Visited States in a Custom Menu
Sep 05, 2014
Hi, Folks.
I need more brains for what is probably a fairly simple problem. I've built a custom menu as a prototype that worked perfectly fine. Selected and visited states worked as they are supposed to. However, when I built it the same way, using images for buttons instead of shapes, I can't get the visited state to show correctly and consistently especially when moving through the menu randomly and with repeated selections.
Here is what appears to be happening:
There is a shape (triangle) on the button that to indicate it is selected. When the visited state appears, the background color changes as it should but the triangle is still present. I even tested this by completely deleting the triangle and it still showed up on the visited state.
I'm attaching a file with includes both the prototype and the final slide. If anyone can help me figure out what I'm missing, I'd be extremely grateful. I'm sure it is so obvious but I've tried so many different things that I need someone else's perspective.
Victoria
3 Replies
Hello Victoria, and welcome to Heroes!
We have looked at and tested you file, and the button behavior is inconsistent over several computers. Please make sure you are working locally with your files.
Here is some information about how to go about this.
It could be that the triggers are not set up correctly. There are a few triggers set up to have the states changed when the timeline starts, that are probably not necessary.
You can look at some information on triggers and the order in which they are executed and access a tutorial here.
Let us know if you need anything else.
Hi, Emily.
Thanks for checking this. Yes, I am working locally, and the triggers are exactly the same as with the prototype file. What I've discovered is that if I put a shape on top of an image for the selected state, that shape will remain regardless of the state.
Victoria
Hello Victoria,
I did a little more testing on this. Are you using the built in states? If so, you will not need triggers. They will automatically change.
What happens is when you select the item, the selected state will show until you deselect the item. In your file, the arrow is removed after clicking the item a second time to deselect it.
What you could do is add the "hover" state and add the arrow, and remove the selected state. This will give the arrow when a user hovers, and give the Visited state after they select it.
Attached is an example. Button one has the selected/visited states, and button 2 has the hover/visited state.
And here is information about built in states.
Let me know if this helps.
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