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Problem adding more hyperlinks to a text box
I have a text box containing text with several links. In effect each line or bullet takes you to a different link.
So far so good. But I now want to add another link to the list between two existi...
I tried the hotspot workaround and it doesn't work. The marker always blocks the hotspot, regardless of z order in the timeline (hotspot sitting on top of the marker). I tested this by making a large hotspot, bigger than the popup text label, and the hotspot is only accessible outside the label. Just an FYI, in case anyone is going to try the hotspot method. It doesn't work. :(
I found a workaround that mimics the marker almost exactly, but which allows multiple hyperlinks and doesn't involve slide layers and many triggers. These were my steps:
- I inserted a button with no fill and no line, chose an icon that looks like the marker I wanted, set the color of the icon. These formatting changes recreated the appearance of a marker.
- Next, I added a text caption, formatted exactly like the marker label I initially wanted, with my reference text included, to the Hover state of the new button. I then inserted a close button (insert shape > "x") in the top right corner of the caption, so I could program it to "close" the popup when clicked. I grouped the caption + the "X" together, applied a wipe entrance animation to the group, and copied the group to the Down and Visited states as well. Note, the label is not in the Normal state. Initial state is set to Normal. This will mimic the functionality of the marker, as the label only appears in hover, down, and visited states. I applied no triggers to the button, and only used it to borrow its built-in multiple states and icon styling options which are identical to the markers.
- Next, I added hotspots to the slide approximately where the label text would appear. Here's where I used multiple hotspots next to each other as a workaround for the singular hyperlink limitation of markers. I added another hotspot over the "X". I had to preview the slide and nudge the positioning of the hotspots because it's a blind guess. '
- Triggers:
- Hotspot over the "X" - Add a trigger to change the state of the button to normal when the user clicks the hotspot. This gives the appearance of closing the label.
- Hotspots over the other "hyperlink" text as appropriate, which for my project was opening URLs.