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Hotspot Outline??
Anyone ever figure out how to have the outline of a hotspot to show in a SL360 course?
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Thank you! I use transparent shapes as gatekeepers but hadn't thought of using them in place of hotspots.
skrap2000 : Instead of hotspots, I like to use a shape with a solid fill that is 100% transparent.
The advantage of using shapes is that you can add states, such as Selected and/or Visited.
The main drawback of that method is that transparent shapes aren't visible during editing (like hotspots are). However, they certainly would be if you include visible outlines.
The easiest trick for this is to create an actual shape (rectangle, circle) but leave it unfilled. Set the outline color to what you want (red, black...) at about 1-pt thickness. Then put the hotspot in that shape.
You may want to shade the fill of the shape with a very light gray to make it even more obvious, if that's what you're trying to do.
You might also try using markers, but you don't explain what you are wanting to accomplish, so perhaps that's a bit of overkill.
I have been creating the hotspot with the added shape for the boarder but it is just getting old having to create two objects on the timeline instead of just giving us the ability to put a boarder on a hotspot. I appreciate your help and advice. Thank you!
