Disappearing Hover Icons SL2
Jul 19, 2017
I've designed a landing page with a row of icons and related topic headings. The icons have a hover over effect and the topic headings are clickable to take the learner to the desired page.
The problem seems to happen when the learner comes back to the page and those "hover" icons disappear.
It's set to "resume to saved state" on the landing page, but changing this doesn't seem to fix the issues.
I've tried to change the "restore on mouse leave" option, but again, no help.
Any animations have been removed from the elements as well.
I've attached a screenshot of the page so you can see the setup.
Thoughts experts and novices alike?
6 Replies
Hi Louisa
which version of SL are you using? Is this behaviour occurring in the published output or just in preview?
Can you share the story file - might be easier for people to check the setup for you.
I'm using SL2 and the issue seems to be there in both the published and preview modes. Unfortunately, I can't share the .story file. But I can attach a screenshot of the triggers.
This presentation was built on an existing template so I'm not quite sure of all settings that were used other than what I can see. But right now, I can't see anything obviously causing this behavior.
Hi Louisa
one thing that might be an issue - you don't need triggers when you are using built in states like the hover state. SL knows what to do automatically. To use triggers can cause issues.
I would remove the hover trigger (even from just one button) and see if that works.
Hi Louisa,
What about the states? Is there more than just a hover state -- perhaps a selected or visited state that is activated once the learner clicks on the icon?
I did figure it out... sort of. Since I didn't design the template, I wasn't sure how it or any of the assets were created. So, I deleted the image for the hover state, recreated the icon from scratch in Powerpoint (making sure to recolor it,) then used "change picture" on the existing hover icon. For some reason, that worked.
Thanks everyone for your help. :)
Good troubleshooting Louisa - glad you got it sorted.
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