Making markers automatically show

I just stumbled on the solution to this issue by accident. I had a marker that was opening automatically and I didn't want that. I'm posting the solution here and in a few other identical threads in case anyone still needs it. If the marker is the first object in the focus order for a slide or slide layer, it opens automatically.

Hi Cath! When you think of those thing, you can submit them as a feature request

Having the ability to open the marker automatically on a trigger would be a great additional feature.  I am using markers to provide instruction steps - whilst the majority need to be clicked there are some additional interactions ( hotspots) I have included where I want the marker to open automatically.  I can add these as screen shots but not as nice (they don't open/close the same way so obvious it is different). 

This training will be ipad accessible so cannot use Engage for this.

Would love to see this functionality/trigger option added if possible. 

Forum is so handy to get the answers you need. 

Thanks

Cath. 

Hi,

Continuing the conversation re: Markers automatically opening.

I can see some use for example, if you have introduction text that you'd like the user to see before they need to click other markers to get more information. I found Engage interactions do have this function and the users of our eLearning system have got used to that.

I could create a simple text box but this looks different from the markers - and as the introduction text is still linked to the other markers it would be nice to have it with the same look to create uniformity.

Just my thoughts on the subject

Oh, hello Zoom Region button that I never noticed before!  You do exactly what I wanted

Thank you all for your help and advice

I'm working on getting better at building things myself. I can't tell you how fun that's been transferring projects from Engage to Storyline :|

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

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.

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.