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BA915
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October 30, 2015
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Captivate 6 buttons are going to next slide instead of performing action selected

  • October 30, 2015
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I have slides with one or more buttons on them. On Success, they usually Show or Hide some content or graphics. Sometimes these buttons function properly. Other times, when a button is clicked, the course forwards to the next page. Any thoughts on what might be causing this issue? I am publishing the course to SWF/ HTML 5.

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Correct answer Lilybiri

Replace the simple action by a standard action to avoid releasing the playhead. The behavior described in this blog post, was valid for all versions till Captivate 8. Only in CP9 it is now possible to prevent the playhead from continuing when executing a simple action:

Why choose Standard over Simple action? - Captivate blog

That post has also a link to a YouTube video showing the behavior in a real use case.

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
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October 30, 2015

Replace the simple action by a standard action to avoid releasing the playhead. The behavior described in this blog post, was valid for all versions till Captivate 8. Only in CP9 it is now possible to prevent the playhead from continuing when executing a simple action:

Why choose Standard over Simple action? - Captivate blog

That post has also a link to a YouTube video showing the behavior in a real use case.

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    October 30, 2015

    Hi there

    To clarify what Lilybiri suggested, what she is saying is that you have an ability to configure a button to do different things. It may go to the next slide, jump to a specific slide, show an image, etc. All those are referred to as "simple actions".

    If you create an Advanced Action via Project > Advanced Actions, you give an action a name, then configure it to perform the actions you want. Once you do this, you are able to configure the button to carry out the advanced action.

    Consider simply showing a hidden image. With a Simple action, the image is revealed, but the playhead is released and eventually the next slide appears. If you wanted the slide to remain put and not reach the next slide, you would configure an Advanced Action that would simply show the image when it was executed. Then assign that action to the Button.

    Cheers... Rick

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    BA915Author
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    November 3, 2015

    Thank you! This worked perfectly.

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