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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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I found an easy work around: I found an image of a mouse cursor and I am simply using a motion path.
Thanks Maria for sharing here!
Oh duh! Great idea!! That said, it would be a nice bug ( er, uh mouse? ) to fix, right?
Another approach would be to have a layer whereby the "Base Layer Objects" list has the Mouse unchecked. At the point that you no longer want the mouse visible, just show that layer.
Hi has this issue been sorted? I've only set the mouse to appear for two seconds but it won't disappear. I don't have 'play until end' ticked.
Is this a known issue?
Hi Rodney,
This bug was originally reported for Storyline 2. Is that the version of Storyline you're using?
I have the needed mouse click at the end of the timeline, but it just sits on the screen for the length of the slide. I need to hide it until the end when I show the user where to click to move to the next screen for system demos. Please tell me this is being fixed! I'm using Storyline360. So maybe it's just something I don't know about?
Hi there Liz! I'd love to help. First, I want to be sure I understand what your slide looks like and how you want it to function.
Would you mind sharing a copy of your slide, or even just a screenshot? You can click here and attach the file to a new thread comment. Look for the Add Attachment button.
Thanks Tim, I was following to the end of the thread. Surely, though, there is a simple solution for this? I'm new and having the same issue. Why doesn't the mouse disappear when its time is done on the timeline? From the above, many have overcomplicated what should be a simple issue, right?
Hello PJ and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
This thread is a bit dated, but I believe Tim was trying to share a solution to help out the issue found where the mouse cursor moved to the top.
Tim shared:
Just know that the mouse will fight you back...occasionally, it will jump to the top most level if you are changing the timing or moving objects around to different levels on the timeline. Just throw it back under the object when that happens.
Are you using Storyline 2 as well PJ?
No I'm using Articulate 360.
