Grouped objects - Adding/Removing objects to a group

Hi Mark!

This thread is a bit dated. Could you elaborate on what you are having difficulty with or what functionality you are looking for?

Has this issue been fixed in Storyline 2? I have a group that is set with various triggers and motion paths. It creates a cool effect; however I decided to add two shapes to the group. I used the shortcut to add the shapes but now they are called group 2 and group 2 doesn´t recognize any of the motion paths I had set for group 1. 

I know in SL 1 it wasn´t possible, but in SL2 is there a way to add objects to an existing group 1?

Hi Nadia,

Perhaps I'm not clear on what you're looking to accomplish, but if they're in an existing group you'd have to ungroup them and then choose the additional items to add as a part of the group.

That´s what I was afraid of. 

If I ungroup the items then I lose all of the motion paths associated with that group. If I use Ctrl+G (as discussed above) I can add an object to the group, but then to get the whole group to move as one, I have to recreate the motion paths I already created.

Here´s an example of what I have/need to do. Let´s say I have two squares that create Group 1. I have motion paths (Let´s call them motion paths 1,2, and 3) and triggers that work with Group 1. I used control G to add a square to Group 1, thus creating Group 2. When I try to change the triggers to work with Group 2, motion paths 1,2, and 3 aren´t options, so to get the same effect I´d have to re-create the motion paths. It took me hours to get the motion paths just right so I´d like to avoid re-doing it and it seems like there would be a way to do so.

Does that make sense? I´m basically wanting to do the same thing discussed above regarding SL1 and was hoping it had been addressed in SL2.

Thanks Karen and Nadia for clarifying what you're looking for, and it matches my understanding of it - although your descriptions were better! At this time, there isn't a way to change that group behavior, so it would need to be something considered as a feature request. 

I just made the request to the "feature request" link above. I hope everyone on this post does the same so we can get this functionality added ASAP!  :)

Thanks for the confirmation Ashley. Karen, I´ve submitted a request too. Hopefully we´ll see this in the near future!

Thanks all for submitting the request and I hope you have a good weekend! 

So I don't know if anyone already came up with this but I just figured out away to edit objects/text/images within a group without un-grouping and messing up your triggers/motion paths etc. Simply click on the drop down arrow of your group in the timeline, select the item you wish to edit and then enter the states tab. From here you can edit the normal state without un-grouping and messing up your triggers. Hope this helps!

Thanks for popping in to share Alex :) Welcome to E-Learning Heroes!