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Format dropdown menu in storyline matching quiz slide
Is there a way to format the dropdown menu that appears when you create a matching quiz slide in Storyline? i.e. Change the color/size of the button used to open the menu and the size of the field for dropdown option?
Hello Meghan!
Great question! The fill for the drop-down selection isn't customizable. However, you can change the fill for the text box with the Choices and the Hover color.
I've recorded a short tutorial explaining the changes you can make within a Matching Drop Down question slide.
Is it possible to have a single drop-down field (e.g., in place of a manual fill-in-the-blank) for a question? What I mean to say is, I don't want to have four dd fields with four options each ... just want the one field with four options, where one of the options is correct.
Hi Desiree,
The built-in drop-down option within Storyline 360 is matching, so it includes multiple fields.
I look forward to other design ideas from folx in the community on how to accomplish this.
Hi! Following that, is there a way to change the size of the boxes?
As you can see, I don't need all that width for the left column and I would like a wider right column so that I wouldn't end up with the scrolling panels.
Hi, Marianick.
You can move the drop-down column to be closer to the left column, so it removes any unwanted spaces:
Depending on your design, you can also change the autofit options to Resize shape to fit text (right-click the drop-down and choose Format shape).
I hope this helps!
the images above are not appearing - can you repost the screen recordings?
Hi Maria - your images are not appearing (not sure if they are recordings or just images illustrating your point) showing how to move the drop-down column or resize shape to fit text...Z
Maria - if the dropdown matching question is non-graded, are the responses still captured? I'm trying to capture the demographics of employees (i.e. job role, region, business unit) - I don't see the matching option as a survey type (drop-down menu option) - so i'm using your above example as an option -but do i have to define any triggers / variables so that the answers are captured in reporting since there is no quiz?
Hi! Interesting but I don't have any of these options (see image).
I switched to accessible text so it's normal that I don't have the same right-click text options but why can't I see all boxes in the matching dropdown? I wonder.Hello Marianick!
Thanks for sharing a screenshot of what you're seeing on your end! Do you mind sharing the .story file with us as well? You can attach it to this discussion or privately in a support case.
It's a pretty big file so I wanted to share only the slide that's problematic. Guess what? When I copy and paste it into a new project... it works. Of course.
Not the first time that this happens with different features. I wonder what causes things to stop working.
That being said, I still don't have a choice for the longer sentences but to pick a smaller font size.. It's not ideal, even when it works as expected. Should this be a feature request?Hello Marianick,
Longer sentences appearing in smaller fonts is the current expected behavior, so please feel free to raise a feature request for more customization features for the drop down menu in Storyline 360.
Here's a quick look at how we handle feature requests for your reference.
Hi, Kim.
Thank you for pointing that out!
I fixed the images in the post above, so you should be able to see them now.
Let me know if you have additional questions.
Hi, Kim.
The matching drop-down question might not work for what you're looking for since each choice will only give you one match (so, for example, if the choice is Job role, you will only have one option available. The other options will be the matches for region and business unit instead).
Have you thought about using the short answer survey or the Which Word question?
