I have looked at that one, there seemed to be no actual solution for Phil's problem Which is the same as mine).
The recommended method addresses how to create a pause/resume on a slide. When placing the menu on a seperate layer, the pause/resume can only be applied to the current layer (the menu layer), not the actual base layer which is what need to be pause/resumed.
One thing I've seen a few people do is create a new Pause Layer in the slide master. (View - Slide Master). This allows you to pause on each layer. Unfortunately, I'm leaving the office for the day but check this out to see how it works. It might get you a little closer to the functionality you wanted.
1. Created a new pause layer on your master slide. I also set the Slide layer properties to "pause timeline of base layer".
2. I added trigger to show layer PauseLayer when the user clicks the Pause 1 object on the menu that appears when you hover.
3. I also created a trigger "hide this layer" on the Pause Layer to close it and allow the slide to continue. I added a blue rectangle box to show it is pausing.
The only problem is that if the user hovers back over the menu, it will start again.
Could you not have a true/false variable applied, whereby when you click the pause button on your menu layer, it changes the variable to true, at the same time you have a trigger on your base layer that is set to pause media when the above variable changes to true?
Create a new T/F variable and set it to False as the default value.
Create triggers on the Pause button to set the variable to True when the user clicks the Pause button. On the Play button you would set pause equal to False when it was clicked.
For each slide, you would then need to tell the slide to resume timeline if the variable is False and pause timeline if the variable is True.
That's the cool thing about Storyline, there are multiple ways to accomplish things. It all depends upon what you want to see visually and how you want the user to interact with the content.
Cherry, I've attached an updated one in case you wanted to see how this might work. Let me know what you think.
I have been away at an event, I was ready to start tackling the problem, but you did a great job thank you, i will now recreate it to ensure the solution gets into my brain. Thank you so much.
Its seems like such a simple fix in hindsight, sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees.
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Cherry,
Check out this link. It may help you troubleshoot the menu problem:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/custom-menu-using-a-new-slide-master-layer-not-pausing-media-and-base-layer-timeline
I have looked at that one, there seemed to be no actual solution for Phil's problem Which is the same as mine).
The recommended method addresses how to create a pause/resume on a slide. When placing the menu on a seperate layer, the pause/resume can only be applied to the current layer (the menu layer), not the actual base layer which is what need to be pause/resumed.
Karen had a different issue.
Cherry,
One thing I've seen a few people do is create a new Pause Layer in the slide master. (View - Slide Master). This allows you to pause on each layer. Unfortunately, I'm leaving the office for the day but check this out to see how it works. It might get you a little closer to the functionality you wanted.
1. Created a new pause layer on your master slide. I also set the Slide layer properties to "pause timeline of base layer".
2. I added trigger to show layer PauseLayer when the user clicks the Pause 1 object on the menu that appears when you hover.
3. I also created a trigger "hide this layer" on the Pause Layer to close it and allow the slide to continue. I added a blue rectangle box to show it is pausing.
The only problem is that if the user hovers back over the menu, it will start again.
Hi,
Could you not have a true/false variable applied, whereby when you click the pause button on your menu layer, it changes the variable to true, at the same time you have a trigger on your base layer that is set to pause media when the above variable changes to true?
Darren,
Good point! That's another way to approach this.
That's the cool thing about Storyline, there are multiple ways to accomplish things. It all depends upon what you want to see visually and how you want the user to interact with the content.
Cherry, I've attached an updated one in case you wanted to see how this might work. Let me know what you think.
Hi Guys,
I have been away at an event, I was ready to start tackling the problem, but you did a great job thank you, i will now recreate it to ensure the solution gets into my brain. Thank you so much.
Its seems like such a simple fix in hindsight, sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees.
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