Changing the colour of the closed captions and its background ?

I'm so sad that every time I search for help with a topic, the answer is always, "We don't have that feature yet, but you can submit a feature request." 

I have no issue with the color of the CC, but the size is overwhelming on my videos. I'd like to be able to make the ribbon of CC smaller.

IMO if you are already working on a course that has white text on a dark background, the captions don't stand out enough against that.  We need to be able to customize this.  Hoping to eventually get this as a feature.

Hi Mona,

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for. But you can change the color of the objects (captions included) by going to the design Tab and Select Colors > Create New Themes Color.

From the Custom Theme window. You can edit "Accent 1" to change the background color of the object and edit Text/Background - Light 1 to change the text color.

EDIT: I found the link below discussing how to edit closed caption bgcolor and text.

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/changing-the-colour-of-the-closed-captions-font-and-the-background

Refer to the javascript code shared by Knut Jackowski.

Or you may also share your .story file here and let's see what we can do to assist.

Hope this helps.

Thank you,
Joseph

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for your reply.

I actually want to change the closed captions colors. It is black and white now and does not match my project theme.

I tried the option you suggested to change it from design tab but did not affect the captions. Also, I do not work with javascripts, which is basically what they are talking about in that discussion topic.

Do you think their is another option to change those colors? I attached a picture so that you understand which part I am talking about.

Thanks

HI Mona,

That is all the information I have regarding closed caption properties for now. But don't worry since a feature request has already been submitted to Articulate for more CC options to be available.

Another option we have is to share the file here and lets have the code added to it or you may reach out to the support team and see what other options we have. 

Thank you,
Joseph

Hey Mona,

Looks like Joseph covered your options pretty well here. 

We do have a feature request because users would like to Customize Closed Caption Font, Color, Size, and Placement.

I'm adding this thread to the discussion as we track user requests and so that we can update you here when we have an update to share.

I'm not too savvy with JavaScript either, but feel free to reach out in that thread if needed.

Hi Mona. Is there any update on this feature request, as we are starting to look at captions for our packages and need the design to comply with corporate standards. Unfortunately the standard black box with white text doesn't work for us either.

Hi Jen, 

No update on this feature yet, but we'll keep you posted here if there are any changes!

I would also love to see this feature since I have already added a custom button for my CC . The issue that CC M are shown below the project area which eventually looks extremely weird