Text from variable shrinking inside text box.

Feb 06, 2014

Hi,

I am trying to create an interaction in Storyline as follows:

On the first page the user is asked to reflect upon a situation and input a paragraph or so of text into a text input box, this then is held as a variable.
On a later slide, there is a text box inserted into a scrolling panel, which contains some text and then recalls the contents of the variable.
The user can then review their answer against each of ten bullet pointed suggestions which enter in turn on a user click.

This works fine until such a point that the quantity of text entered into the variable exceeds the size of the text box on the second page. Rather than scrolling, the text size is reduced until a point is reached where it is so small that cannot be read.

I have tried changing the autofit options within the textbox settings but to no avail.

Any ideas?

Patrick V

6 Replies

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

10 years ago02/06/14 at 1:10 pm (UTC)

Hi Patrick and welcome to Heroes!

Would you be able to share your .story file with us? I'd like to take a look at the behavior you're describing. If you're unable to share it here in the forums let me know and I'll send directions on how you could share it with me privately.

Patrick Viney
Author

10 years ago02/07/14 at 12:11 am (UTC)

Hi Ashley,

Thank you for your prompt reply. I have attached a .story file containing the interaction, the problem arises when the user insters too much text into the input box, on the following slide the text shrinks rather than scrolls.

Many Thanks

Patrick

ten+suggestions.story

Alex O'Byrne

10 years ago02/07/14 at 1:52 am (UTC)

Hi Patrick, attached modified file, not sure which of the following steps did it tried breaking it down but seemed like they all needed to be done. In the text options "align text" - "more options" select do not autofit and wrap text in shape then make sure the text box is bigger than the scrolling box.

Seemed to work on the attached for me!