Trigger event when answer is replaced in drop location?

Hi Roland,

I'm not sure I'm following the piece on "increment or decrement the variables of interest" so perhaps you could share a copy of your .story file here with us so that we could take a look? Once you start applying triggers to the drag and drop it does override the built in behavior (such as snap back) and so it may not be what you want to do. 

If you want to attach your file here you can use the "add attachment" button to share here in the forums. 

Here's a simple example. Each oval has a variable that is set when it is dropped into a rectangle. What I want the variable to do when one oval replaces another and the original is sent back to the start is to return its variable to 0. In the real file, there are 7 drag items and 7 drop locations, so setting a trigger on every possible replace combination would be very extensive. I thought I might be able to use states, but those do not trigger until the submit button is pressed. Thanks for your suggestions

Thanks Roland for sharing here. You can change the state before it's submitted - just have to uncheck the box to "delay feedback state" within your drag and drop options. 

I'm thinking using states would be the only way to reset the variable as there isn't anything else to tell Storyline that it's returned back to it's starting point. 

Hi Ashley, good suggestion, but it still does not seem to fire the trigger. See the attached file as an example. The state is returned to normal, but the variable does not change to 0. See revised file. Any other suggestions?

Hi Roland,

Instead of using the "normal" state - test it when the item is not "dropped correct" - you'd also have to have it for "dropped incorrect" if they're all going to snap back. So it's a bit of triggers - but that method works.