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danielb51742821
danielb51742821
Inspiring
May 14, 2018
Question

Close objects upon landing on slide

  • May 14, 2018
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I have a few slides with multiple click boxes where the learner is instructed to click a box to learn more. Each click box has an advanced action to open a group which contains a smart shape and a text caption, hide any unwanted objects on the screen at the moment and apply an effect to the entrance of the group.

The advanced actions work as expected. However, if the learner leaves this slide, and finds his/her way back to the same slide, the last clicked group is displayed by default. We need the slide to display as if it was the first time landing in the slide. How can I have the slide refresh upon revisiting as if it was the first time entering (no groups appearing)?

Thanks,

Dan

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 14, 2018

    What you make visible, will remain visible until you hide it by another action.

    For such a Reset action, I mostly use the On Enter event of the slide. In your case because you are showing groups, that means that you will have to hide all the groups with one advanced action. You didn't tell which version you are using, nor how many groups you have. To avoid having to hide a lot of items on Enter, there are some techniquez:

    • Group everything, but that is not possible in your case sinc eyou cannot have subgroups
    • Was it not possible to put the Text in the smart shape, to have only one object, which would make grouping possible for hiding one group
    • Use multistate objects: instead of having to show/hide groups of objects you put them in a state and show the state. The Normal state can be totally empty (shape without fill and stroke) and if you don't activate the option 'Reating state on Slide revisit) you don't even need an On Enter action because the Normal state is automatically reset. That is my approach since CP9.
    danielb51742821
    danielb51742821Author
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2018

    Thanks.

    Captivate 9.

    I used your advice and created an advanced action for the On Enter to hide the groups. Works like a charm.

    It is possible use text in the Smart shape, but for timing and effects, a text box was used and works as expected.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 14, 2018

    I was just trying to give you all the possibilities. Take some time to plunge into the multistate objects, they are great! I don't like text cpations because cusotmizing them is so cumbersome

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