Very Unhappy with New Trigger Function :-(

Hi Scarlett

here's how you can revert back to original trigger - save your file before you do it as you need to restart

Thank you!

Considering that the "classic" trigger panel will be available only for "a limited time," can you give me a head's up as to how I can organize my triggers, spatially, how I want them in the new version? I am used to having control over that, esp. for complex interactions. It would be a big adjustment to have that control taken away.  (The up/down arrows to move triggers were not working consistently; the program definitely "wanted" the triggers where "it" wanted them -- not where I wanted them...)

Hello Scarlett!

I'm happy to offer more information on how to work with the new trigger panel! 

You're right, the trigger panel is displayed by the timing of the triggers! The reason for this is when adding multiple triggers in the old workflow, it was easy to overlap triggers. This gives authors a better tool that will help stray from overlapping actions.

The new trigger workflow is set up to separate the triggers by object or slide. For an easy view, you can also group the triggers which makes it easy to see which objects/slides already have triggers. The up and down arrows are for multiple triggers on a slide/object, since the panel is already set up chronologically. 

Let us know if there are any other questions you have regarding the new trigger panel!

It is worth using the new trigger panels as I think you will find it can improve your workflow once you get the hang of it.

Grouping triggers will simplify things a lot and makes moving triggers to other object really quick.

For moving trigger order apart from the arrows you can drag and drop the triggers now.

I also want the ability to reorder triggers under a single object back.

While the new trigger function is a huge improvement, I am already missing having complete control over the order. As mentioned above by Lauren, you cannot always control the order of triggers with drag and drop or the arrows - at times it seems to be entirely time based with the last trigger created being stuck on the bottom of the list.  

Right now I am working on a complex project where I am modifying a variable depending on where the user drops an object. I may have 25+ triggers on the drop object, with each trigger setting the location variable to a different value. Having the ability to order these 25+ triggers in a logical way is a huge benefit when it comes to troubleshooting. It's very similar to why a programmer will want to segment and group their lines of code. 

Hopefully this will be added as a future enhancement - I did enter a feature request and linked back to this thread. 

Hi Justin,

I appreciate you chiming in to share your experience as well as a feature request.

I've opened a support case on your behalf as well so that we can take a look at what you're running into.

Hello all,

I have what I think is a simple question. I'm trying to create a hotspot with a trigger for a text box I don't want revealed until the user hovers over the created hotspot. This hotspot has an additional trigger that when clicked takes the user to another layer. I'm having trouble identifying a trigger for the hotspot that will only show the text box when the mouse is hovering...I keep getting prompted to "show layer" but I only want to hide/show the text box on the layer...is there a simple way to do this?

Hi James 

hard to say what's happening with your file without seeing the setup...not sure why you are using a hotspot but see the attached rough sample file if it helps.

The prompt on the trigger is just that - a prompt but you are able to change the actions to whatever you want to happen on hover / click.

If not, if you can upload your slide that will help us help you achieve what you are after.

Thanks Wendy, this is exactly what I needed! Didn't expect an immediate response so thanks a bunch!

Glad that helped James - good luck with your project!

Spoke too soon...in the action "change state of"  trigger portion, there is no option I can see for the trigger "show this text when user hovers"...to normal. What am I missing? I don't see a way to customize the action.

Wendy, please forget my last response...it's configured correctly, just not working how I want it to, so it has to be something else. Thanks again.

Share the slide James and let us know what you want it to do and I’m sure someone can help you

No need to do that Wendy. It's amazing some of the things you can forget how to do when you're not actively working in an application. I've been working almost exclusively on RISE projects this past year and temporarily forgot that I needed to have the "states" feature set to hidden to create the affect I wanted. Thanks for your consistent support and response!