Variable for if data entry left blank?

1. Set the default of your name variable to something like "userName".

2. Put a condition on the next button that would disable it unless "userName" was something else.

By doing this, the user cannot go to the next slide if they do not put in their name.

You could also set up a layer that would be triggered that displays a slide layer with instructions on how to put their name in if the user hadn't entered it yet..

Hi, Heidi. Welcome to ELearning Heroes.

Yes, what you ask should be doable. Supposing "Jeff" is the default name, it sounds like you want the logic to be:

IF the user clicks "Next" and they HAVE entered a name,

THEN skip the "I'll just call you Jeff" slide and continue with the story.

IF user clicks "Next" without having selected the text entry field and entered a name,

THEN go to "I'll just call you Jeff" slide

Each of those two pieces of logic will be accomplished with a trigger.

The first one will look like:

Action: Jump to Slide

Slide: [the slide after your "I'll just call you Jeff" slide]

When: User clicks

Object: Next Button

[show conditions]

If [TextEntryVariable] != (not equal to) [blank]

The second one will look like:

Action: Jump to Slide

Slide: <insert name of your "I'll just call you Jeff" slide>

When: User clicks

Object: Next Button

[show conditions]

If [TextEntryVariable] == (equal to) [blank]

Then you'll want a trigger on the "I'll just call you Jeff" slide to set that text entry variable to "Jeff":
Action: Set Variable

[TextEntryVariable]

Equal to

Jeff

When Timeline Begins

of [the base layer of the slide]

Does that make sense?

Thank you both for the help. I like Douglas' idea of putting in a variable so they can't skip putting in their name. If I can't get that to work, I'll try Greg's suggestion. Thank you very much!

Hi Heidi,

If you'd like an instructional video to help you sort it out, I created one a while back.

It shows how to set this up and add a prompt so Learners will know why clicking Next isn't working. On that YouTube page, I also have a link to a thread in this community where you can upload a sample file.

Please shout out with any questions.

I was able to make it so it changed a name field to "My friend" if they left it blank. It was weirdly complex, but I felt pretty cool once I was done. 

This is the gist:

1. I set it to jump to next slide when the timeline ends.

2. I made the timeline pause at 1 second.

3. The name variable changes to to "My friend" when they click Next IF the variable is = equal to (blank).

There's only .25 seconds left on the timeline once they click next!

If further developments have been made in this type of thing since 3 years ago I'm all ears... but this work-around seems to work! :)

Always cool to see new examples, so I appreciate you sharing Rebecca! 

Hi Rebecca

Thank you so much for the video it helped me to finally achieve this and ended hours of frustration.

Regards

Leandra 

So glad that this thread is still helping folks out Leandra :) Thanks for sharing.