Replay Button on Seekbar Not Working

Hi Shel!

In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the far right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning. The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. See this article for details.

Hi Michael,

The same setup exists in Storyline 360 (and Storyline 3) where:

In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning.

The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. There are three options to choose from:

Automatically decide: This is the default option, and it means Storyline will decide automatically whether to rewind the slide or not. Here's the logic: If the slide contains just simple objects and audio but no interactivity, Storyline will rewind the slide to the beginning of the slide’s timeline. However, if the slide contains any interactive elements, such as buttons or any other object that includes a visited/selected state, Storyline won't rewind the slide.
Resume saved state: This option will always prevent the slide from rewinding.
Reset to initial state: This option will always force the slide to rewind.
To change the “When revisiting” property for slides in your course, see this user guide.

If you'd prefer to simply remove the Rewind button, you can do that, too. Bear in mind that removing the Rewind button will also remove the seekbar.

For an Individual Slide
To remove the seekbar and Rewind button from a single slide, uncheck the Seekbar box in the slide properties.

For the Entire Course
To remove the seekbar and Rewind button from the entire course, uncheck the Seekbar box in Player > Features.

This seems to be a feature/issue that should be resolved in the software and not addressed by workarounds. It's a Rewind button. It should work like a Rewind button found in any other UI learners and developers are accustomed to interacting with. Maybe it's matter of making this the normal behavior as a default and adding controls to allow a developer to alter if necessary but not required to create familiar, and well designed from a usability standpoint, learning experiences. Additionally, I would highly suggest the seek bar and rewind button be unlinked in terms of showing or not showing controls. Although related functions, these should be available independent of each other in the controls. 

Hey Jason, I appreciate your feedback on the player Rewind button. Our product team is always keen to hear about customer needs and ideas, so I can certainly pass along your suggestion. And feel free to share any other ideas you have here: Feature Request Form.

I agree with Jason. The button needs to work in the player as designed and rewind the slide. @Alyssa do I need to submit a feature request also? 

Thank you, 

--Jes

Hi Jessica! Thanks for adding your voice! We've got our eye on this discussion to keep a pulse on the popularity of this request, so I've added your vote to our report. 

I'm with Jason and Jessica and dealing with this issue now as well. The rewind/replay button should be independent of BOTH the seekbar and the "when revisiting" setting. This causes some significant workaround needs. 

Can we customize the replay button - instead of the icon can it be a text reading "Replay"?

I too would like a replay button independent from the seek bar and matching the Previous-Next buttons :)

Thanks, Lyn, Apoorv, and Philippe, for adding your voice here!