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Triggers not working - please help
Can anyone see why my triggers don't work? I have created 3 rectangles (1. Strategy, 2. Finance, 3. Budgets) that can be clicked in any order. When each are clicked, the user will be directed to the ...
Serena,
Your file has a trigger that changes the Budgets button to Normal when it is clicked. That's preventing it from being Visited.
FYI: You don't need triggers to change a button to Visited, because that's a built-in state. Any object with a Normal state and a Visited state will automatically change to Visited when it is clicked. See it work in the attached file, which has all of the change-state-to-Visited triggers deleted.
- Here's more info about how the built-in states work: PRIMER: Take advantage of built-in states | Articulate - Community
- FYI: I also added conditions to the button that disabled Next, so it won't happen if the user revisits the slide after visiting all of the buttons.
Also, you could use fewer objects to simply your buttons. For example, fill a rectangle with a picture of a folder. Enter the name directly in the rectangle. You can even add a checkmark in the Visited state, so there's a visual indicator that the button has been clicked. There's an example of this on the second slide in the attached file.
Serena,
Your file has a trigger that changes the Budgets button to Normal when it is clicked. That's preventing it from being Visited.
FYI: You don't need triggers to change a button to Visited, because that's a built-in state. Any object with a Normal state and a Visited state will automatically change to Visited when it is clicked. See it work in the attached file, which has all of the change-state-to-Visited triggers deleted.
- Here's more info about how the built-in states work: PRIMER: Take advantage of built-in states | Articulate - Community
- FYI: I also added conditions to the button that disabled Next, so it won't happen if the user revisits the slide after visiting all of the buttons.
Also, you could use fewer objects to simply your buttons. For example, fill a rectangle with a picture of a folder. Enter the name directly in the rectangle. You can even add a checkmark in the Visited state, so there's a visual indicator that the button has been clicked. There's an example of this on the second slide in the attached file.
Thank you SO much Judy - this is a really huge help. I didn't make the 'budgets button to normal' error in the original file, but still couldn't get it to work. Thanks for sharing the trigger settings :)
You're welcome!
Inadvertently selecting the wrong option in a trigger is a mistake we all make.
Giving everything a meaningful name (as you did with naming the button-rectangles 👍) helps prevent those errors, and makes it easier to spot them when they do occur. Still, I'd say trigger-option errors are the first thing to check for when something isn't working.
