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Grouped objects - Adding/Removing objects to a group
Hi. I have a few objects that are grouped together. If I want to add one to the group, I would think I could drag or cut and paste and object into that group?
I can't figure out how to add, or remove an object from a group other than ungrouping the whole group, making my changes, then re grouping the objects I want grouped.
Is there an easier way? Thanks!
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Greetings, Erin!
Thank you for that context. It helps us understand the need, and I'll make sure this feature's report is up to date with your thoughts.
If we add this option in a future update of Storyline, we promise to share the news here!
"being able to drag the object into the existing group on the timeline"
Looking forward to any news on this subject, because I have the same problem...
One more vote for this. I have to add an object to a group that has motion paths and a triggers on it, and it looks like I'll have to redo all of that just to add my new object.
Seven year old thread. Still no solution, which seems entirely unacceptable. Whole new products have been developed and updated, new versions, new features. Still can't add an object to an existing group.
- Hi Ken,Thanks for the feedback. While we acknowledge this feature has been discussed for years now, we're committed to making sure its impact and benefit come first. You can read more about our process here.We don't have plans for this feature yet, but we'll continue to track requests and update this discussion if anything changes!
I have been using storyline since it first came out, its a basic but brilliant tool. What I find so frustrating is that it has so much potential to be so much better.
Time and time again I read and post in discussions / forums on here about issues like this very one (unable to add items to existing group without creating a new group and screwing up all triggers and animations assigned to the original group)
I see so many people calling out for simple but extremely frustrating issues with work flow to be fixed. If I had the time I would go back through my years of storyline torment and forum interaction to list them, but I don't.
The most frustrating thing about this is that often the staff responding (who are clearly doing the best they can, but don't really have the power to change anything) will do one of 3 things:
1. Not grasp the issue at hand and suggest a work around that doesn't really help, almost knowingly ignoring the fundamental issue at hand (because they know it won't change).
2. Address the clear issue at hand but just say "I will log this as a feature request" (requests that can span 7 years across multiple threads of begging for issues like this to be fixed)
3. We are told the feature isn't important enough, which suggests that the developers haven't ever actually used the tool and tried to create innovative learning experiences. The fact that simple work flow efficiency issues like this are considered 'Features' is mad.
Articulate are lucky that noone else bothered to create another simple powerpoint plugin tool like storyline because I'm sure with a little consideration of user experience it would be easy to make a much better tool.
Yes this is a 'negative' post which will no doubt be ignored and i'll be considered just a 'difficult' customer...you can't please all right. but the fact is storyline is a good tool that could be so much better if it weren't for lazy UXD and a community being ignored. I want it to be better so that I can work better and do more.I see a lot of posts in the community like this and understand how you can feel ignored. I really think the Community team do a great job, the reality is that Articulate rely on the community to let them know what they need. There are competing issues here they are trying to give us what we want but at the same time give us something we don’t know that we need. The community is one of the real strengths of Articulate and the staff play a very important role.
I believe the track record of Storyline 360 is really good, the new trigger panel is a real work flow treat, new triggers, media library, text to speech etc. At the same time Articulate rewrote the HTML5 engine, removed flash and improved reliability and accessibility.
More of the items requested in the community are being added and from what I see in the beta it only gets better.
I would love to see add to group, however probably have a list of 10+ things ahead of that. Keep on posting I can assure you Articulate are listening.
It's absurd that it's been over 8 years, and Articulate still hasn't added this capability. I have created a feature request. I encourage others to do so, too, if you haven't already: https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request
Maybe if we bombard them with enough requests, this will end up on their radar. :\
Wow, 8 years and still waiting for this to be fixed. In 2012, we were watching Honey Boo Boo, using our iPhone 4s, and singing that brand new Gangnam Style song. Ahh, simpler times.
Yeah, I'm with Nadia. I have an existing group (my own table of contents panel) with various animations/triggers set and I forgot to put the close button inside the group. Creating a new group only nests the first group inside the new group. There's benefits to that also, but it would be nice if you could place the object/s inside the original group.
Perhaps allow us to drag the elements into and out of groups from in the timeline. You can re-arrange the top-to-bottom order of objects here but you can't drag an object to be inside an existing group.
Hello -
I am a new user of Storyline. I have Storyline 3. I am attempting to group a set of objects. I have 2 rectangles, 2 text boxes, and a hotspot. I selected all of the objects by using my mouse to drag a selection area around them.
- I tried <CTRL><G>; it failed.
- I tried Home > Arrange > Group Object > Group. However the "group" option was greyed out; it failed.
- I tried Format > Group > Group. However the "group" option was greyed out here as well; it failed.
Please help me. Also, how do I get notified that you responded to my post?
Hi Michael,
Hotspots cannot be grouped. If you replace the hotspot with a shape set to 100% transparency, you will be able to group the objects you described.
Untill recently i used Groups seldom in Storyline 360. Now im using them more and more to cleanup my timeline. What i miss in Groups:
- options for adding and or removing existing elements to a Group.
CTRL+G doesnt solve this because you get nested groups. Ungrouping and regrouping groups is cumbersome and shouldnot be needed.
