visited and selected state
Aug 06, 2020
By
Katelin J
After watching one of the webinars, I have been attempting to create labels with both the visited and selected state as shown in the webinar with pre-build markers. I am not having a lot of success. I created custom buttons with the hope of replicating the effect so that the user clicks and it is 'selected' and then clicks to close (and it is 'visited'). Is this not a possible option? Also, I tried this with customized pre-built markers and I could not get it to replicate what I saw in the webinar either. Any tips are appreciated!
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Hi Katelin,
Thanks for reaching out! I'm not sure which webinar you're referring to, but I'm happy to dig into your file!
It looks like in the first two options you created, all you need to do is add some sample text to the Title and Content to have the marker function as expected.
For your third custom button, I went ahead and added a Visited state, so that once you click off the Selected state and un-Hover, the color should switch.
Let us know if there's anything specific you have in mind to see if it's possible!
Just that I would like to have the visited state have a different icon--this does not appear to be possible.
Markers with Selected & Visited States https://training.articulate.com/webinars/create-animated-labels-in-storyline-360#t=747
You see a different color for the selected and visited states and different icons. The visited state does not appear until after the selected state ends and you can click it again.
Pre-built markers:
At 19:40 I show how to create the visited state with the pre-built marker. All you have to do is go into the visited state and change the icon.
Just to be sure it's clear about states:
Custom marker
I understand the issue with the prebuilt marker. I could not get it to work with the custom made ones either... I tried with the custom marker and I could not get it to work... they overlap
Think of the normal state as the main state. Whatever you have on the normal carries to all of the pre-build states. If you don't want that to show you have to cover it.
Here's a quick talk through https://360.articulate.com/review/content/613382f6-ef73-4b6e-96ca-4e8f2c63a919/review
On a side note: glad to see you practicing the things we cover in the webinars. That's the best way to learn all of these nuances.
Sounds like the conflict between the selected and visited states are the issue here--basically having the visited state covers up the selected state--however; using both does allow them to click it again--I guess I could have just used the selected state.
Yes, practicing (and learning I can't do everything I would like to do).
The pre-built states have specific functions and it's possible that the functions interfere with each other. The other option is to create custom states with triggers. Takes a bit more time but you get more control over what you want.
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