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Turn off marker pulse animation in Rise
I love the marker feature in Rise, but I would like to turn off the pulse animation, like you can in Storyline. I can't find where to do it. Is it possible in Rise?
Thanks.
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Any update on this feature?
Perhaps a well-timed social media posting may help bring this to the company's attention.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is Thursday, May 15, 2025 - If you are so inclined.
Hi,
Is there any update on this? Looks like this request has been up a while!
As one of the original posters says, there are accessibility best practices to consider and it would be really useful to have the option to turn off pulse animations? (No problem with it being the default, but would appreciate the option to opt out!)
Honestly I don't see this ever changing. Or any of the other things people have been asking for for ages. They seem disinclined to update anything other than the theme options for Rise.
I do unfortunately think you’re right on that one, Chelsea. This is a request people have been making and flagging as an accessibility issue for 5 years, and I’m pretty sure this would be a pretty easy fix on Rise’s end (coding a static marker has got to be easier than one that pulses constantly). They would have fixed this by now if they wanted to, but, despite clear customer feedback and being shown repeatedly that it hinders accessibility, they don’t seem to have an interest in fixing it.
Hi,
Any update on this at all? I'd really love to be able to turn the pulsing off!
I would also like to request this feature for both accessibility and design.
Another vote for turning off pulsing for accessibility reasons
Please, please, please change the pulsing. If you have a line of markers and people view it on a tablet or anything smaller they all crowd together and completely cover up the things they're supposed to be calling out.
I would also like to request this feature for accessibility reasons. Thank you!
Although I personally love the pulse feature as it grabs my attention, I understand that for others effects like this are extremely distracting, particularly for neurodivergent colleagues. So, for this reason, I'm also requesting the ability to turn off the pulsing animation. I have to say I'm slightly disappointed that given Articulate make such a big thing about accessible learning, this feature request has still not moved forward after nearly 4 years.
I've tried the workaround mentioned above and it works a treat (big thanks to @Adam Gojanovich) but as mentioned, it is a major pain to have to do all this every time this feature is used in Rise.Here's a workaround I found and posted in this thread as well: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise-360/turn-off-labeled-graphic-animation
For anyone else looking for an answer: If you are exporting the course, open the zip, and in the main.bundle.css file, you can search for and delete the following segment of text:
"
.labeled-graphic-marker__pin:after{animation:markerPulse 2s ease-in-out infinite alternate;border:8px solid hsla(0,0%,100%,.5);border-radius:50%;bottom:-2.4rem;content:"";left:-2.4rem;pointer-events:none;position:absolute;right:-2.4rem;top:-2.4rem}@media(min-width:48em){.labeled-graphic-marker__pin{font-size:1.8rem;height:3rem;line-height:3.2rem;text-align:center;width:3rem}}
"
That will stop the animation. Obviously not the easiest solution to interrupt your export/publish workflow with that, but it can be done if needed.
