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canadiancreator
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October 13, 2021
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Custom "next" and "previous" buttons disappear when TOC is used

  • October 13, 2021
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In my Captivate 2019 project I have custom "next" and "previous" buttons. They are programmed to pause the timeline, so learners can take their time reading the content before clicking "next".

 

I have a TOC with navigation enabled. I'd like learners to be able to navigate back and forth between slides through the TOC if they want to. However, when I click a slide through the TOC, the buttons disappear and the timeline does not stop.

 

I attached a video to show what is happening. I had to censor the content of the slides, but I am sure you can still notice the custom next and previous button disappearing, and the timeline continuing.

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E-Learning Guy
Inspiring
October 13, 2021

I watched your video. Did you place the custom next and previous buttons on the first slide and configure them to display for the rest of the project, or how did you set them up?

Also, I'm not sure if this is still an issue in the latest versions of Captivate, but I've always been in the habit of periodically deleting the contents of the project cache folder before opening and publishing a project in Captivate, as the compile process would occasionally fail to update some screen elements after changing them. It may be an idea to clear your cache and just try to publish the project again.

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    canadiancreatorAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 13, 2021

    Hi! Thank you, I will try that.

     

    The buttons were set up to display until the end of the slide, and copied and pasted on every slide.

     

    There are a handful of slides that are videos, so those are set up to appear with a delay, so the buttons don't interfere with the video. Those are not the ones with the issue, though.

     

    Thanks for your input! I will try to clear the cache and try again.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    October 13, 2021

    There are many ways of setting up those custom navigation buttons and you didn't specify your workflow:

    • Buttons on the main master slide
    • Buttons on daughter master slides
    • Buttons on one of the first slides timed for the rest of the project
    • Buttons on each slide

    If you have buttons on the main or other master slides set to pause, they will always pause at the end of each slide, whateveer its duration. But that is not the case for the other solutions.

    I suspect you talk about a default TOC. The equivalent of clicking a slide to navigate to is the same as with Jump to Slide command (or using cpCmndGotoSlide variable). How did you set up the TOC?

    Your video is not providing relevant information, please clarify.

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      canadiancreatorAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      October 13, 2021

      Hi Lilybiri,

      I am sorry for the missing information. The buttons were set up as follows:

      1. Created an image button
      2. Added action under properties "Go to next slide" or "Go to slide previously visited"
      3. Copy and pasted those buttons to all slides

      The TOC is a default TOC, I went to Project > Table of Contents to create it, and allowed "Self-Paced Learning" and "Enable Navigation" under the settings.

      I hope this helps.

      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
      Legend
      October 13, 2021

      OK, that is a very cumbersome workflow, certainly not the best one.

      I suspect there is a problem linked to the pausing point of the buttons, since it is possible that all slides do not have the same duration. You clearly told that you need those buttons to pause the slide, but did you edit the pausing point? Are all buttons displayed for the rest of the slide? It would be a lot better to put those buttons on the main master slide or on used master slides, so that they will pause each slide at its last frame. 

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