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Disabling 'next' button on one slide within Storyline
Hey Debi
What Triggers are you using? You may not need Variables, depending on your use case. For one slide, a simple change state trigger should do the trick. I am assuming there is a time you want it to change back to normal as well.
This post has a demo file with examples of how to control the Next button: TIP: Controlling the NEXT Button 101 | Articulate - Community
The disabling/enabling can be based on the state of objects. For example, disable Next when the timeline starts if buttons ≠ Visited. Enable Next when buttons = Visited.
- Note that a disabling trigger that runs when the timeline of the slide starts need to have the necessary conditions to prevent it from re-running if the user returns to the slide. ("When the timeline starts on this slide" triggers run every time the user visits the slide, even if its set to "Resume saved state.")
Variables might needed for more complicated tracking, such as ensuring the user views the entire timeline of every layer. Or just prevent the user from closing a layer until the layer's timeline finishes.
Variables are used if it's a custom menu slide (that is, the user leaves the slide via custom buttons and returns before the Next button is enabled). This post has info about that: TIP: Create a Custom Menu Slide | Articulate - Community