Newbie is confused, naturally

Sep 09, 2018

Hi Articulate community,

I've looked forward to using Articulate for a few years now, and I'm thrilled and frustrated. I hope you can help.

My first entry. Hi, my name is Greg. I don't even know the right vocabulary, so, that said:

I have six buttons (tabs? text boxes?) in 2 columns of three, each with a new layer. Each new layer is a textbox with border and 3 bullets that is where that button was.

I marry buttons and appropriate layers with triggers. I want the revealed layer to remain when the user clicks the next button. With six clicks the user reveals a table with six cells, each with three bullets.

Currently, the button clicks reveal the layer, but when I click the next button the original button returns and the corresponding layer with bullets disappears.

What am I doing wrong/haven't done? Or is there a better way to achieve the same effect?

Thank you for your time and attention.

Cheers, Greg

6 Replies

David Tait
Hero

over 5 years ago09/10/18 at 8:31 am (UTC)

Hi Greg,

I'd start by checking your layer properties, is the check box to hide other slide layers ticked on any/all of your layers?

Storyline Layer Properties

Daniel Brigham
Hero

over 5 years ago09/10/18 at 5:38 pm (UTC)

Hi, Greg: If David's screenshot doesn't solve the issue, perhaps you could attach the interaction so we can see what the issues is. Thanks. --Daniel

over 5 years ago09/11/18 at 10:57 pm (UTC)

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for letting me into your community. I tried layer properties but mine was the same as David's screenshot. So attached is the interaction, and what I am trying to achieve.

1. start with just red and blue boxes and background

2. the two characters and titles (Care/Don't Care) appear timed to my narration, which ends with "Click On A Box."

3. After each box is revealed that reveal remains, eventually creating a table that looks like the second slide.

The more I learn Storyline the more different from PPT it becomes, changing the way I think of animation as much as how I package my lessons to promote "touch the screen." Having fun though, amidst the frustration. Or in other words, like real life.

Cheers,

Greg

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Daniel Brigham
Hero

over 5 years ago09/11/18 at 11:29 pm (UTC)

Hi, Gregory: Actually, you want to uncheck that box David highlighted above for each slide layer. My advice: simplify. Delete all the states you created (I did that in the example I attached) and work with slide layers only. (At least till you get the basic functionality you want).

In the attached example, you'll notice the blue boxes are working as designed now. For the red box, just create three layers and then create three triggers that will fire when the user clicks the appropriate box. You should be able to just copy what I did on the blue boxes.

Let me know how it goes. And thanks for posting. --Daniel