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Hoverable Drag and Drop Driving Me Crazy- Trigger Based on multiple variables
Please help. In this Drag and Drop the learner must first hover over three areas (which are hotspots) to view and read some material. I then want "HINT2" to show on the screen. But it will not show. Following are some programming details of how I set it up:
1. Set up T/F variables for each hover.
2. HINT2 has two states (Hidden and Normal). It starts out as Hidden when timeline begins on this screen.
3. Trigger made: Set HINT2 to normal when all three variables (described in first step) are True.
This should make the hint show on the screen. I have the variable references showing and they are telling me they are switching to true when I hover over each hotspot.
Please see attached. I've tried importing and I've tried switching the hover to a click, but no luck. I don't understand why it's not working since the condition is being met.
Hey Michele,
Your Trigger to change the state of Hint 2 is "when the timeline starts" . The problem is the timeline has already changed by the time the variables switch to true. A better solution is "when the variable changes. I would build three of these, since you do not know which order the user may hover over the hotspots.
Ron thanks a million for the clever solution. I bet that's it. I'm off to try it. :)
It worked. Yay. Thanks again!!! I guess I was erroneously asking storyline to judge the variablees as true or not right at the beginning. Just really just made my day. Have a great week!!
I'm glad it worked out for you. It is a pretty common issue we see - we even Blogged about it last year - https://www.thearticulatetrainer.com/how-do-i-use-when-variable-changes/
