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cesigM
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Jun 26, 2020 10:05 PM UTC
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Inconsistent ability to transition between component states

When making components with multiple states, including transitions between them, I sometimes have the ability when making a link to move to an arrboard or another component state, but sometimes I only have the ability to transition to another artboard.  There is no discernable reason why I cannot link to a different component state, and it is incredibly frustrating in those situations.

 

What are the rules here?  When can I link between component states and when can't I?

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Spas K.
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Spas K.Community Expert
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Jun 26, 2020 10:17 PM UTC

When you say you don't have the ability to move to another state, what do you mean?

Does the other state not appear in the "Destination" dropdown, or are all the options greyed out?

 

Generally, you can always link to a different component state (assuming you have more than one).

To do that, click once on the small blue circle with the arrow, instead of clicking & dragging, so the small "tail" appears. You can also click on the small "+" icon next to "Interaction" under the area where the states are.

 

If you have a hover state this happens by default, which might be the misleading part.

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cesigMAuthor
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Jun 29, 2020 2:09 PM UTC

The other states do not appear in the Destination dropdown, and the prompt does not mention other component states.

The green-outlined component has two states, but for some reason, I cannot link to another state with certain controls.  You can see in the second image that the component in question has two states.

 

The switch control does not have a hover state, and it is not a multi-state component.  I have even tried making a transparent rectangle as a click target, just in case a component can't be a click target.  It still doesn't allow me to change component states.

 

 

 

 

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Spas K.
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Spas K.Community Expert
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Jun 29, 2020 3:30 PM UTC

If it is possible, it would be useful if you can copy these elements to a new file and upload it here, or record a video of the problem, so that we can check it out and see what's happening.

 

From what I see on the images you should be able to do that, but I don't see the layers panel and there might be something small that gets in the way.

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