Has anyone used Storyline to trigger an action off of a middle mouse button click or use of the mouse wheel? This may seem trivial, but the software that we train on uses the middle mouse button/wheel to perform several key actions. I've been trying to figure out if there was a way to indirectly trigger off of middle mouse-button, but nothing has come to mind yet. Any thoughts from the caped crusaders out there?
The screen capture partially captures it. It recognizes that it's a middle-mouse click and specifies it in the hint layer. However, the hotspot it creates triggers off of left-mouse click. I can be creative and work around it for now, but a middle mouse click/wheel trigger would be nice.
I suspect the formal feature request post from the Articulate staff is coming next.
Speaking as an avid video gamer, when you edit key binding in games you can usually select Mouse1, Mouse2, etc. Now while I would understand a reluctance of the programmers to allow mouse 1 or mouse 2 to be changed and used in triggers with User Presses a Key, mouse 3 should be something that could be added (you mentioned you were considering a feature request). You will have some folks without a middle mouse button, but you could add in another trigger to back it up.
I also create training fro a software company and this seems to be a simple request- which begs the question- Why hasn't Articulate introduced either a mouse wheel trigger, or a less buggy scrolling panel?
I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests that we receive. I did a quick search and I do see a few similar requests, so I'm going to gather all these together.
Can you tell me a bit more about the issue you're running into with the scrolling panel? I'd be happy to help you out.
Some of the training we develop covers tasks performed in software where
using the middle-mouse button click (or using the scroll wheel) are an
important action the user takes. As best as I can tell, there is no way
to capture that action in Storyline. If we had the ability to
incorporate a trigger in Storyline off of either of those actions, it
would allow us to better train users on how to perform certain
functions. Even if we just had the middle-mouse button trigger, I think
we could come up with a workaround for the scroll wheel (or vice versa).
Hey Andy! Thanks for chiming in here. I wasn't sure if you were still around. That does make sense and I appreciate you sharing your additional thoughts.
I did include your initial comments above, but I'm going to add these as well.
Any progress on this? One of the main software programs used by our operators uses the center mouse button (scroll wheel) to perform many actions. I am unable to create accurate simulations without a trigger for this action
While this feature hasn't made it on our feature roadmap yet, this discussion is connected to the report, so we'll be sure to notify you when we have news to share.
Hi, just wondering if this feature has been created yet? As someone who creates IT training I use the screen recording conversion but not having a mouse scroll option to play media really doesn't allow the learner for the best learning outcome as the behaviour of scrolling the mouse isn't connected to the media playing :(
Hello
I just opened a post on the same topic. sorry
but when I see that this request is frequent and has been for years. I'm very worried
it's so complicated to add a middle click ???
Yes, it seems this could be a fast feature addition and even if it is not many software applications use the middle button, so we must be able to mimic that for training.
Any progress on this feature? I'm as well very interested in this possibility. To create accurate software simulation, it is crucial to have the same items available as the user in the original software. In our software some interactions are done as well with the middle mouse click. Please add this possibility to the trigger wizard to the "Mouse Events".
Highly appreciated and many thanks in advance. Best wishes, Fabian
You need an element or hotspot to click... in this case the yellow container... And a variable 'isXYZopen' that gets set to 1 when the user clicks with the middle mouse. If the var changes the layer will open. The clicked variable is not needed, but to make the 'cursor' show i added it. Ofcourse the var gets set to 0 when you close the SlideLayer XYZ.
My learning: To "select" an object of the storyline product, it is required to use the "alt text" which can be defined via: right click on the object - Accessibility - Alternate Text.
The name of the object used within the timeline is purely used by storyline. :-)
Small correction... To act on any element in your Storyline using Javascript you first need to be able to select it. I use the 'accessibility names' as selectors. Its easy, you can create groups of elements as they act as classLists...and more benefits. It is only needed when using Javascript, and there are more options. You can use jQuery as selector and more...but it is at the moment the most versatile method of selecting elements in Storyline...
I am really interested in this for work. I'll try using the javascript workarround for now but i am no expert in that field and I would really appreciate a simpler solution
We don't have anything new to share regarding this feature request, but we'll be sure to drop a message here when we receive any updates! For your reference, here's a quick look at how we manage feature requests.
Yeah I really wonder how this feature has not yet been implemented. It seems so easy to implement. Makes me wonder if they even listen to users. This request has been sitting there for 12 years ...
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Have you tried the screen capture to see if it catches it?
there is only a trigger for click, but the screen capture should catch it
The screen capture partially captures it. It recognizes that it's a middle-mouse click and specifies it in the hint layer. However, the hotspot it creates triggers off of left-mouse click. I can be creative and work around it for now, but a middle mouse click/wheel trigger would be nice.
