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Applying style to a pasted button does not include all states - Articulate Storyline 360
Applying button styles behaves differently on created button vs. button that was created using copy/paste.
- Create a new file
- Insert a button
- Copy the button
- Use paste to create new button(s)
- Select the button, and choose a different style from the Button Styles toolbar.
- Look at the states of the buttons.
- The original button has the new style applied on all states.
- Any of the pasted buttons only have the new style applied to the Normal state - the other states are all the same as whatever the original style was.
I discovered this while looking for a reason that newly edited TEXT was not being applied across all states, but I was not able to reproduce that.
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Hello Terry!
Thank you for catching this and sharing the screenshot with us! We've logged this as a bug and included your comments in the report. I'll make sure to return to this discussion when I have an update to share.
Hi; has anything been done about this? The same thing is happening to me. Thanks!
Hi Judy,
We're still looking at the bug that's affected the users in this community post. We'll be sure to post a message here as soon as a Storyline 360 update is released that addresses the bug. Here's a look at how we tackle bugs for your reference.
Interesting. When I reformat copied buttons (like in the example above), it works on the Normal, Visited, and Disabled states, but not Hover and Down. So still a bug, but not quite as bad as originally described.
Fortunately, the Format Painter can transfer all the states. So if someone has already created one button, copied and pasted that one to create more buttons, and then decides to reformat them, just revise one as desired, and use the Format Painter to transfer the new look to the other buttons.
This was reported a year ago. I am having the same issue. When I copy a button, and try and choose a style, only the Normal state changes. I am not sure why this has not been addressed yet. Sure, format painter is an option but it should work as other the original button when it comes to the button styles.
Hi Rick!
Thank you for sharing what you are experiencing. We appreciate your feedback.
We'll be sure to post news or updates as soon as a Storyline 360 update is released that addresses the bug. Here's a look at how we tackle bugs for your reference.
Have a great afternoon!
I am also running into this issue of the states not copying when using the format painter. But, the tip from Judy Nollet was successful for me. Thank you Judy!
Glad to hear Judy's tip helped you out, Danielle!
Have a great afternoon and happy developing! ✨
I have this issue, or similar (?) with button text. If I have a button (not sure if it was copied, but good chance as I do that all the time) and I change the font (perhaps add character spacing or font size) the normal state changes but the hover and others states do not.
Hi Amy,
I'm sorry you're having an issue with button states! You are experiencing a bug in the software that has already been reported. I'm going to add your voice to the report. If there's any news regarding this bug, this conversation will be updated.
Thanks for letting us know about this!
