Text variable references instead of empty variable

Aug 11, 2023

I'm encountering the same issues as in this post from 2018, but it's Storyline 360 in 2023. https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/text-variable-references-showing-through-when-variable-is-empty

I am recreating functionality in a system. Here's how things should work:

1. Click a button to open a layer.

2. Review the text entry field that has a reference to text in another variable (call it variable x).

3. You edit the text to set a new variable (call it variable y).

4. You either click save to set variable y to a new variable, or you click cancel and close the layer.

The problem I'm encountering is that when variable x is referenced in the text entry field, it appears as %x% in preview mode.

I tried the fix that the original poster suggested (set default for the variable to a space), but that's not working for me.

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4 Replies

Phil Mayor
Hero

9 months ago08/12/23 at 12:16 pm (UTC)

looks like the name is wrong

9 months ago08/12/23 at 5:46 pm (UTC)

Nope, not an incorrect name. It's used elsewhere just fine. It's just when it is used in a text entry field that this situation is occurring.

Phil Mayor
Hero

9 months ago08/12/23 at 6:05 pm (UTC)

Is it set as the initial value? Or as the text that is visable before a value is set? Without seeing the slide itself this is difficult to work out why.

you may need to use a trigger to set the value to a variable

Eric Santos
Staff

9 months ago08/14/23 at 2:44 pm (UTC)

Hi Alysha,

I'm happy to chime in! I agree with Phil; it would be helpful to see the Storyline file to understand how the variables and triggers are set up so we can make better recommendations. Do you mind attaching your project to this discussion or privately in a support case? We'll delete it when we're done!