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DavidHirsch1
Community Member
12 years ago

Hide that mouse!?

I have a slide from a screen recording, where the mouse is going to toggle a favorites "star." Well I would like the mouse to go away after the screen recording starts. Since it just stays on the screen it covers the favorites "star." Is there anyway to make that dang mouse go away once the screen recording has begun or finished? When I double click the mouse icon it wont allow me to change the enter from path either.

Tahnks for all the help!

DM

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  • Thanks for the additional information PJ. I do not see that a similar issue has been filed for Storyline 360, but I'd be happy to take a look at your .story file. Just let me know the slide to focus on.

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  • FelixHorna's avatar
    FelixHorna
    Community Member

    Any solution to this? Like everyone else said, the mouse cursor stays on the slide the whole duration. Regardless of the set time. It's quite shocking to think that this feature was purposely developed to this way. I'm using Articulate 360.

  • Hi, Felix. Thanks for reaching out!

    Unlike other Storyline objects, the beginning and ending of a cursor's movement is controlled by the timeline, not the appearance and disappearance of the cursor itself. This article gives more detail about working with mouse cursors.

    The feedback shared in this discussion is valuable. Your need is heard, and we take all of this insight into consideration as we prioritize and plan for future enhancements. I'll keep this everyone here updated with any new information!

  • In order to solve the dissapearence problem, you might consider using the custom cursor as shown in the attachment. It`s possible to adjust any aspect of this "animation", so it might be quite handy. Feel free to use it

    • PaulConnolly-43's avatar
      PaulConnolly-43
      Community Member
      Olha Tomashevska

      In order to solve the dissapearence problem, you might consider using the custom cursor as shown in the attachment. It`s possible to adjust any aspect of this "animation", so it might be quite handy. Feel free to use it

      Great example. Thanks for sharing!! Very simple too.

  • Hello. I see that no one ever came back to the solution. Though Tim's suggestion is helpful, that is a few too many unnecessary steps for me. 

    Articulate team?

  • Hi, Mallory.

    Thank you for reaching out!

    While not currently a feature in Storyline, we have a feature request logged to control mouse cursor timeline duration.

    I will update this discussion if I have any news to share or if this request makes it to our feature roadmap.