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Moving group in timeline makes group longer
When I move a group of items in the timeline, rather than the group moving, it gets longer...literally shoots off to the right. To be clear, by "group" I mean 2 or more items which have been grouped...
Hi JohnJohnson-6a8,
Thanks for reaching out!
That behavior sounds odd, and I'm happy to help troubleshoot.
I've recorded a brief demo showing how I moved a group on the timeline. I'm not experiencing the issue you described. Are you following the same steps as me? If so, have you tried importing your slides into a new Storyline project or ungrouping and regrouping the objects?
If you can share your file or a screen recording of what you're seeing, that may help us narrow down the issue! Please feel free to upload those here or privately in a support case.
Kelly;
I move groups and single items the way your video shows...same as in any other software I use with a timeline: click and drag. However, upon "click," groups grow toward the right as though something was dragging the right of the group rightward. This is new behavior.
Hi JohnJohnson-6a8,
Thanks for following up on this!
Does this happen with multiple files or just one? If it's multiple files, I would suggest following these steps to solve unexpected or erratic behavior. If the issue is specific to one file, I'd like to take a closer look at your course to help narrow down the issue.
Kelly;
This is the first time this issue has happened for me. Right when it happened, I checked what I was doing, tried on other Groups (it didn't happen with all "Groups"), saw nothing obviously wrong. Rebooted.
The problem happened again after rebooting. I decided to work on other aspects of the project while waiting for an answer. When I came into work this morning and re-opened the project, that problem didn't happen at all.
If it occurs again, I'll try to capture a video of the behavior with Snag-It. I am unable to share the project for legal reasons.
Thank you for the suggestions, including the steps to check, which I will do now.
Cheers!
Hi JohnJohnson-6a8,
Thanks so much for following up with my colleague, Kelly. I'm glad to know that things are working as expected on your end! Please feel free to reach out in the future if you're experiencing this behavior with grouping in your project or have any other questions. We're happy to help!
Have a great start to 2025!
