Text animations by first level paragraph disrupt tab order
Mar 25, 2013
Hello all,
I'm wondering if anyone else has run into this problem or has found a good solution or workaround. I'm looking at making my courses more ADA-compliant, and a problem I'm running into is when text is animated in by first level paragraph (as in a bulleted or ordered list) the tab order of the slide seems to get shuffled or disrupted.
In a course that I am working on now, the tab order seems to shift randomly among the different items in the list and also to the entire textbox that contains the text. This will prompt screen readers to read text out of order and read the entire text box twice, in addition to forcing those who use keyboard navigation to cycle through an unnecessary amount of items.
The obvious workaround is to have the text animate in all at once, and does seem to fix the tab order issue. Is there any way to preserve those kind of animations and keep appropriate tab order? Is this a known issue in Storyline?
Thanks!
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I consistently animate by first level paragraph, and I have never seen any issues. By "tab order", I assume you are speaking of the order the object 'sliders' in the timeline?
No, I mean tab order for accessibility purposes; the order objects are highlighted when a learning presses the Tab key during a course.
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Timothy!
There's a pretty active discussion on this topic in another thread. If you haven't seen it already, you may want to take a look. Maybe some of the information or suggestions in that thread will help you with this.
Storyline Tab order for Accessibility.
Good luck with the project!
Don't want to raise this thread from the dead unnecessarily, but was there ever any resolution to the issue of animation by paragraph mucking with tab order?
Hi Sean,
This thread is dated before Storyline 2 and the feature of being able to customize tab order was introduced in a later update of Storyline 2 - what update and version are you using?
Could you share a bit more about what you're seeing?
Hi Ashley,
I'm using SL2 - latest update from May 23.
I have 3 items on the screen. Title, arrow and a text box with two lines.
Without animate by Paragraph, tabbing works as expected per the Tab Order set up.
With animate by Paragraph, the first tab takes you to the second line of the text box, then follows the prescribed tab order.
This is the simplest one I'm having issues with. Presumably I could just create separate text boxes for each line of text, but at this stage it would require a not insignificant amount of rework.
Thanks for the description Sean. I am able to re-create the issue that you describe here. I'm going to do a bit of digging to see if I can find an open issue with our QA Team.
Hi Sean! I was able to find where this issue has been shared with our QA Team. I've added this thread for user awareness and so that we can update when applicable. I shared my sample file with them as well. Thanks again for the description and report.
Pinging this thread because I am running into the same issue.
We'll keep you posted here Randall, but I don't have any other updates at this time. Now that you've responded you should be subscribed to receive notifications via email with any updates.
Hi Ashley, I am having the same problem, with tab order not working correctly. I have text boxes that animate paragraph-by-paragraph. Is there any fix on the horizon for this?
Hi there Anne,
Thanks for chiming in! Are you using Storyline 2? I don't have an update on this issue just yet, but you're in the right place. We'll share as much as we can, as soon as we can!
Any updates on the tabbing order with text animated by paragraph? Starting to be a real issue.
Thanks
S
Hi Shawn,
What version of Storyline are you using? I don't have any new information for this issue in Storyline 2, but you'll be notified as soon as an update is posted here since you're now subscribed. 😊
I am using storyline 360. If there is any information regarding the issue with 360 I would love to have it. My client has been testing and finding so many issues.
Thanks, Shawn. This is the first we've seen this problem in Storyline 360, so I'm really glad you brought this up.
I'm going to bring this to my team, and I'll tag this thread to be updated as soon as we get more information on a fix. Thanks again, and I'm sorry for the frustration this has caused you and your client!
thank you Alyssa!!
I'm having this issue in 360 as well.
Thanks for chiming in to share Steve. This has been shared internally with our team and the workaround listed is to animate as one object at this time.
That's perfect if you're starting a new course but a HUGE pain when completing an existing course.
So sorry about that, Steve. I know this is causing a real slow-down for folks. Try using the animation painter to save a little time. Simply apply the "As One Object" animation to the first text box, then copy the animation to the other text boxes using the animation painter.
We'll be sure to pop back in when we have an update to share!
Is there an update to this issue. I am using 360 and have a similar issue. I am too far down the road of development (with deadlines) to separate out every line of text with animation into a separate text box. Hoping this has been fixed.
Hi Danielle - thanks for your comment. I don't have an update to provide yet, but you'll be subscribed to this discussion going forward.
This 5 year old bug has made it into every version of Storyline since it was discovered. Is it going to be fixed?
Hi there, Terry. Thanks for checking in. We’ve been focusing on making accessibility improvements for Storyline, including Tab Order. We’re continuing to work hard to eliminate these kinds of speedbumps. We’ll let you know once we have some good news to announce!
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