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StoryLine360 Next Button Enable/Disable based on slide being already viewed
You don't need any of those triggers. You could just set the Player to use Restricted navigation.
Here’s how Restricted navigation works:
- Storyline puts the Next button in the Disabled state when the user first visits the slide.
- Storyline changes Next to the Normal state when the slide’s timeline ends. Simply adjust the timeline to adjust when Next will be enabled.
- Next remains in the Normal state whenever the user revisits a completed slide.
- This works even if you don’t show the built-in Menu.
- If you do show the built-in Menu, users will be able to click the Menu to jump to any previously view slide. But they won’t be able to click the Menu to advance to a new slide.
This post includes a file that explains and demonstrates various ways to control the NEXT button, including for interactive slides: TIP: Controlling the NEXT Button 101 - Articulate Storyline Discussions - E-Learning Heroes
Thank you, Judy, that's exactly what I was looking for! That works fantastic!!
I was just looking for this answer - thank you!
Does this also work this way (restricted until viewed, then you can click back) if the trigger to unlock the next button is an interaction, rather than when the timeline ends?What happens when you control the Next button for an interaction depends on your triggers. Refer to the link I provided in my original reply for details.
Thank you for your reply, Judy. Just to clarify my question - above you shared in detail (thank you!) how the restricted function should work, where the next button is locked until the timeline ends, and then if the learner revisits a slide, that next button should remain unlocked.
This is not working for me. I'm wondering if that is because i'm using a trigger "when the state of all hotspots is visited, unlock next" instead of the end of the timeline.
Do you think that could be why it is not unlocked on revisit?
