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Format Painter - Storyline 360
I have been a Storyline user since the software first came out. It has many great capabilities and I do appreciate the ongoing updates and enhancements but it would be awesome if some of the little glitches developers experience on a regular basis were addressed.
A prime example is Format Painter and directly how it handles buttons. It would be great if it acted as expected for all buttons including custom, quiz and built-in. It is very tedious and time consuming to have to manually edit every state of a button in a project. Not to mention if a response changes in a MC/TF question that the updated response isn't carried through to the other states therefore making rollovers, etc. look like a drunken monkey programmed it.
Let me create one and then leverage that one for every other button in a file. Seems like a simple ask to me although I am sure there are plenty of issues that I am unaware of that make that ask a challenge.
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never tried it, and I'm not sure I'd trust it to get everything right!
I've long campaigned for something similar to symbols in Flash, where you define a button's appearance and behaviour once, then reuse it throughout your project. Change the original, and every instance updates automatically. It would be a huge time-saver, particularly for larger projects.
And don't get me started on Format Painter! The frustration of it copying text from other objects or failing to update other states is difficult to describe.
I'm currently working on a project with four separate modules, and I'm having an ongoing battle with a Continue button. I used format painter, only to discover that the Hover state has somehow inherited the text "Exit Course" across the whole course.
It's these little inconsistencies that make something which should be incredibly simple far more time-consuming than it needs to be.
It's odd. One expects that Articulate's developers used OOP principles, making inheritance straightforward. It's almost as if recent updates were done by vibe coding ....
Hi DaveStrobl-9653,
Sorry to hear that you've been struggling with Format Painter in Storyline.
Having to adjust buttons and their states one by one can feel tedious, especially in larger projects. We've been tracking a feature request for more global control over states, button design, and their formatting. I'll make sure these insights are shared directly with our teams.
Also, I’d like to confirm that I understand what you mean about changes to a multiple-choice or true/false response not carrying through to the other states. Do you mind providing a screen recording of that behavior? If you prefer to share that privately, please connect with us through a support case.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
