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Format Painter - Storyline 360
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 ....
Hey PhilMayor,
Thanks for adding your support for reusable, centrally managed buttons in Storyline.
As I mentioned to DaveStrobl-9653, our teams have been exploring ways to introduce this level of functionality. I'll make sure your feedback is shared with them, and we'll update you if this feature makes it to our product roadmap.
Also, I'm sorry to hear that formatting Continue buttons across multiple projects has been slowing you down so much. I've opened a support case so our team can have a closer look at the behavior you shared. Including the "Exit Course" text pervading all areas of a course.
We can continue the conversation there!
