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Slide Layer Order
Hi
I think that I have had this issue before and never got to the bottom of it.
I have created a bespoke menu in slide master.
there is a closed menu on one layer and an open menu on the other. I need the open men to open under the closed menu (which it was doing) but now, for no reason it has decided to open over the top of the closed layer, I've not changed the order or anything.
The layers appear to be in the correct order, although I have swapped them over to no avail.
Anyone else experienced this? How did you fix it?
Layers will open in the order you call them and then layer over the top of previous layers. If a layer is open and you call it its position will not change.
You could add triggers to hide the layer before you call it to ensure it is in the right place.Okay, so I have the master slide with an instruction to open the "closed menu Layer" and you click on the menu item and it expands the menu by opening the "open menu layer" .
I need the "open menu layer" to open behind the "closed menu layer" in order to give the appearance that it is sliding out from behind the "closed menu layer" it currently isnt. It is opening over the top which looks a bit rubbish.
How can I fix this? (I hope it makes sense)
Never paid much attention to the stacking order They are targeting assured visibility, but its not much help when trying to do custom effects. Try using the trigger approach Phil mentioned by just placing this trigger:
Show Closed Menu When timeline starts on this layer
at the top of the Open Menu layer's trigger list. That way, the closed menu will always display above the open menu when it gets opened.
Can you have triggers in this order
Hide closed menu
Show open menu
Show closed menu
Sorry, struggling to follow here. I have the collapsed menu on one layer and a menu button so when the user clicks the menu button the fill menu "Flies in" from the left giving the appearance of the menu opening, only it opens over the top of the collapsed menu not under it. This is the trigger I am using.
Have a look at this. Not sure exactly how you designed your menu, but this is an example of the layering.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/bc668f01-69fa-4d65-abf6-e1cf231be983/review
