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mrsmcd
Community Member
5 years ago

Copy and Paste of Triggers seems broken

Am I crazy? Why can't I copy a trigger from one slide to another without everything set to unassigned? I feel like I used to be able to do it but maybe not? It happens if I try to duplicate the obje...
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
5 years ago

Actually, you never have been able to copy triggers without them becoming unassigned. Actually, I think there was a time in early SL 2 when they looked like the original in the trigger pane, but didn't work. Then if you edited them, you found they were all set to unassigned.

It's because none of the objects they are attached to exist in the new slide. Even if you give them the same name, their secret, known-only to SL, internal name is different.

The only action that can be expected to work is duplicating a slide, or importing it from another SL

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mrsmcd
Community Member
5 years ago

Thank you for confirming I am crazy Walt; hahaha!

While I was sort of expecting that as the response, I am sad because it means I have a lot of triggers to update today. I wish duplicating the slide or importing was an option but unfortunately my project is near complete with the exception of this ONE next button trigger update at this point.

I will chalk it up as a lesson learned and I sure wont forget for future projects! I appreciate the help/confirmation Walt!