Forum Discussion
More bullets and numbers
Hi there! You've got some interesting ideas, and I'm curious to know more. Let's tackle these one at a time:
Numbered Lists
Are you looking to add a numbered list to a tabs interaction that looks like the Numbered List block type, shown below?
Although the formatting is a bit different, you can add numbering to a Rise Tabs interaction by simply highlighting the text and clicking the Ordered List button. Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
Buttons
There isn't an option to add buttons inside a Tabs interaction, but I can see how that might be handy. Can you tell me more about how you would use them? What would you link to the buttons--another Rise lesson, a resource, or something else?
1. Yes, we want the numbered list specifically. We know you can create a different numbered list by highlighting the text, but we prefer the look of the actual numbered list element, as it emphasizes important information.
There are other components we'd love to incorporate within tabs, like buttons, in order to provide additional reference material for each tab panel.
We have found that tabs lend themselves to lessons where we want to compare things, such as when we show users how to look up the same information using several different methods. Users can quickly go back and forth between methods in order to compare them. Because we're trying to keep these lessons small, we like to provide additional materials outside the course, such as videos, online help pages, etc., that the user can go to if they need more help. We don't want to inundate them with information they may not need, hence, buttons would be useful there. Yes, we know we can have a regular link, but again, the visual impact is not the same and it's nice to be able to name and describe the button so people really understand why they might want to click on something.
We would also want to use buttons to link to other lessons within the course. Tabs are an extremely useful way to separate similar ideas, so we're looking to use them to the best of our ability.