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BobBondurant
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14 years ago

Setting focus to text entry box in Storyline

Hi.  I think I know the answer to this, but I need to ask to make sure.  I'm updating a simulation of a mainframe data system, originally recorded in Captivate six years ago.  To correctly mimic the...
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DavidSwenson
Community Member
12 years ago

Tomer Rotem said:

Hi Jonathan,

I am not sure i got you right

Do you want that the text box marker will blink automatically? If so, locating the text box at the bottom of your time line by itself won't help you to achive what you want.

You need to open a new layout in your MASTER SLIDE and  insert the background image over there.

Then you need to select this new layout for your slide and  then when you will locate the text box at the bottom of the time line  the text box will blink as in CLI modes..

if you can share a screen shot it will be easier to better understand your needs.

All the best


This is the ONLY way I could get the cursor to automatically show up in the text entry field as the slide began - put the background on a slide master, and start with the text entry field as the only element on the slide.  I added a trigger to the next slide as the tab key.  I duplicated the first slide, move the text entry field to the next blank on the form, and added a text box to show the first form field as filled in.  The *master slide* for showing the form did the trick for me.