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I saw an email about using sliders and progress indicators and thought it would be great to add that to one of my courses. I have the progress graphic with 7 states. The problem I have is that I h...
@Judy Nollet - please elaborate on the statement below. this is exactly the problem we had trying to use a custom progress bar - when someone goes backward using previous button, it did not recognize that they have a higher percentage of progress and reverted backwards. if this is a condition of the counting variable, I would like more detail. thank you for sharing.
Be sure the counting variable is not adjusted if the user repeats a given item.
You need to use variables and trigger conditions to avoid adding to the progress-count variable (let's call it "Progress") when a user repeats a given item.
For example, suppose you want to add 1 to the Progress variable when the user clicks a certain button—but only the first time they click it.
- Create a T/F variable (let's call it "doneItem1") to track whether or not the user clicked the button. This variable's default value should be False.
- In the trigger that adds 1 to Progress when the button is clicked, add a condition so it only runs if doneItem1 = False.
- After that trigger, add a trigger that adjusts doneItem1 to True when the button is clicked. That will prevent the previous trigger from running the next time the user clicks the button. Thus, the Progress variable will not be changed.
If you need more info about conditions and variables, you can find it in these User Guide articles:
Thank you so much for your reply. I will go take try to implement this, and test it, and view the resources you suggested.
Appreciate your prompt reply and information!
-Cheryl Powers
