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Print list of triggers
Hello,
I have a bug with my triggers, but there are so many I would like to know if it is possible to print my triggers (and only them), to go through on the paper and not on my screen. I mean it could be easier to look for my mistake on paper.
If you know how to do it, thank you very much !
- SimonPerkinsCommunity Member
Hmm, I don't think there's a native way to do this. Can't even recall it being mentioned before but am probably wrong. I think a print option or some kind of export (into CSV maybe) would be pretty handy for debugging and similar. I'm off to make a feature request ...
- SimonPerkinsCommunity Member
Thinking about it, managing conditions in an export might be pretty tricky ...
- PeterAndersonFormer Staff
Thanks for the feature requests, guys! Would love to see this implemented.
- JonathanBaconCommunity Member
I assume in the past year there's been no progress in creating a feature to print the code for multiple triggers? I have slides that should behave the same yet they don't (the triggers should increment variables and then changing a hidden object/image to the normal state when the variable hits a specific value). The triggers work on 7 out of 10 slides but not the others and I cannot figure out why without printing the triggers and comparing side by side. All the slides where generated from a master slide, so there's no reason they shouldn't all behave properly, except that maybe I've accidentally junked up the code. Opening one slide, checking its triggers and then opening another doesn't work. Any progress on a print feature from the trigger code?
- JonathanBaconCommunity Member
Okay, sometimes after a post and time to reflect I think of my own solution. There's a free product from TechSmith called Jing (just Google it). I was able to expand the Triggers window and do a couple of screen captures (see attached) to give me a hardcopy of the code. Before I did that (in this particular case) I duplicated a slide that worked as needed and modified it to replace the defective slide. Still don't know what happened, but a work-around saved me some time.
- SebastienGreffeCommunity Member
Hello Jonathan,
your idea is a good one but if your trigger has some conditions you can't see them fully. The solution would really allow to see the full triggers.
Hi Jonathan,
The ability to print your trigger's is not something in Storyline yet, and I don't have any information on if/when it would be included but you're welcome to share this scenario for the why you would like to see it which may help our Development team have a better handle on what you'd like to do and why.
It sounds like you were able to resolve the slides causing the trouble, and it makes me wonder if you've confirmed all the following which could cause odd Storyline behavior:
- Work on your local drive (your C: drive).Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, includingfile corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior.
- You should also make sure the directory pathto your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters(for example C:\Articulate).
- Avoid using special characters, accents orsymbols in your file names.
- EmilyAllen-9f4bCommunity Member
I would love to be able to print the triggers and variables as a publish option. I work in a corporate training environment, so one person doesn't always work on the same projects when they are updated. I would love to be able to print the slide objects/layers, notes, and triggers/variables to be able to explain the purpose of the triggers and how they work together. This would help us as we archive documents and to help the next person who picks up the project. In JavaScript and HTML, we can add notes alongside the code, but in Storyline I don't know of a way to do that.
Hi Emily,
There isn't a way to print out the trigger panel, but it's a great idea to share in the form of a feature request!
- YakovZhurinskiyCommunity Member
Hi Ashley,
Still no news about the option for printing the trigger lists? Would come in handy.