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Not Getting a Hand on Hotspot Hover
Hi Heather,
Excellent point! I'm happy to chime in with some insights into the hover behavior of hotspots.
Changing the mouse cursor to a hand when hovering over a hotspot is meant to alert the learner that there's an interaction available. Depending on the trigger setup, the interaction can be activated by clicking or hovering over the hotspot. If the hotspot is not interactive due to the absence of a related trigger, the "Hand cursor over hover" setting does not apply.
Turning off the "Hand cursor over hover" option is also available if the hotspot is part of a quiz and you don't want to give away the location of a possible answer.
Please feel free to reach out if you have additional concerns.
Hello!
I understand the function of the hand cursor - to notify users something's interactive - and how turning it off would "hide" the interactivity from users. That's why I turned it on; I want users to know something's interactive and click it.
What I don't understand is what the trigger setup would be and why I would need to take the additional step to make a trigger when the right-click menu communicates that the interactivity notification mechanism is already there - cursor changes to a hand.
If I want the cursor to change to a hand so users know something's interactive, I select that option in the right-click menu. If I don't, I don't select it.
I truly don't understand the extra step, not only in what the trigger would be but, from a user standpoint, why I'd even have to do it. I'm not trying to be dense; I just don't get it. If I select "Hand cursor on hover" I'd expect that to just happen without me making a trigger because that's what the toggle says.
Thanks for anymore insight!