Help! I can not for the life of me figure out how to snap a picture into place in a drag and drop interaction. I have set it up so that the learner drags correct and incorrect pictures into a target and I want the correct responses to snap to the target and the incorrect pictures to bounce back. I have set up layers with correct and incorrect responses when they drag the object and drop it but I also want them to snap to the target.
I know this is probably an easy fix but I am perplexed!
Thanks so much for helping me. I did try your suggestion and it still snaps back to the location it started from. I made sure all of the boxes you identified were clicked. What am I doing wrong!
Yes, those are all correct as well. I honestly am at a loss at what else to do. This very well could be operator error (pick me!) and I think I really screwed up something when I built it (I've been using SL for 4 months intermittently, so still a newbie). I have more experience with Captivate than SL and honestly I find Captivate way easier to develop D & D's in than SL. I may have to redo the entire slide which sucks but I can't find a solution.
Thanks for sharing your file, Susan. You're so close! Just one small change is all you need.
Open the Slide Properties for slide 1.2, and adjust the revisiting setting to "Resume Saved State". Now the drag items will remain snapped to the center of the lunchbox. I hope that helps!
I was working on something else and I am now back on this. New question-how do I edit certain pictures to not snap in place? I want the incorrect selections to go back to their original position and not snap to the lunch kit.
I overlooked your file above, so I was able to take a peek at it.
The reason that setting is not working is because you have every item marked to drop on the lunchbox, which means it's correct. Looks like you were relying on custom triggers to say if the item was correct or not, which is why it wasn't working.
Take a look at slide 2.1 and see how the built-in method works. It doesn't provide feedback per item, but certainly snaps back as you mentioned wanting. Still set up for unlimited retries and now the submit button works as intended as well.
Hopefully someone will be able to chime in and assist with your custom set-up if that's the design that you need.
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Hi David,
Thanks so much for helping me. I did try your suggestion and it still snaps back to the location it started from. I made sure all of the boxes you identified were clicked. What am I doing wrong!
Hi David,
Yes, those are all correct as well. I honestly am at a loss at what else to do. This very well could be operator error (pick me!) and I think I really screwed up something when I built it (I've been using SL for 4 months intermittently, so still a newbie). I have more experience with Captivate than SL and honestly I find Captivate way easier to develop D & D's in than SL. I may have to redo the entire slide which sucks but I can't find a solution.
Thank you so much for trying to help!
Hey Susan,
Sorry this has been causing headaches! I'm happy to help 😊
Can you share your .story file here so I can take a look around? You can add it as an attachment right to a comment like this:
Really appreciate it!
Hi Ali,
Thank you!!!!!
I have attached it, it is the second slide with the lunch kit.
Thanks for sharing your file, Susan. You're so close! Just one small change is all you need.
Open the Slide Properties for slide 1.2, and adjust the revisiting setting to "Resume Saved State". Now the drag items will remain snapped to the center of the lunchbox. I hope that helps!
THANK YOU Alyssa!!!!! I thought I was going crazy! I will never make that mistake again!
So glad that was helpful, Susan!
I was working on something else and I am now back on this. New question-how do I edit certain pictures to not snap in place? I want the incorrect selections to go back to their original position and not snap to the lunch kit.
Thanks!!
Hi Susan! No worries at all :)
You should be able to do that within your Drag & Drop Options:
Thanks for the help Leslie, but unfortunately that doesn't solve my issue. The incorrect item still snaps to the lunch kit and doesn't go back:(
Hi Susan!
I overlooked your file above, so I was able to take a peek at it.
The reason that setting is not working is because you have every item marked to drop on the lunchbox, which means it's correct. Looks like you were relying on custom triggers to say if the item was correct or not, which is why it wasn't working.
Take a look at slide 2.1 and see how the built-in method works. It doesn't provide feedback per item, but certainly snaps back as you mentioned wanting. Still set up for unlimited retries and now the submit button works as intended as well.
Hopefully someone will be able to chime in and assist with your custom set-up if that's the design that you need.
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