Skip to main content
L
Langer1973
Known Participant
January 9, 2009
Question

Links within rollovers

  • January 9, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • 688 views
Is it possible to have links (click boxes) within a rollover)?

Thank you,
Norm
    This topic has been closed for replies.

    2 replies

    A
    Anonymous
    November 5, 2012

    I'd like to follow up on this.

    1. Is this functionality still not possible in the current version of Captivate?
    2. Norm, did you figure out a work around for this?

    Here's a description of what I'm trying to do:

    I have a slide in my presentation that asks the user to position their mouse inside an area of the screen, then click a certain spot within that area. I'm attempting to emulate a typical Windows context menu where sub-items are displayed by mousing over the parent item (which has the visual cue of a small right-facing triangle).

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 6, 2012

    Captivate 6 DOES allow you to add hyperlinks to text within a text caption or smart shape.  But, if you make the Smart Shape a rollover smart shape then you lose the ability to use hyperlinked text.  Rollover text captions also do not have the hyperlink option.

    I would suggest that you try implementing your desired interaction by using a rollover image object set over the specified area and use the image to create the rollover effect of the small arrow.  Then you can attach an Event Handler widget to the rollover image so that when the image is clicked the Event Handler will execute an Advanced Action to jump to another slide or whatever.  I've done this several times in projects.

    Take a look at this example:

    http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-advanced-elearning-tutorials/beat-adobe-captivate-interactive-catch22

    Trial versions of the widget can be downloaded here:

    http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/download-free-trial-widgets

    A
    Anonymous
    November 7, 2012

    The event handler worked great and solved my problem. Thanks Rod.

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    January 9, 2009
    Welcome to our community, Norm

    Nope, sorry. The best you can probably do is to fudge it by inserting and positioning a Click Box behind where a rollover item would appear when you mouse over. Then when the user clicks, they would probably activate the Click Box.

    Note also that the Rollover Slidelet object introduced with Captivate 3 supports assigning a click action if the user clicks the mouseover area.

    Cheers... Rick
    L
    Langer1973Author
    Known Participant
    January 9, 2009
    Thank You for the quick response Rick.

    I was trying to get away from the 'hidden' click boxes due to feedback from my non-technical audience. Unfortunately I also have to set the onClick properties to only pop the slidelet due to the audience.

    I guess I'll kludge it up another way!
    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices