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Creating a drop-down menu with layers and triggers
I have been stuck trying to make the triggers work on a drop-down menu I created.
I created the initial drop down from a rectangle shape on the base layer. Then, created a trigger so that when th...
Hi, Lisa.
Thank you for sharing the .story file!
You only have to make two adjustments, so it works as expected:
- On your base slide, you need to add a reference to the variable DropDown so it shows its value. Since the default value is "Select response", that's what it will initially say, and you don't have to type that manually. (Insert > Reference > DropDown)
- The second adjustment was on your layer Dropdown List 1. The order of triggers is important in Storyline, so I moved the trigger that sets the variable's value to execute before the one that hides the layer.
Let me know if that works!
Oh, perfect! Thank you for all your help!