Data Entry + Trigger

Hi Jessica,

Re: "Why can we not change the states for a data entry?"

I'm not as knowledgeable as many of the community members, but my "logical" answer (ask my husband if I'm logical ) would be that data entry text boxes are not "standard" shapes...they're shapes that contain..ummm...data, and so aren't handled by Storyline in the way that standard shapes are. I defer to others with more knowledge to confirm, refute, and/or explain further.

Re: "Is there a way to get around this?"

The only way I could imagine is to create a shape behind the data entry and give that shape a hover state. I've done that in the (bare bones) example I've uploaded BUT from a usability and Learner's expectation/design standpoint, I don't really like it. Because the hover state belongs to the rectangle, it disappears as soon as the Learner's pointer moves over the text entry. That's discomfiting. As a Learner, I'd wonder what I was doing wrong.

Someone else may have a better work around. I guess a good question to ask would be what purpose the hover state serves for your Learners.

If you look at the notes tab in this story you'll see what I did to create these boxes.

Re: "If  I copy and paste a data entry into another slide will that mess up the functionality?"

When you copy/paste a data entry, you are actually creating a new data entry variable. Take a look at slide 2, where I copied/pasted the First name variable. Then, click on the Manage Variables button, and note that there is a new variable named TextEntryF1

Is there a reason you'd need to copy/paste a data entry box?