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craig.cecchini
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July 16, 2014
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Linking multiple images to one rollover hotspot. Multiple hotspots on one slide.

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Does anyone know if there is a widget or work around or something that will allow me to do this? My job depends on it

Thanks!

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    Correct answer RodWard

    As long as you're not worried about output to HTML5, the Event Handler widget is probably your best bet:

    http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/event-handler-interactive

    I think what you're probably trying to do is have multiple images appear or disappear when a user mouses over a given hot spot. Is that correct?  If so, then all you really need is a single Event Handler widget attached to a highlight box set to 0% Alpha (to make it act as a transparent hotspot).  You can execute one Advanced Action to SHOW the images via the On Success event set to Roll Over, and a different Advanced Action set to the Roll Out even on the Failure side of the widget to HIDE all the same images.  Set the widget preference to Reset Success Fail Criteria on Action so that you can perform the mouseover and mouseout actions repeatedly.

    You can even stack multiple widgets onto a single object, each widget can be set to listen for a different mouse event and do something different depending on what the user does.

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    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    July 17, 2014

    As long as you're not worried about output to HTML5, the Event Handler widget is probably your best bet:

    http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/event-handler-interactive

    I think what you're probably trying to do is have multiple images appear or disappear when a user mouses over a given hot spot. Is that correct?  If so, then all you really need is a single Event Handler widget attached to a highlight box set to 0% Alpha (to make it act as a transparent hotspot).  You can execute one Advanced Action to SHOW the images via the On Success event set to Roll Over, and a different Advanced Action set to the Roll Out even on the Failure side of the widget to HIDE all the same images.  Set the widget preference to Reset Success Fail Criteria on Action so that you can perform the mouseover and mouseout actions repeatedly.

    You can even stack multiple widgets onto a single object, each widget can be set to listen for a different mouse event and do something different depending on what the user does.

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    craig.cecchiniAuthor
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    July 17, 2014

    Thanks, I figured out a pretty hack work around for this without the widget but its not ideal.  I also looked into the Event Handler widget, do you know of anything comparable that's free?

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