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Straight Lines
Hello,
I find it extremely hard to create straight lines/arrows is there an easier way to do this?
i.e. holding shift like other programs does not work.
Thanks!
Following the advice to hold down Shift while adjusting the end of a line or arrow (as with other programs) in Storyline 3, I get a strange mirror image jump (a line extending to the left of the cursor jumps over to extend from the right): definitely not what I want; especially since the line is still at an angle.
Is there some sort of preference that changes this behavior to make the line or arrow perfectly horizontal or vertical?
Hi John. Thanks for bringing that behavior up for Storyline 3. We have an issue of erratic behavior (like this) reported for Storyline 2, so it looks like it might have carried over into Storyline 3. I'll be sure to document this for our team.
Holding shift will keep an existing line at the same angle as you extend the line.
When I am creating a line, the holding the shift key to keep it level works as expected. When adjusting a previously created line, however, holding the shift key is causing some weird behavior with the line extending in the wrong direction, and even appearing to move when releasing the mouse.
The only workaround I've noticed is to move your mouse cursor either above or below the "plane" of the line.
So, if you see the line extending the wrong way when the cursor is above the plane of the line, pull your cursor below it. And vice versa.
Here's a Peek screencast of what I mean.
I know that's weird and obviously not optimal, so we'll evaluate this as a team to see if we can get that key + mouse combination to work better.
Thank you again!
