Making markers automatically show

If only, it is currently not possible trigger a marker opole you could build your own to approximate this

What is it that you are trying to highlight?  You can't have a marker automatically open without clicking because that's its purpose - to make it interactive.  You may want to consider using something else - like a text box, slightly transparent highlighting object, caption, layer, etc. - that suits your purpose.

You cannot open a market automatically via a trigger now, but there is no reason why this should always be the case. I have on a number of occasions had a need for this. Also in engage it is possible to have a barker automatically open. 

One example I had had markers to explain questions Taft on certain occasion they had to read the information. Triggering a market would have been ideal here. I think this is a reasonable request. 

But I still don't understand why you can't do that in another way.  Isn't the point of an interactive object to interact with it?  If it's passive and opens automatically according to the timeline, it's no longer a marker/interactive object. 

It was an aesthetic thing in this case.  I have a picture, and I wanted to have a closeup image of a piece of the picture appear.  I don't mind having the user click it themselves to view it, but it would have looked nicer to have the smooth movement of the marker popping out on its own.

My point, I think is that we could do with some more flexibility and functionality in markers.

There is no reason why we should not be able to remotely trigger a marker, a good example would be to show one open to show users how they work.

Markers defy al lot of what is normal behaviour in storyline, you cannot add image fills, you cannot drag and drop them (this would be great IMHO)

The argument that they are interactive and then should not be triggered doesnt really cut it I am afraid.  Yes you can do it another way but why should we, markers have better animation than I can do without using flash or another tool.

Agreed 100%.

In Articulate Engage, the introduction marker (i think that is what it is called) opens automatically so there is already a precedent for this type of behaviour. I would love to have the ability to control whether a marker opens automatically or not. I can think of a ton of uses for this.

Sorry I was having trouble wrapping my brain around this.  I've had to do completely interactive modules for the last month, and my brain must be stuck on it...

I could see an introductory course on the skeletal system with markers that would open while the narrator discusses different bones. Makes sense.

Hi Ashley,

I'm a big proponent of creating something from scratch if Storyline's built-in functionality doesn't cut it.

Here is a file where I created several different ways to show a zoomed in shot.  I got the animated gifs from here: http://ajaxload.info/

I have no idea whether any of these ideas will work for you, but maybe it will inspire some ideas.  Hope it helps!

Jill