When you click on your button it is effectively both Selected and Visited (no transparency on dot, bold text and check mark). When you select another button, the previous one will only show the Visited state (slightly transparent dot and check mark) and the new button will show both the Selected and Visited states.
You may get a better effect by using a Hover state instead of the Selected state. That way, when you hover over the button, the dot will appear and the text will be bold, but if you select the button, the dot will become slightly transparent, the text will change back to normal and the check mark will appear (your desired Visited state).
It's not a solution though, I'm aiming for the Visited to appear when the Item is no longer selected (but has been selected once). But I'm not sure I can make that happen.
As far as I am aware you won't be able to combine the 'Selected' and 'Visited' states (to achieve what you are aiming to do) due to the predefined logic implemented on these built-in states.
Once an item is selected, it will automatically trigger the 'Visited' state of the same object.
An alternative, but quite a lot of work, is to add a new state called 'Done' that has the 'Visited' state's visual que in it. You can then add a variable to tell Storyline to switch the object to 'Done' should they 'Click outside of' said object if that object's current state is equal 'Selected'.
This should work for your goal, but you will need to have this trigger for each object affected (in your case, 25 triggers).
Another option you might try would be to create a custom state named something like "completed" and use triggers to set to that state after the action of clicking another button, etc.
You could also add the checkmark to the selected state but make it the same color (white) as your background. That should give you the effect you're going for.
Forgot to mention that you can use button states w/ grouped objects. Just make one of the items in the group a button set.
In my example, I made the text object a button set. The oval and checkmark are not part of the button set but will still behave like a button set if grouped with one.
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Hi Nadia,
When you click on your button it is effectively both Selected and Visited (no transparency on dot, bold text and check mark). When you select another button, the previous one will only show the Visited state (slightly transparent dot and check mark) and the new button will show both the Selected and Visited states.
You may get a better effect by using a Hover state instead of the Selected state. That way, when you hover over the button, the dot will appear and the text will be bold, but if you select the button, the dot will become slightly transparent, the text will change back to normal and the check mark will appear (your desired Visited state).
Thank you for your answer Ned!
It's not a solution though, I'm aiming for the Visited to appear when the Item is no longer selected (but has been selected once).
But I'm not sure I can make that happen.
Hi Nadia.
As far as I am aware you won't be able to combine the 'Selected' and 'Visited' states (to achieve what you are aiming to do) due to the predefined logic implemented on these built-in states.
Once an item is selected, it will automatically trigger the 'Visited' state of the same object.
An alternative, but quite a lot of work, is to add a new state called 'Done' that has the 'Visited' state's visual que in it. You can then add a variable to tell Storyline to switch the object to 'Done' should they 'Click outside of' said object if that object's current state is equal 'Selected'.
This should work for your goal, but you will need to have this trigger for each object affected (in your case, 25 triggers).
Another option you might try would be to create a custom state named something like "completed" and use triggers to set to that state after the action of clicking another button, etc.
You could also add the checkmark to the selected state but make it the same color (white) as your background. That should give you the effect you're going for.
Forgot to mention that you can use button states w/ grouped objects. Just make one of the items in the group a button set.
In my example, I made the text object a button set. The oval and checkmark are not part of the button set but will still behave like a button set if grouped with one.
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