When using trigger "Hide Layer, this Layer when the user clicks" it jumps back to base layer.
Sep 27, 2018
Dear community,
To give you an example:
I use a scene with 1 slide. The slide it self contains ofcourse the base layer. But i also have made a few slide layers myself, for instance 10 pieces.
Now, one of these 10 slide layers contains a layer called "targets" for example. Within the targets slide-layer there is a button with trigger command:
"Hide Layer, this Layer when the user clicks"
It does exactly what it is supposed to do, namely hide the targets slide-layer when the close button is hit.. But whenever it hides the targets slide-layer it jumps back to the base layer even when the targets slide-layer is opened from slide-layer 3 or 4 or 5, etc out of 10.
I very much would like to go back to the specific slide-layer from where the targets slide-layer is opened, when closed again.
Is there a solution for this?
It is a question of great interest to me..
Thanks in advance, love from Holland :)
7 Replies
On your targets layer, instead of using a Hide this layer trigger, use a Show Layer xyz trigger. That will show the specified layer, not the baselayer.
Hi Atilla,
It looks like Michael has you covered here.
I wanted to pop in and welcome you to E-Learning Heroes :)
@ Leslie: Thanks for the warm welcome :) Appreciate it..
@ Michael: When i do this it jumps back to a specific selected layer from the targets layer when closed, for instance layer 3 out of 10. But when the targets-layer is opened from say layer 6 out of 10, i want it to go back to layer 6 when closed instead of only layer 3 by triggering a show layer.
Ah I see. You can do that too, I see a couple of options:
1. Uncheck the Hide other slide layers option in the Targets layer properties and use an object to cover the layer underneath. See attached a quick example, or
2. Use a variable that indicates which layer was viewed last and then use conditional Show Layer xyz triggers on the Targets layer go return to the lastviewed layer.
Variables looks very cool, unfortunatly i am just a beginner :P maybe due time i will master this option. for now the background thingy did the thing! also changed some of the settings withing the targets layer just like you did :)
Many thanks! God bless
The variable concept is actually quite simple. See attached a variation of my original file that uses one numeric variable and a handful of triggers.
Many thanks :D
I will study it, because i think on the long term this method will be more practicle and time saving
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