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Storyline360 - Text Entry
I am having an issue, I am using a text entry field on a slide, having the user input the necessary wording to progress. Once they have done that and pressed enter it takes them to the next slide which has a NEW text entry field but it carries over the text from the last slide and different text entry into this new one... Is there a obvious way to prevent this that I am missing?
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That definitely is not how it should behave. Are you able to share the file? If you feel like you have created it correctly and still have the issue, you may want to submit a case - https://access.articulate.com/support/contact/
The text entered in a text-entry field is stored in the associated text variable. When you insert a text-entry field, Storyline automatically creates a variable and the trigger that sets the variable to the typed value.
By default, the first text-entry field's variable is called "TextEntry." The next is "Text Entry 1," and so forth.
It sounds like the triggers for both of your fields somehow set and display the same variable. If that's the case, the entry from the first slide's field will appear in the second slide's field. That happens because a variable maintains its value until a trigger adjusts it.
The solution: Adjust the triggers so each text-entry field sets (and, therefore, displays) a unique text variable. If the project doesn't already have the extra variable needed, just create one.
FYI:
- I highly recommend renaming variables with a more meaningful name.
