View All Variables for debugging

Hi Luis,

I actually have to thank you for resurrecting this thread. I have since created a better way to view all variables using some JavaScript, and I don't think I've shared it. So thanks for the reminder.

A disclaimer: This solution is a little bit "hacky" so be sure to remove it when you are ready for publishing. I also can't guarantee that it will continue to work with future releases of Storyline, but I'll try to remember to update it here if needed.

Here's what I do nowadays:

Create a trigger on the slide master to run when the user presses a key (I use the F9 button, since it's typically not used for anything else.) The trigger will execute the JavaScript shown in the code block below.

Since it uses JS, it won't work in preview, so you have to publish.

Then, at anytime, press F9 (or whichever key you assigned it to) and a window pops up with a list of all variables and their values. You can even use this window to change the value of whichever variable you like.

But note: it does not automatically refresh the variable values. So if you have the debugger window open and you do something in your Storyline presentation that changes the variable, it will not show the new value until you hit the refresh button at the top.

JavaScript for the trigger:

//Opens a Storyline variable debugger window
//Add this JavaScript to some Storyline trigger (ex: when user presses F9 in the slide master)

"use strict";
var pl = GetPlayer();
var debugWin = window.open(undefined, "debug", "width=600,height=800,toolbar=no,location=no");
var debugDoc = debugWin.document;
debugDoc.body.innerHTML = "";
debugDoc.title = "Storyline Debugger";
var refreshButton = debugDoc.createElement("INPUT");
refreshButton.value = "Refresh";
refreshButton.type = "button";
refreshButton.addEventListener("click", refreshVars);
debugDoc.body.appendChild(refreshButton);
var tableElem = debugDoc.createElement("TABLE");
debugDoc.body.appendChild(tableElem);
getStorylineUserVariables(function (slVars) {
 slVars.sort(function(x, y){return x.name > y.name;});
 for (var a = 0; a < slVars.length; a++) {
 var v = slVars[a];
 var trElem = debugDoc.createElement("TR");
 if (a % 2 == 1) trElem.style.backgroundColor = "#dddddd";
 var tdElem = debugDoc.createElement("TD");
 tdElem.innerHTML = v.name;
 tdElem.style.padding = "10px 2px";
 trElem.appendChild(tdElem);
 var inputElem = debugDoc.createElement("INPUT");
 inputElem.storylineVarName = v.name;
 if (v.type == "number") {
 inputElem.type = "number";
 inputElem.step = undefined;
 inputElem.value = pl.GetVar(v.name);
 } else if (v.type == "boolean") {
 inputElem.type = "checkbox";
 inputElem.checked = pl.GetVar(v.name);
 } else {
 inputElem.type = "text";
 inputElem.value = pl.GetVar(v.name);
 }
 tdElem = debugDoc.createElement("TD");
 tdElem.appendChild(inputElem);
 trElem.appendChild(tdElem);
 tableElem.appendChild(trElem);
 }
} );
tableElem.addEventListener("change", function (e) {
 var inputElem = e.target;
 var slVarName = inputElem.storylineVarName;
 var newVal = "";
 if (inputElem.getAttribute("type") == "checkbox") {
 newVal = inputElem.checked;
 } else {
 newVal = inputElem.value;
 }
 pl.SetVar(slVarName, newVal);
} );

function refreshVars () {
 var inputs = tableElem.querySelectorAll("input");
 for (var a = 0; a < inputs.length; a++) {
 var elem = inputs[a];
 var val = pl.GetVar(elem.storylineVarName);
 if (elem.type == "checkbox") {
 elem.checked = val;
 } else {
 elem.value = val;
 }
 }
}

function getStorylineUserVariables(callback) {
 //Overide Storyline's globalProvideData function temporarily
 var origGlobalProvideData = window.globalProvideData;
 var scriptElem = document.createElement("SCRIPT");
 scriptElem.src = "html5/data/js/data.js";
 window.globalProvideData = function (foo, data) {
 var dataObj = JSON.parse(data);
 var variableList = [];
 for (var a = 0; a < dataObj.variables.length; a++) {
 var varObj = {name: dataObj.variables[a].name, type: dataObj.variables[a].type, defaultValue: dataObj.variables[a].value};
 if (varObj.name.match(/^[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}_RetryModeInteractionIncompleteOnLoad$/) == null && 
 varObj.name.match(/^LastSlideViewed_[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}$/) == null && 
 varObj.name.match(/^PrintPromptUsername_[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}$/) == null &&
 varObj.name.match(/^PrintPromptWindowQuizVar_[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}$/) == null){
 
 variableList.push(varObj);
 }
 }
 document.body.removeChild(scriptElem);
 window.globalProvideData = origGlobalProvideData;
 callback(variableList);
 }
 document.body.appendChild(scriptElem);
}