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May 4, 2020
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Invisible Buttom still shows text

  • May 4, 2020
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I am working on my first captivate project, and I ran across this problem:

I have a multi-state Smarktshape-Button. It's a simple rectangle with a text on top. both change colors depending on the integrated state roll-over.

This button is then hidden / made visible with a different button in my navigation.

By default it is not visible and is both marked as invisible in the object's properties (eye icon next to its name) and in the timeline. It is however set to show for "rest of project" due to its link with the navigation.

 

So far everything works fine.

 

My problem is that this only hides the rectangular shape of the button but not the text in my project view. When publishing the project everything works as expected, but while working on the project I have the text of the button square in the middle of my project at all times which is rather annoying.

In this state it behaves as if it was invisible as it's not clickable, but it never disappears. A restart of the program and my computer did nothing to fix this.

 

Does anyone have an idea as to what might cause this?

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    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 4, 2020

    Did you eve take some training in any way?

    A shape button can have text IN the button, why did you put another text (caption?) on top of it?

    The eye button in the Timeline only hides the object on the stage, but it will be visible in output. The eye button in the Properties panel will hide in output (when published) but has no effect on the stage visibility.

    See:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/1-2-3-eye-buttons-mystery-2

     

    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 4, 2020

    Do not forget to check the states of the Shape button with its label.