Great idea! So I did that and it works but I also have a back button that I want to learner to be able to use even while the video is playing. Where do I put the pause on the back button? And still have the next button disabled until the end of the video?
Do you need to enable the pause on the buttons? The intent of the pause feature for buttons in Captivate is if you want to stop the slide from playing until a user clicks on something or an action is taken. I don't think the back button needs a pause.
On your previous question, one thing I did in Captivate was create two versions of the Next buttons. One had a disabled look and didn't do anything. It was just there. When I wanted to allow the user to be able to click next, I inserted the second version of the next button (a little more color) and placed it on top of the other button. So the user sees it suddenly become enabled. This way you don't have to use the clumsy actions in Captivate.
Jerson is right about the pause - you don't need to have a pause on the buttons for this situation (so you can uncheck the Pause After checkbox in the Timing section of the Properties panel).
Make sure the Back button is in the same location as the video on the timeline.
For the Back button's properties, set the On Success action to "Go to the previous slide" (in the Action section)
Set the Display For "Rest of Slide" (in the Timing section)
Has anyone played around with Captivate 8 and its new button states? Any idea how to work those? I.e. "disable" a button towards the end of the timeline?
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Maybe the Help info here is useful to you.
Katie, just want to clarify ..is your question related to Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline?
Adobe Captivate - I know this is the Storyline forum but this is the best around and Adobe's forum doesn't help me!
There are a load of people here who also use "C", I am sure you will get an answer.
Hi Katie,
You can do this several ways in Adobe Captivate.
One method would be to position the buttons after the video ends in the timeline.
HTH,
Nancy
Nancy,
Great idea! So I did that and it works but I also have a back button that I want to learner to be able to use even while the video is playing. Where do I put the pause on the back button? And still have the next button disabled until the end of the video?
Do you need to enable the pause on the buttons? The intent of the pause feature for buttons in Captivate is if you want to stop the slide from playing until a user clicks on something or an action is taken. I don't think the back button needs a pause.
On your previous question, one thing I did in Captivate was create two versions of the Next buttons. One had a disabled look and didn't do anything. It was just there. When I wanted to allow the user to be able to click next, I inserted the second version of the next button (a little more color) and placed it on top of the other button. So the user sees it suddenly become enabled. This way you don't have to use the clumsy actions in Captivate.
Hi Katie,
Jerson is right about the pause - you don't need to have a pause on the buttons for this situation (so you can uncheck the Pause After checkbox in the Timing section of the Properties panel).
That should accomplish what you are after.
Nancy
Thank you so much Nancy and Jerson! I really appreciate it!
Has anyone played around with Captivate 8 and its new button states? Any idea how to work those? I.e. "disable" a button towards the end of the timeline?
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