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PaulWijnen-5c1c
Community Member
3 years ago

Start a Drag & Drop question with one or more objects already on a drop target

Hi all, Does anyone know if it is possible to start a Drag & Drop with one or more objects already on a drop target. If I do this manually and start the Drag & Drop question, the object that I p...
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WaltHamilton's avatar
WaltHamilton
Super Hero
3 years ago

D & D does not consider the position of an object until the mouse grabs it. That includes dropping another item on it.

A couple of options you might try: Post instructions telling when and where to drag that item, as shown in slide 1 in the attached sample. A second option shown in slide 2. It appears to be what you are asking, but has a lot of issues. Adding more objects will require a lot of triggers, and it doesn't run the answer through the normal submit process. But who knows, it may give you some ideas.

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    PaulWijnen-5c1c
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Thanks Walt,

    This solved my problem for the most part I think.

    I was able to use motion paths in combination with triggers to manually create a drag and drop exercise that already has an item dropped on the target, but I still need to test with multiple drop targets. I think that will require a new set of motion paths AND triggers for all drag items!

    UPDATE: multiple targets also works. See attachments.

    It would still be nice if Articulate could built-in some options for this, because the amount of motion paths and triggers is adding up!

    Regards,

    Paul