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Keeping layers visible?
Hi there! I'm new to Storyline and being launched into it headfirst for some serious projects. I feel like I'm picking things up pretty quickly, but I'm facing an issue I don't know how to conquer.
There's a table on one slide and users need to click cells in the table. When they click certain cells, a check mark should appear. I've gotten the check marks all set up, one per layer. My problem is I need them to stay put once they are selected. If I click another cell, the new check mark appears, and the previously selected one disappears. How can I make it so the layers stay put after they are clicked?
Many thanks in advance!
Shelby
Hi Shelby, and welcome to the Heroes community!
What you're experiencing is slide layers hiding one another. To have them all stay visible, go to the layer properties for each layer (the little gear icon) and uncheck Hide other Slide layers. Do this for each layer, and they'll all stay put!
Mike
Hi, I've already done this and the layers keep disappearing when passing from one to the other. I'd appreciate any help possible.
Hi RefugeeDepartme,
It would be easier for the community to help out if we could examine your project file to see how your layers are currently set up. Would you be willing to share a copy of your project file here or privately by opening a support case so we can check? We'll delete it when we're done testing!
If I'm not mistaken, the effect you're going for might be better achieved with states rather than layers. There are easy-to-use settings for a Visited state that sounds like exactly what you're trying to build with layers. Here's a quick tutorial on how to use states:
http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/adding-and-editing-states.aspx
Hope that helps!
I was having the same issue and this is exactly what I needed...thank you!!
You guys are immensely helpful. Thank you so much!
Sarah, this is exactly the sort of thing I needed.
Hi there, Shelby. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
If the check marks are being displayed on layers, it's possible they're being hidden when the next layer is opened.
To change this option, click on the cogwheel icon in the layers panel, this will open the "Slide Layer Properties". Try disabling the option to "Hide other slide layers":
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
Wow, everyone jumped on this
Good luck with your project, Shelby!
Thanks very much to everyone. Mike and Christine, I used your solution on the layers I had already painstakingly built. Sarah, I used your advice going forward for the rest of my content. You're awesome.
Hi! I have a follow-up question to this one. Same slide, different issue. My client would like it so the user cannot advance to the next slide until every correct cell in the table has been clicked. I am trying to figure out a way to make the Next button disabled until such time as the activity has been completed. Any ideas? I thought of maybe associating a state change with the clicking of the last cell in the table, but there's no guarantee that they won't click that cell at any point, not just at the end.
Shelby,
This is where evaluating states comes in handy!
Basically, you set up a trigger that says jump to next slide if the state of X and the state of Y and the state of Z are all (your criteria here). To give the learner a visual hint, I'd set up another layer that is fired if they hit the next button, but the states do not match your criteria.
I've attached an example...
Mike
Glad to see that this post was able to assist you as well Terry.
