Does Storyline 360 support popup windows?

Jan 05, 2017

Hello, 

I would like to know whether Storyline 360 support pop-up windows. For example, when an user clicks on a hypertexted word on the text, s/he views a popup window showing that hypertexted word. E.g., https://www.google.com/search?q=popup+windows+and+english+words&espv=2&biw=1651&bih=1153&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNr9HBmarRAhUEQyYKHZxYCkcQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1#imgrc=S91g8hfs2C_l7M%3A

Your help would be much appreciated. 

Thank you. 

C.V. 

4 Replies
Trina Rimmer

Hi Christian. You can definitely create a pop-up window with Storyline 360. In fact, there are several ways to do it.

One straight-forward approach is to use a lightbox. In short, a lightbox allows you to link information from one part of your course to the learner's current place in your course. This is great for information you want available globally. I wrote a comprehensive article about how to use lightboxes here.

Another easy solution is to use a slide layer. I've created a quick Peek video to demo how this might work for your example of hyperlinked text and a definition pop-up.

Hope this is helpful and gets you pointed in the right direction. Let us know if we can offer any more tips or ideas!

 

Nicole Legault

Hi Christian, 

Thanks for posting your question here in the community. Yes, you can indeed create pop-ups with Storyline 360. Probably the best way to do this would be using layers. Here's a helpful article about working with layers:

https://articulate.com/support/article/Articulate-Storyline-360-Adding-Interactivity-with-Triggered-Layers

And here's a quick video recording I made to show you how you could do it:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/103a9834-1a18-45d5-87ab-c7b486b09d01/review 

Hope its helpful ! Best of luck :) 

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