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Text Shrinks when Variable Used
Hi,
In Storyline, when the text box has a variable to display and the text box is smaller than the actual text it's supposed to show in real time, the text is resized to fit the box. This results in a disaster :)
Basically, the text box ignores the Do not autofit setting if the text box is smaller AND the content is a variable. Any workaround or fix on this? Storyline 360. The beauty of Storyline is using variables, so we don't have to create hundreds of slides, so this is pretty important. Anyone had success tackling this?
Thanks,
Zsolt
Hi Zsolt,
Within Storyline (any version) the variables referenced and the text entry are not dynamic and won't update the overall text box size based on what you typed. It's designed to shrink the text to fit within the text box so you'll want to adjust the text box to display the largest amount of text possible.
I'd love for you to share more ideas and examples of how this is impacting your work. Can you send that along to our Product team as a Feature requests here?
- TracyParishSuper Hero
Having this same issue reappear now with the latest update and a course created last May (2018). Submitted a case: 01660188
Thanks, Tracy.
It looks like Renz is already taking a look and you should be hearing from him soon.
- BrianBoyleCommunity Member
I am also having this issue. I have attached screen shots of what you see in storyline vs what happens when published or previewed. I tried isolating just the dynamic bit, and now it only shrinks that part. I tried dragging the text box off way to the right of the slide so there was "ample room" and it still shrunk everything. I would guess its putting it to the minimum font size.
How is this affecting my workflow? I can not output an acceptable final product.
- WendyFarmerSuper Hero
Try changing the text box where the variable is displayed to a shape instead
- ThereseWhite-e2Community Member
Hi Wendy, thank you for your solution. In my case, I had to use the shape, rather than the textbox. It was easier to control the behavior of it.
- DebbieChaddock-Community Member
I am also having this issue in older lessons that used to display just fine in Flash. Now the variable text is completely illegible and useless in HTML5 output. I am using Storyline 3.
Unfortunately, changing text box to a shape did not help, and neither did changing size of font.
Hi there, Debbie!
Is your player size set to Scale player to fill browser window? We have an open bug in Storyline 3, where the variable reference font size is small with this condition in the HTML5 output.
Let me know if that matches your set-up!
- DebbieChaddock-Community Member
Yes, it is. Fortunately, I was able to resize the box so that all the text fit inside it and within the slide boundaries, and that seemed to fix it. (The variable name is now very short,)
Thanks for confirming, Debbie. I've added this conversation to the report that Katie mentioned above so that we can track the impact on users and notify you of updates in the future.
I'm glad that you were able to find a solution as well.
- TanmayGhosh-5feCommunity Member
Hi, I have found an workaround to the issue of text shrinks when a variable refernece is used.
Wherever I am disaplying such text boxes, I have adding a trigger as Set Player.AccessibleText = True, and then text becomes completly readable (scroll may appear).
- MarcelloMunoz-9Community Member
Hello, the best solution I have found is what Wendy and Tanmay both suggested - Use a shape to hold your variable text and add a Set Player.AccessibleText = True trigger to the slide.