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Hiding background slide
I figured out a workable solution, and it's pretty easy too. It takes advantage of the fact that the base slide is paused while the lightbox is open.
Create a HELP layer on each base slide:
- Set an opaque background.
- Set the timeline to .5 seconds.
- Do not hide other layers.
- Reset to Initial.
- When timeline starts, lightbox HELP slide.
- When timeline ends, hide layer HELP.
On the base slide, create a button:
- Set any variables needed for context sensitive Help slide.
- Show layer HELP.
Here's a possible and simple solution: Have the Help button jump to the Help slide (instead of lightboxing it).
On the Help slide, use the Slide Properties to hide the NEXT button. By default, the PREV button will return to whatever slide the user was on when they clicked the Help button.
Or, to make it more obvious this is a special slide, hide all the navigation buttons on the Help slide. Instead, use a custom button on the slide to return to the content.
I hide all my navigation, so that part wouldn't be an issue. But, I think the slides that reset to initial state would break if I let users wander away mid slide. I need to retain their progress.