I'm trying to set one of my elearning slides so that the Next button (on the player) doesn't appear until four objects on the slide have been visited. Any help would be appreciated. ThanksMichelle

Change the trigger that sets Next to normal. I know when you use the wizard that "State of..." is one of the options for the When part of the trigger, but it doesn't work. There is nothing to make it happen. States do not initiate triggers. They are very useful in conditions. Write your trigger to change Next to Normal when the timeline starts if all those objects are in their desired state. FWIW: You do not need to write a trigger to set the state to Visited, the built-in visited state does that for you. That said, "Visited" state is not always stable, especially if you visit other slides, and especially if they have branching on them. I prefer to use a custom state, like "Completed". If you do that, then you will need a trigger to set it.

Added triggers for each box "Change state of [box #] to Selected when user clicks." Don't. All objects that have a selected state have built-in magic that changes their state to Selected when you click it, and back to Normal when you click again. The same goes for Hover, and the other built-in states. Creating your own triggers to do the same thing will only confuse SL, and a confused SL will often create some incredible, unbelievable, but seldom useful results. I know when you use the wizard that "State of..." is one of the options for the When part of the trigger, but it doesn't work. There is nothing to make it happen. States do not initiate triggers. They are very useful in conditions. This is a known bug that doesn't work if there are more than five triggers on a slide. The trigger you need is "Change state of Next to Normal When user clicks Box1 on condition state of Box2 is Selected, AND state of Box3 is Selected AND ... etc. " You need one of these for each box.

Hey Adam! I'm happy to lend a hand! No need to pull any more hair out. 😁 I made a few changes in your file, and now the next button is disabled until all three layers have been viewed. Here's a summary of what I did: Add this trigger: Change state of Next button to Disabled when timeline starts. Add a "Done" state to each graph on the base layer. Add a trigger on each graph: Change state of graph to Done when the mouse hovers over. Add a trigger: Change state of Next button to Normal when state of all 3 graphs are "Done." Check out those changes in your file, and let me know what you think!

Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether.

Hi Michelle Set the initial state of the Next button to hidden Create a trigger on the slide - change state of Next button to normal when state of 'all of xxx are visited'

Hide Next button until objects have been visited

51 Replies

WendyFarmer
Super Hero
11 years ago
Hi Michelle

Set the initial state of the Next button to hidden

Create a trigger on the slide - change state of Next button to normal when state of 'all of xxx are visited'
- MichaelBousfiel
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  Hi Wendy,
  
  The post is old but your tip is still super helpful.
  
  Cheers,
  
  Michael
  - WendyFarmer
    Super Hero
    7 years ago
    Thanks Michael
    
    An oldie but a goodie - all the best with your project and shout out if you need any other help 😀
MichelleChilds
Community Member
11 years ago
Hi Wendy

I'm using the Player Next button, not my own. Can I change the initial state of the player Next button?

Michelle
WendyFarmer
Super Hero
11 years ago
If you are using SL2 yes...SL1 no
WendyFarmer
Super Hero
11 years ago
Hi Michelle

I just realised the rest of my post above didn't appear - sorry. If you are using storyline 1 you can't hide the button, but you can add a visited state to your four objects and then trigger the next button to only jump to next slide when state of all four objects are visited. See attached SL1 sample. hope this helps
michelle-visited_state.story212 KB
- MichelleChilds
  Community Member
  11 years ago
  Hi Wendy
  
  Thanks for your reply. I'm using S2, and am quite new to Storyline. How do I change the intitial state of the Next button to hidden or disabled. I know how to change the state of objects on the slide, but not the inbuilt Next button.
  - WendyFarmer
    Super Hero
    11 years ago
    Hey Michelle it's easy with SL2 - you will find the player next and prev buttons listed in the objects list when you go to create a trigger. Scroll right to the top of list. Trigger is change state of next button to 'hidden' or 'disabled' whichever effect you are after when timeline starts on slide. Then another trigger to change state to normal when all your objects have been visited. Hope that helps.
- LaVonBowman-ef6
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  Wendy,
  
  I had a problem just like this one and your 2-year-old post solved it. Thank you so much.
  
  LaVon
  - WendyFarmer
    Super Hero
    9 years ago
    Great to hear LaVon and good luck with your project!
ChristiePollick
Community Member
11 years ago
Hi, Michelle - Looks like you are getting some great advice from Wendy; please let us know how things work out or if you still need additional assistance!
BobWiker
Community Member
11 years ago
Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether.
ChristiePollick
Community Member
11 years ago
Thanks, Bob!
MichelleChilds
Community Member
11 years ago
Yay, it worked - thanks a million :-)
- WendyFarmer
  Super Hero
  11 years ago
  Yay - glad you got it sorted...
ChristiePollick
Community Member
11 years ago
So glad to hear you are all sorted out now, Michelle! (Thanks for the assistance, Wendy!) :)
CindyGlenn-6a6d
Community Member
10 years ago
Hello,

I have 9 boxes on the screen, each is an image, has a visited state and jumps to a slide when user clicks. There are 11 slides in the scene: slide with all boxes, a slide for each box to link to and a slide for the next button to go to after it becomes normal.

I have the slide programmed to disable the Next button when timeline starts, change the state of next button to normal when all boxes are visited

each box has triggers to jump to a slide and change the state to visited.

the next button does not change to normal.
ProblemScene2.story267 KB