Skip to main content
M
maikh23839714
Known Participant
May 19, 2020
Answered

Play/Pause buttons with memory

  • May 19, 2020
  • 1 reply
  • 537 views

Alright last one (hopefully), this time I'm looking for some advice on how to handle play/pause buttons:

 

The goal is to have some slides act as a slideshow that the user can pause and click through manually with back and forth buttons, otherwise, it will play automatically.

 

My idea was to have a set of four buttons, the back and forth buttons being a simple, go to previous/next slide. For the pause/play buttons I tried a simple Pause and Continue action. With the problem that if I pause on slide A and jump to slide B with the next button, the system will not remember that it's supposed to be paused and continue playing. So I tried using the system variable cpCmndPause with a toggle between 1 and 0. However, this doesn't seem to do anything.

 

There must be a simple way to do this, I just can't find anything.

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Play/Pause button is a lot more complicated than Back and Next. Have a look at this possible workflow. you can read the post or watch the interactive video:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/custom-play-slash-pause-button-version-cp2019

    1 reply

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    May 19, 2020

    Play/Pause button is a lot more complicated than Back and Next. Have a look at this possible workflow. you can read the post or watch the interactive video:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/custom-play-slash-pause-button-version-cp2019

    M
    maikh23839714Author
    Known Participant
    May 20, 2020

    Thanks I did have something very similar.

     

    From your guide:

    "In that situation I will use the command ‘Pause’ (‘Pause’ is exactly the same as ‘Assign cpCmndPause with 1) and change the state of the button SB_PausePlay to the Play state."

     

    I tried Assign cpCmndPause = 1 before with no success, however, I did get it to work with the simple "Pause" "Continue" in an onLoad script.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 20, 2020

    You have to see the context, it is exactly the same but will not work if you do not test the status of that system varaible.  You cannot solve this with a simple action, you need a conditional action all the time.

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices