Can a button, trigger, or hyperlink be set to open the Resources tab? For context: I'm making a course in Storyline are there are several PDFs in the Resources tab. A couple of my slides say "remember to check the Resources tab for XYZ." It would be neat if I could hyperlink the word "Resources" so it opens the Resources tab. (To be clear, I don't want to open a particular PDF, I just want the Resources list to open.) Thanks!

Hi there, Louisa! You're correct - you can link to a single resource, but not the tab itself. However, there are some options that may work for you. Personally, I would recommend creating a lightbox slide instead and store your documents/links here. Then, you could simply open the lightbox slide from the "Resources" hyperlink you'd like to use in your slide(s). Another option, though it may be a little more time-consuming, would be to make a layer on your slide(s) that is designed similar to the Resources tab. You could even apply some transition effects if you'd like to get creative. In the meantime, if you'd like to see some additional functionality for the Resources tab, I recommend getting in touch with our development team. Personally, I'd love to see some additional player triggers - including the ability to call/close a specific tab. Thanks and best of luck! :)

Just finally got this to work, because The example uses forward slashes /, but it should be backslashes \. You have to turn on the Resources tab in the player. It's not enough to just upload the pdf as a resource. If you look at your publish folder and there is no external files folder, that's why, because unless you turn on the tab, the pdf doesn't publish. EDIT: I realized later that I could just fake the same outcome by using the folder created when I published with the Resource tab showing. (Probably could have even made it from scratch). So, I turned off the Resource tab, then added the pdf to the publish folder manually. So, I created the file link in the trigger that reads story_content\external_files\myPdfFile.pdf, then placed a folder in story_content called external_files, and inside that is my pdf. Works like a charm and no need to show the tab. My LMS team reports that it works as expected in SABA.

Hi. Thanks for this offer. I actually managed to get this to work - case sensitive was the problem, I found an e-Learning Heros post written by one of your team members that reminded about case sensitive. Loving the functionality - has made my job much easier to manage compliance standards, policies etc.

Thanks Christine! I'll submit it as a feature request.

Christine Hendrickson said: You're correct - you can link to a single resource, but not the tab itself. However, there are some options that may work for you. Personally, Christine, You make it seem like there's a way to link directly to a resource on the resource tab. Is that correct? For example, if I have a PDF listed in the Resources tab, can a button trigger that resource to open rather than pointing to a file location? Thanks, Michael

Can a trigger open the Resources tab | Articulate

PhilMayor
Super Hero
7 years ago
It should be forward slashes as it is a web link.
- Lee-AnnWilliams
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  Huh. Well, OK. But the backslashes work. If you manually link to a file it uses backslashes, which is why I did it that way.
PhilMayor
Super Hero
7 years ago
Do the backslashes work online? Odd if they do.
- Lee-AnnWilliams
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  
  Phil Mayor
  
  Do the backslashes work online? Odd if they do.
  
  Apparently, because when our LSM team uploads it, they play it back in a browser to test it.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
7 years ago
Lee-Ann, I'm glad this discussion helped, but it sounds like you may still have another issue once uploading as Phil mentioned. Did you look at testing online yet? If you're publishing for Web, you could upload the output to Tempshare as a way to test, or look at hosting in Amazon S3.
JenniferTomarch
Community Member
6 years ago
Do any of you know if there is a way to record views of documents in the Resources tab or maybe even clicks on the Resources tab? I tried adding Java script as follows: logAction({ verbname : "viewed", activityname : "Resources", success : true, response : "user clicked on Resources tab"
});
JillianRicke067
Community Member
6 years ago
Can't make this work with forward or back slashes, but would dearly love to use it. Error Message attached.

If you can send link I will send through offending slide. I am using the trigger on a slide layer. Would this impact?
- Steven_Haigh
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Did this ever get sorted out? I am having the exact same issue.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
6 years ago
Hi Jillian,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing the error that you're running into.

With your permission, I'd like you to share your project file with our support engineers to investigate what's happening. You can share it privately by uploading it here. It will be deleted when troubleshooting is complete.
LindaNichols-dd
Community Member
4 years ago
As am I. Did anyone come up with a solution. Uploaded to TempShare and the link to a specific pdf in the Resources tab doesn't work.
ShannonOKeefe-b
Community Member
2 years ago
Is there a way to add an xAPI statement reflecting if a user accesses the Resources tab?
ShannonOKeefe-b
Community Member
2 years ago
Not sure what you mean. I'm trying to add an xAPI statement that will track usages of the Resources held within the Resources tab.
- PhilMayor
  Super Hero
  2 years ago
  Unless you can append the xAPI statement to the end of the url, I don’t think this is possible.
  
  Sent from my iPhone
  - ShannonOKeefe-b
    Community Member
    2 years ago
    Thanks. I'll try the lightbox option then.