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October 10, 2006
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Combining Rollover Caption and Click Box?

  • October 10, 2006
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Hi all,
I wonder if anybody can solve this problem please.

I am creating an interactive simulation to familarize users with a clients new web app.
For each button, I have created a roll over caption (which describes the button when rolled over). I have also put a click box in the exact same place. When clicked, it takes the user to a different slide which shows the effects of the click.
After the user is done with the slide, I have created a button which wil take them back to the original slide.

The problem is, on going back to the original slide, the rollover caption still appear on screen. It disappears eventually after a user rolls over and out of the button.
I have figured out that it must be because:
1)the user rolls over the area and the caption appears
2)if he rolls out, then it disappears
3)BUT if the user rolls over the hotspot and clicks the click box, then the Rollover caption never registers the mouse rolling out of the hotspot, because the presentation jumps to another slide.

So when you return to the original slide, the caption remains. As I said, it disappears eventually but looks very unprofessional.

Please please can anybody help? This is driving me crazy! Is there any way around it at all?
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    January 24, 2007
    Hey JP,

    I too have been having this problem. Until this bug is fixed, I've resorted to placing my "back" button in the same place as the roll-over, so that the user inadvertently fixes the problem themselves. And yes, this is a very very ugly and un-elegant work-around. I look forward to this issue getting resolved with a patch for 2.0
    October 11, 2006
    Thanks for the help, guys and sorry for the double post!
    Participant
    January 23, 2007
    Rollover Persistence Bug?
    Can't post my project unfortunately. But trust me, I know what I am doing :) kind of...

    My rollover + buttons have a bug with the rollover, much the same as isanmiguel. Going "up" is no problem, works as expected. Going back to previous slides is a problem in that the rollover from the previous screen is displayed under the "new" rollover. This happens even when I move the rollover (ala Captiv8r's recommendation). The "bad" rollover does NOT display when navigating, it simply "appears" underneath (or in plain view when I moved rollover away from button) when arriving at earlier slide.

    Structure: 5 Slide project explaining website GUI. Three tabs have rollovers + click boxes allowing interactive explanation. All clips are 3.0 seconds, with an invisible button to side pausing clip at 1.5 sec.

    This behavior is not what I would expect, any recommendations please? Perhaps I should be doing something different?
    BTW, I just checked the "hover previous slide" thread, and noted that going "back in time" is not handled well by Captivate 2. So much for interactive sandboxes where user could "construct" learning at their own pace by interacting with a non-linear workspace. Sigh, it works in PowerPoint. (I did not import from ppt)
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    October 10, 2006
    I isanmiguel

    This is a fequent issue with Captivate when returning to a slide that the "moused over" state is still visible. But usually we see it with a hint caption.

    Here's my thoughts. I'd suggest placing the rollover caption so once the user mouses over it to click, the pointer is off the rollover area. This way, once they move the mouse to click the caption, the rollover disappears. THEN, make sure the button or click box that returns them to the slide containing the rollover is NOT placed so the mouse is immediately positioned on the rollover area. If so, the rollover caption will immediately appear when the slide displays, because that's where the mouse is.

    Cheers... Rick
    CatBandit
    Inspiring
    October 10, 2006
    isanmiguel, please don't double-post or post the same question to multiple forums. Your duplicate post for this issue is on the "Editing" forum.

    Thank you.
    .