grouped smart shapes as button

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January 4, 2014
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I am trying to use 2 smart shapes as a button. I select the grouped smart shapes and if I select use as button, the actions sections show up and I can choose my action. However, once I am finished Captivate automatically deselectsuse as button. In other words, whenever I select those two grouped smart shapes, they are no longer in use as button mode. Any suggestions?

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Lilybiri

Legend

I wonder if I misunderstand the question? Of course a group, even if it is a group of shapes, can never be set to act as a button. Some properties can be set for a group, but not the change from a non-interactive shape to a shape button. And if Rod's answer is to the point, what was the reason for the grouping of two shape buttons?

But I wonder if the OP was not talking of wanting to have an 'image' constructed by two smart shapes to be turned into a button, that is why he tried to do it by grouping, which would be a normal intuitive action in a lot of other software applications. Please, if that is the case, could you explain better?

For those who are indeed in the situation I describe: lot of users do not know that you can 'fill' a shape with an image, or that you can turn each shape into a freeform shape and by manipulation of the vertexes (points) change its form. This is (trying to be diplomatic) not very well documented in the Help.

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joh_robeAuthor

Inspiring

I am trying to create a button that looks like the camera button in IOS7. So a filled circle with a ring around it. One shape for the circle and another for the ring. This button jumps to a slide. Apparently, you cannot use two grouped smart shapes as a button. The workaround, as RodWard mentioned, is to to assign button and action to one of the shapes before grouping them. Or create a click box over top like you would do if you wanted to use an image as a button.

Lilybiri

Legend

Why not insert that image in a shape as a fill? You can create the image in any drawing application, even in Paint. And then turn the shape into a button. Why having two objects: click box + image? Then at least you'll see the effect of pressing the 'button', which will not be the case when using a click box over an image. And another way is to create an (old) image button, where you have three states. It is up to you. In the last scenario in this blog post you'll see two shape buttons I created: http://blog.lilybiri.com/toggle-shape-buttons

I prefer them over the old image buttons because there you'll have to create three images, one for each state. Moreover shape buttons are vector-based.

Lilybiri

RodWard

Community Expert

A grouped object cannot be set to act as button, but if you ungroup the objects, then assign each one to be a button and regroup again it should work.

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Sreekanth_S

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Thanks for that cool tip, Rod!

Sreekanth

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