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Layer always on top
Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone can shed some light onto this dilemma I am having.
I am looking to create a layer that is always on top (of everything). I've looked at the settings but am unable to locate anything currently.
Is this possible? For example a logo that could be on top of all screens including feedback screens for quizes etc? I don't want to include the menu or standard logo position so was hoping there was a way around this.
Bearing in mind the course might be 50 screens long, so any reduction in actions would be best.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards
Al
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Thanks Mohamed, for sharing that here.
I know a few other folks have shared similar thoughts on how layers should behave, and it's certainly something we can consider as a feature request! I'll submit one on your behalf, and you can always share yours with us right here. 😁
I second that request. It would be an amazing feature. It would be especially helpful when creating our own navigation menu.
Pssst, Every HTML5 authoring tool (including another elearning tool called L.I.) has an object-level option "always show on top". This technically changes the z-index of the object to always have the highest value. This is a pretty basic feature of visual editing across platforms going all the way back and it should be included. Submitted long ago as a feature request.
Strongly agree @Patrick! A simple checkmark on slide level to "always show Master Layer objects on Top" should be included. SL could "borrow" this feature from many other authoring tools like CP for example.
Hi, I have the same issue as Mohamed. We have a custom navigation layer, which can be triggered by a button the slide. The slide with issue contains a slideshow of images (each image on its own layer, which changes to the next image layer when the timeline ends). The problem is when the user opens the menu it disappears after a few seconds when the trigger for the slideshow moves to the next image, this layer is shown on top of the menu. Agree there needs to be more support for z-index/ always on top functionality.
My only solution to get the slideshow effect at the moment is to put all the images on the base layer, in one object with states. Then, use triggers to change the state of the image when the timeline reaches a cuepoint. Not ideal as we can't add transitions this way, and I don't know of anyway to get the slideshow to loop back to the start when it reaches the last cue point this way, which is the effect we were able to achieve when using layers.
Would really appreciate a better solution for 'Always on top'.
Cheers
Ross
Thanks for reaching out and sharing your thoughts and use-case with us.
I've submitted a feature request on your behalf.
Yes please implement this feature - so that layer can be shown on top even if other layers are called (and they will be opened "behind" the top layer, even without a master slide. Just to be able to create a set of layers, so that one of them will always be the top layer if shown (and the res do not hide it when called)
Thanks Leslie.
Hi Irina,
Thanks for chiming in! I appreciate the added insight, and I'll be sure to include your voice to the report and pop back in here to let everyone know when any progress is made.
Add my voice to this request as well.
Include me on this as well. An "always on top" or "global top" layer within the Master Slide would be fantastic.
It would be great if not only on Master Slide - but on any slide one could decide to have the layer on top priority to set for any layer.
Has there been any progress on this feature, I am running into all sorts of limitations with my design because I need to work around this obstacle.
Thank you CommunityHi Wilmari...
I found the solution that Nancy Woinoski provided many years ago to work well for me:
...if you really want to item to sit on top of the content, you can add a layer to your slide master and place the logo or whatever on the layer. Then on the slide master page (not the layer ) add a trigger that says show layer when the timeline starts.
Any object that you have on the layer will appear on top of the content on your slides.
Thank you Marge
I was able to do that, but there are a few slides in the scene that does not accept this trigger and the item on the top layer in slide master is hidden.The logo, for example, will show on slide 1 and 2, be missing on slide 3 and then appear on slide 4 again.
Do you know of anything that might cause this?
Have you checked to see if slide 3 might be linked to a different master slide than slides 1, 2, and 4?
