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Inspiring
April 5, 2017
Question

Drag-drop accept all, but reject once filled?

  • April 5, 2017
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I have a drag-drop exercise with multiple sources and multiple targets.  There are more sources than targets (some sources are distractors).

All sources are acceptable by all targets (I'm looking for all applicable correct answers, in any order). My problem: users can stack many sources on one target.

I have "redrag" selected, but some users don't or won't redrag. Undo only works on one previous drop action.

Is there any way to set a target to accept only one source, then reject all others?  Something like

If target has an answer then

       reject source drops

else accept source drops

This should work for incorrect as well as correct sources, as I want users to submit what they think is correct without getting feedback first.

Am I running up against a baked-in drag-drop rule? Is there some way around it?

Thanks in advance!

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dan561Author
Inspiring
April 6, 2017

Ah, yes, silly me.  Thanks!!

anastasiam
Inspiring
April 6, 2017

If I understand you correctly, you can click on each one of your drag targets, and in the Drag and Drop panel under Format, find the Object Actions button.  Then, uncheck Accept All and leave the Count at 1 (meaning, accept only one drag source, correct or incorrect). Be sure to do it for all of your drag targets.

In this example, none of the drag sources have redrag selected.  Even if they do, it doesn't seem to make a difference.