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I also use a transparent shape to cover up videos on a slide, so the video can't be inadvertently clicked. This is when the video controls are set to Show none.
FYI: Putting a transparent shape over a video (or other interactive object) does prevent it from being clicked with a mouse. It doesn't prevent someone from accessing the object with a keyboard, though.
That probably doesn't matter much with a video, since clicking/selecting it just toggles between pause and play. But that would have a bigger impact if one needs to prevent clicking/selecting a button.
Thanks, Judy. It's not a perfect solution. Do you have any suggestions for an alternate solution?
For a video, I' might keep the transparent shape to prevent clicking but still let keyboard users pause/play if they want. That might only be an issue if there's a "timeline ends" trigger, because the timeline could end before the media ends. The solution to that is to change to "when media ends" triggers, as needed.
I used to use transparent shapes over buttons—in the days before we all started focusing more on accessibility.
Nowadays, if a button shouldn't be clickable at a given point, one can temporarily change its state to Disabled or Hidden.
Or, if the user is on a layer and the button is on the base, change the Slide Layer Properties to prevent the user from clicking/selecting it.
- I think this option works best if the layer also dims the base. Or, at least, if there's something visual that makes the button look unclickable. Because I know I hate it when a button doesn't change its appearance, but suddenly I can't click it.