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JackRaouzeos
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7 days ago
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Layers not changing with Button Interaction

Hello, I've set up a Base Layer consisting of multiple buttons. When a learner clicks a button, I would like different layer to be displayed. That's the theory anyway. Unfortunately, it's not worki...
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  • CarlFink1's avatar
    CarlFink1
    6 days ago

    Maybe I'm missing something, but the screen capture doesn't show you ever hiding the layers above the base. That is, if you click one button and show the Case Officer layer, it just stays on top of the base layer forever. Should you maybe hide Case Officer when someone clicks on Digital Forensics?

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JudyNollet
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6 days ago

JackRaouzeos​: You wrote this in an earlier reply to Carl's "solution":

You mention "buttons in each layer." 

All of the unique layer content appears in an area below the buttons on the slide. Therefore, you only need buttons on the base.

  • The buttons should not be duplicated on the layers. That just complicates the programming and the accessibility. 

 

If the Visibility in all the Slide Layer Properties are set to Hide other slide layers (as I mentioned previously), you don't need any hide-layer triggers. When the user clicks a button to open another layer, the current layer will automatically close. 

As AshleyChiasson​ said, the buttons on the base could be in a button set if you want only one to appear Selected at a time. And you don't need any triggers for changing to that state. That functionality is built it. (You can find details about built-in states here.)