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Storyline: Button on a pop2
I am editing a .story that I did not create. There is a rather complicated 2 minute scene with 3 layers in addition to the base layer. One of the resources that the end-user would click on (pop2), is now two pages. What is the most efficient way to have two images in one popup? I tried adding buttons to take you to the next image within the layer, but it didn't work. So now it takes you two the one image for 5 second, and then the 2nd image for 5 seconds. The button (Button 2), closes the layer entirely, it does not take you back to the first image. What is the least complicated way to let people see the two pages worth of resources if they want to?
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As I understand it, the original "pop2" layer displayed 1 image. Now it needs to display 2 images but not at the same time.
I suggest you simply put the additional image on a new layer (e.g., "pop2alt"). Include buttons to navigate between "pop2" and "pop2alt."
Beyond that, it's hard to offer suggestions without seeing the slide. Here are the best practices for uploading a Storyline file:
- Only include slides that are related to the problem.
- Be sure objects, layers, motion paths, and variables have meaningful names.
- If there is proprietary content, replace or delete it. For example, replace proprietary text with “ipsum lorem” text.
Calling it a popup may confuse developers since it's more literally just a layer. If your layer is closing when you don't want it to, its properties likely need to be changed. The cog in the bottom-right of the screenshot you shared will show the properties of your currently selected layer. It sounds as though this slide's layer properties are hiding it when you don't want it to.
I confess I don't understand why the layer's timeline is being used to change images. Is the expectation that learners will have read the entire image before being forced to the next image? Best practice is to let users control the flow of material they're expected to read. Can I recommend some simple triggers to change the states of images to Hidden and Default? One image can begin the layer Hidden and the other image visible, and then when someone clicks a button, the Hidden one is made visible and the visible one is made Hidden.
