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Replay Button on Seekbar Not Working
Hi. A client has come back to me to note that the replay button on the right side of the seekbar doesn't work. I've checked it on both the Flash and HTML5 versions. I also can't find any triggers that specify the replay button, when pushed, should replay the audio for the slide. Can you help?
- JamesWootenCommunity Member
I've wanted this for so long and put a feature request in years ago. I'd love for rewind/replay to automatically start the slide over as if never visited but what I really NEED is to unhook the rewind/replay button choice from the seekbar. I'd wondered but some of my students got very honest with me and told me flat out that they tend to watch the seekbar a lot instead of the slide!!!! Argh. It really stand out now in the modern player with the red moving line against the black. Even distracts me. But kudos on the changes to the trigger wizard - saves so much time!
- JoeHauglieCommunity Member
+1 (to the now five pages of user requests for what should have been resolved a very long time ago).
We simply need a "rewind/replay slide" button or trigger action that we can link to a button we create ourselves.
Please!
- DanielleWach163Community Member
Hi! We seem to still be having this issue. It seems like some clarity around the "automatically decide" option should be identified within Storyline if that option is NOT going to rewind a slide with an interactive feature.
Hi Danielle!
Great question!
Automatically Decide is the default option. Storyline will decide whether to resume the slide or reset it based on the objects it contains. Here's the logic:
- If the slide has only simple objects—text, images, audio, video, etc—but no interactivity, Storyline resets the slide to the beginning of its timeline.
- If the slide contains interactive elements, such as buttons or other objects that have a visited/selected state, Storyline resumes the slide where it left off previously.
Please let me know if you have additional questions!
- AutumnMarschallCommunity Member
Please add my vote. People need to have the option of replaying the slide again if they need to re-listen to the audio, or whatever.
- JordanRotondoCommunity Member
Hey guys, any update on this? I see it's been two years since this was brought up and I am currently experiencing the same issue.
- JessicaHendersoCommunity Member
Has this issue been resolved? I am using the platform to create content for high school students, so I do not want to allow them to just freely use the seekbar to skip to the end of a slide. However, if they've already completed the slide but need to go back to the previous one, I don't want them to have to listen to the audio all over again. So, they need to be able to go back to the resumed state, but have the option to replay the audio if they would like.
- DavidCleverdonCommunity Member
I would like to add my vote too. The replay functionality shouldn't be tied to the revisit state on a slide, it just doesn't make any sense. I also agree that it should be independent from the other player controls, so that I could enable or disable it and still keep the seekbar and all its functionality (and the ability to play/pause).
To use an example, sometimes the curriculum I work with can be on the lengthier side, and if I want the learner to be able navigate backward to review anything and give them control over doing so (without having to hear the entirety of a slide from the beginning each time), they're stuck with a Replay button in the player that doesn't work and cannot be removed. It leads to confusion and frustration. Essentially, they can have one QoL improvement or the other (not both).
I die a little bit on the inside every time I have to explain this to superiors/clients/learners because, from my perspective, there isn't a single logical reason why it should be set up this way.
- ChaMantaring-5bCommunity Member
Has this been resolved? We are also trying to enable the rewind button when the revisiting option is set to resume to saved state. We are using 360.
Thanks in advance!
- GraceOCommunity Member
So here's a full list of people who reported their frustration with this problem. It's been years and still doesn't work as it should. Really disappointing.
- Jean-Christo203Community Member
The issue is that we don't have a "Replay" trigger, and everything is tied to the slide's state.
Logically speaking, a Replay button should replay the slide regardless of whether you want to "reset the initial state" or "keep the saved state".
It's like how the Next trigger automatically follows the slides' order, while the Previous trigger follows the last visited slide, and not in the order. There's no logic...