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Enabling Custom and Player Next Buttons
Hey Everyone- This is the second time I am coming for advice and expertise on Storyline 360 next button functionality (though, this time it is a different issue). I think we are quickly becoming foe...
A few notes:
- All the triggers that change buttons to Disabled will also run again if the user returns to the slide. As I said before, instead of triggers, you could simply set the Initial State to Disabled.
- I can't tell why things freeze if a previous-layer button is clicked while the current layer is playing. State-changing triggers shouldn't cause that. It might be an issue with all the audio. It might be an issue with the properties. Since that's "unexpected behavior," I suggest you contact the support staff: https://access.articulate.com/support/contact
- Personally, I'd use Dialog layers, and add a copy of the necessary graphic(s) on each layer.
- If you have additional issues, you should start a new discussion.
Hey Judy. Thank you for the suggestions:
- I can't change the layers to dialog, because the base layer needs to be seen as each layer plays.
- I changed the numbered buttons so that they are actually buttons and made changes to their states. I also added some "set state" triggers, so that the learner has to click the buttons in the numbered sequence.
- I added the custom next button at the end of layer 4, so it pops up after the learner has gone through all the buttons in sequence.
- I also added triggers to disable the player next button and to have the state change to normal after all buttons are visited.
The problem I am now having is with the numbered buttons functionality. When I preview the slide and click a numbered button, it works as it should. However, when I click the next numbered button, and as the current layer plays, I click a previously clicked numbered button, the slide freezes and nothing happens. It has to be my "set state" disabled and normal triggers for each numbered button that I put on each layer to prevent the learner from clicking the next numbered button till the layer completes. I want the learner to click the numbered buttons in order but also be able to click previous numbered buttons if they want to revisit information, preferably after the current layer that they are on is completed. And I much rather put triggers than the semi-transparent shapes, if possible.
