"Exit Animations" triggered by timeline

I can see it's an older thread, but what I also tend to use is to pasue timeline right before the exit animations start (by using a cue point) and then resuming timeline with a trigger (with a hotspot, for instance). So, after resuming, the layer continues til its end then hides itself. It works for me quite well :) 

Thanks Csilla - that isn't a solution I'd heard previously so thanks for sharing it here. 

I am having the same issue but the other way round... I have a hidden text box on a layer - that I would like to fade in by paragraph on the click of a button.... If it has no animations on it - it appears with the button trigger -  but if I add the fade in by paragraph option, it  just appears at the beginning of the timeline of the object / layer - with out the user clicking the button :( is this normal - or do I have a bug/glitch I need to look at?? Thanks!!

Hi Donna!

Would you be able to share your .story file so that we could take a look and better understand your question?

sure - I've made a mock up and submitted a case as well...

There is a base layer that takes you to a layer - on this are 3 hidden objects - a text box, a shape and a picture, all three are set to appear on the click of a button.....but basically - the entrance animation overrides the hidden state of the text box, and if I put the text in a shape, it appears on click - but without the by paragraph part,  however the picture works great.... What is going on?? :)

Thanks for letting me know that you reached out to support as well (00895353). Looks like you are already working with Eloisa :)

I'm not sure that this solution works for every situation, but if you do not have time dependencies, you can set a trigger to pause the timeline at the end so the exit animations never trigger.  For example your slide timeline is 5 seconds long. Trigger pauses timeline of the slide when timeline reaches 4 seconds. Since there is no trigger to resume the timeline, the end is never reached and the objects stay.

Thanks for popping in to share John. It may not help the users here, but could certainly help someone in the future.

Welcome to E-Learning Heroes by the way :)

Hi (to whomever might be reading this) - I can see this is an old post but the title is similar to what I need, so I thought I'd add my question and hope for the best. I am using Storyline 360.

I am simply trying to delay an exit animation for an object. I want the object to display from the beginning of the slide and then a few seconds later to shrink and exit. I would like to trigger the exit animation on either a cue point or a time on the timeline.

How do I add a trigger to a simple (non-motion path) animation?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Stuart Gilbert

Hi Stuart!

You can control the timing of an object's exit animation by clicking and dragging the end of the object on the timeline.

Take a look at the example below. The star object is set to appear at the beginning of the slide, and it will "fly out" at 3 seconds. 

Is that what you had in mind?