I suspect the formal feature request post from the Articulate staff is coming next.
Speaking as an avid video gamer, when you edit key binding in games you can usually select Mouse1, Mouse2, etc. Now while I would understand a reluctance of the programmers to allow mouse 1 or mouse 2 to be changed and used in triggers with User Presses a Key, mouse 3 should be something that could be added (you mentioned you were considering a feature request). You will have some folks without a middle mouse button, but you could add in another trigger to back it up.
I also create training fro a software company and this seems to be a simple request- which begs the question- Why hasn't Articulate introduced either a mouse wheel trigger, or a less buggy scrolling panel?
Hello Heather and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests that we receive. I did a quick search and I do see a few similar requests, so I'm going to gather all these together.
Can you tell me a bit more about the issue you're running into with the scrolling panel? I'd be happy to help you out.
Leslie,
Some of the training we develop covers tasks performed in software where
using the middle-mouse button click (or using the scroll wheel) are an
important action the user takes. As best as I can tell, there is no way
to capture that action in Storyline. If we had the ability to
incorporate a trigger in Storyline off of either of those actions, it
would allow us to better train users on how to perform certain
functions. Even if we just had the middle-mouse button trigger, I think
we could come up with a workaround for the scroll wheel (or vice versa).
Does that explanation make sense?
Andy
Hey Andy! Thanks for chiming in here. I wasn't sure if you were still around. That does make sense and I appreciate you sharing your additional thoughts.
I did include your initial comments above, but I'm going to add these as well.
Any progress on this? One of the main software programs used by our operators uses the center mouse button (scroll wheel) to perform many actions. I am unable to create accurate simulations without a trigger for this action
Hi, Michael.
While this feature hasn't made it on our feature roadmap yet, this discussion is connected to the report, so we'll be sure to notify you when we have news to share.
Really disappointing folks :( ... a simple trigger.. but not added.. a feature a number of us would love
Hi, just wondering if this feature has been created yet? As someone who creates IT training I use the screen recording conversion but not having a mouse scroll option to play media really doesn't allow the learner for the best learning outcome as the behaviour of scrolling the mouse isn't connected to the media playing :(
Yes, it seems this could be a fast feature addition and even if it is not many software applications use the middle button, so we must be able to mimic that for training.
Dear all
Any progress on this feature? I'm as well very interested in this possibility. To create accurate software simulation, it is crucial to have the same items available as the user in the original software.
In our software some interactions are done as well with the middle mouse click. Please add this possibility to the trigger wizard to the "Mouse Events".
Highly appreciated and many thanks in advance.
Best wishes, Fabian
With javascript you can add events for this.
Do check here.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/need-ideas-to-create-a-3-function-button
Hi Math,
Many thanks for your cool example with the crane. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no idea of javascript.
My use case is the following:
Show layer "XYZ", when the user middle clicks on "Hotspot 1"
Do you have any idea how to solve this?
Many thanks and best wishes,
Fäbu
This basically does the trick.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/da37b552-d8b6-45f9-a151-e412dcd53a8b/review
You need an element or hotspot to click... in this case the yellow container...
And a variable 'isXYZopen' that gets set to 1 when the user clicks with the middle mouse.
If the var changes the layer will open. The clicked variable is not needed, but to make the 'cursor' show i added it. Ofcourse the var gets set to 0 when you close the SlideLayer XYZ.
Kind regards and good luck,
Math
Hi Math,
Many thanks, you are awesome.
My learning: To "select" an object of the storyline product, it is required to use the "alt text" which can be defined via: right click on the object - Accessibility - Alternate Text.
The name of the object used within the timeline is purely used by storyline. :-)
Many thanks for this lesson, Math :-)
Best wishes, Fäbu
Small correction... To act on any element in your Storyline using Javascript you first need to be able to select it. I use the 'accessibility names' as selectors. Its easy, you can create groups of elements as they act as classLists...and more benefits. It is only needed when using Javascript, and there are more options. You can use jQuery as selector and more...but it is at the moment the most versatile method of selecting elements in Storyline...
Regards,
Math
Hi, any news on the middle click feature ?
I am really interested in this for work.
I'll try using the javascript workarround for now but i am no expert in that field and I would really appreciate a simpler solution
Thanks for the update
Hello Sébastien,
We don't have anything new to share regarding this feature request, but we'll be sure to drop a message here when we receive any updates! For your reference, here's a quick look at how we manage feature requests.
I would chime in here to add the feature to the roadmap...
Yeah I really wonder how this feature has not yet been implemented. It seems so easy to implement. Makes me wonder if they even listen to users. This request has been sitting there for 12 years ...