dave by clicking on his profile and using the Contact Me button to see if he ever completed his project.

Here's a discussion below that may also point you in the right direction. Take a look and see if it helps!

• Jigsaw Puzzle in Storyline