Hi all, In Articulate Presenter there is an option to either show or hide the player/navigation menu during the course by clicking a button in the lower right corner. Is this option also available in Storyline? I've been searching for it and can't find it but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong direction. Can somebody help me? Kind regards, Boudewijn

The way I accomplish this is by making the menu button a tab in the Topbar (Left or Right) depending on which side you want the menu. This is done through the player properties. By default the Menu is in the Sidebar: From here simply click on the menu listing to high light: Then click on the up arrow (circled in red) to position the menu tab where you'd like it to reside in the player. View the Player preview on the right to see where the menu tab resides: Now click OK and preview the player. You can toggle the menu on and off. Let me know if this is clear and is what you were after. Lou

Hi Boudwejin! Nope, you're not missing anything The option for the user to show / hide the menu on a per slide basis isn't currently available. It's a popular feature request though. An option that might work for you: instead of your user being able to toggle the menu on or off, you, the author, can control exactly which slides it appears on from your end. Here's how. Hope that helps!

...... Knowing that it's a popular request and easy enough to implement, why, a year later, has it not been implemented?? Or am I now missing something?

Hi Laura! Welcome back! You can remove the menu tab by adjusting the player properties. Here's a quick step-by-step.

Thanks for the answer. I'll have to construct my own navigation panel in this case. Hope the feature will appear in an update soon, would be a handy tool!

Show/Hide the player menu in storyline

ZohCoh
Community Member
9 years ago
Thanks for the quick response, Lou!

That's what I have used as a "Plan B." But I was hoping there was a way to toggle it as a sidebar.
AmyHarry
Community Member
9 years ago
Zo--me too. I would like the menu on the left sidebar, but have the ability to show/hide the panel. Putting the menu on the top is possible if I don't want to show the course title, and I do. I recently discovered that courses look SO much better if you either show the tile or anything such as menus, resources, etc on the top left or right. The player looks more sleek. I just customized a player while only having the course title displayed, When I turned on the menu in the upper right, I was horrified to see that it completely ruined my design. :-( So as distracting as it is, I think I'm going to have to have the left menu show. I tried making a menu button that takes you to a single slide where the menu is enabled, but it widens the course window for the whole course.

Have any coders solved this problem? I don't have coding powers. :(
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
9 years ago
Hi Amy,

I did also want to point out here the information in regards to how the course player elements will impact the overall story size and if you add an element such as the menu to just appear on one slide it'll impact the overall course player padding.
AmyHarry
Community Member
9 years ago
Yes--I figured that out when I tried to enable the menu on just one slide. :-\
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
8 years ago
Hey Patty!

Glad that this post was able to assist you :) Thanks for chiming in to share and welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
LauraNunes
Community Member
6 years ago
Hello, I am checking back in 2 years later. Would you be able to let me know if this has been updated since? I would really love for my learners to be able to hide the menu/transcript tab if they do not need it. Thanks!
KirkHine-ec577d
Community Member
5 years ago
I found system variables that permit you to use the built-in page numbering. Check out this discussion thread.
e-learningAcade
Community Member
4 years ago
Hi, I'm doubting of this conclusion is correct in AS360:

- or the author picks the modern player where a user can choose to hide/see the menu in the side bar, but where as author you can only choose between a dark or light color scheme for the player

- or the author picks the classic player where a user cannot choose to hide/see, but the author can create as many color schemes as he/she likes for the player