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Limit to number of button actions?
Hi Smart Storyline folk.
I built this ridiculously complicated slide with 32 buttons that trigger a state change to show definitions for a bunch of regulations but they seem to get stuck after cli...
Your issue stems from the definitions position in the timeline. The EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT (REG CC) Definition is at the top in the timeline with other definitions below it. As a result, it masks the other state changes happening behind it. Think of the order in the timeline (top to bottom) as a stack of objects of equal size. You can only see the top one.
I can think of two feasible solutions:
Create new states of the Directions text box equal to the Definition. Have the state of the Directions text box change state to match the button clicked. It would work within your existing layer.
The second option is to have the Federal Regulation link to a new page. Then you can use layers to show the definition equal to the button clicked.
See attached. I did three examples of state changes for the directions text box. They are highlighted with a red arrow. I did the first 5 (Left column, top down) examples of using layers.
Close but no cigar!
Garth, I implemented your put it on another slide idea but kept it with the changing states as you and and Judy suggested. I also fiddled with the directions and put them on a separate layer to try to clear that up.
BUT!!!! Nothing is showing in the changing text box where the definition is supposed to show. My triggers appear to look just like yours. Changing text box is at the top of the timeline so nothing is blocking it. Can anyone see what I've missed in the fix?
This is getting uglier and uglier. I'm open for suggestions of a way to display these 32 regs that isn't so cluttered if anyone has some insights.
Thanks!!
