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Storyline 360 Restricted Next behavior (sanity check)
Hey TedNunes,
Happy to jump in here.
I can confirm that EricSchaffer-d1 is correct. This functionality has been present in Storyline for a while. Restricted Navigation handles it all natively.
- 'Next' auto-disables on first visit, re-enables at the end of the Timeline, and stays enabled on any revisit.
The reason you needed the extra 'disable' Trigger with unrestricted navigation is that it doesn't have any of that built-in logic, so you had to manage both ends yourself. Adding any change-state Trigger targeting 'Next' signals to Storyline that you're managing the button state manually, so it overrides the auto-enable behavior and defers to your Triggers instead.
One of our Storyline gurus (JudyNollet) shared an excellent breakdown of all the ways to control the 'Next' button if you'd like to go deeper:
Please let us know if you have any more questions!
Well, this is an improvement, BUT... I just discovered that after the timeline reaches the end (and NEXT remains disabled), if I click Play again, NEXT will immediately enable and a user could skip the interaction. Is this an oversight or is there a reasoning behind that behavior?
That strikes me as very normal behavior. Many eLearning courses I've taken require you to see an entire video, or complete every interaction a page once. If I've already watched the video, I have the option of reviewing it, but there's no actual reason to lock me on the page if I only wanted to repeat the first minute, then go on. I've seen it already.