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Jump to Slide %Variable%
Surely there is a way to do this. I can create a trigger for each state of the variable. But this requires creating a trigger for each variable state on every slide that requires it. It would be muc...
Note: Since Articulate doesn't officially support JavaScript, this could change in the future, but...
Jumping around via variables requires JavaScript. Articulate has exposed the JumpToSlide() method under GetPlayer().
On any given Storyline slide, the built-in variable Slide.Id holds the slide ID. Record the IDs of the slides you want to use and assign them, as needed, to a variable named slideID.
From JavaScript, inside a trigger, fetch the value of slideID from Storyline:
var slideID = GetPlayer().GetVar("slideID");then, jump to your desired slide:
GetPlayer().JumpToSlide(slideID);
This is very helpful. I'll give it a try. Thank you!
Nathan. thanks for your input. But I can't seem to retrieve any built-in variables whatsoever. I can retrieve project variables using GetVar. All built-in variables return NULL values.
var player = GetPlayer();
var anyVariable = player.GetVar("Slide.Id");
alert( anyVariable );The built-in variable for the slide ID is "Slide.Id" that returns NULL. I have tried other built-in variables and all return NULL.
If I use a project variable, it works correctly. Any idea why I can't retrieve built-in variables with JavaScript? I can retrieve those variables slides by typing %Slide.Id%
Thanks
I don't think you can (or I don't know how) in JavaScript. To read or assign a built-in variable, you need to do it via a trigger in Storyline. That's why I suggested creating new variable slideID in SL. Set it equal to Slide.Id in a trigger, or set the value manually. You can also manually set up an array of text values in JavaScript and set it there.
How do you set a project variable equal to the value of a built-in variable?
a hint
GetPlayer().JumpToSlide(slideID);is only available on Review 360 (-> "dark-spider mode")
