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June 7, 2013
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rollover slidelets disappearing after a few secs

  • June 7, 2013
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HI there. 

On my menu slide I have a set of rollover slidelets that allow users to hover over a topic to learn more about it (a caption pops up).  If they click the menu itme they are taken to that place in the e-learning module.

My problem is that all but 1 works perfectly.  The offending slidelet works to a point but as the user hovers their mouse over the menu item the caption appears but disappears after a few seconds.  All the captions stay on screen until the user moves their mouse away.

I have tried deleting and re-inserting and its still giving me the same issue.  I have compared properties with the other slidelets and they look identical.

Any ideas?

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    I see. Just tested this out, not totally sure that it will work but worthwhile trying:

    • created a shape, that you can use as a text container and activate 'Use as button', the Success action was to jump to a slide: don't forget to activate the Pause in the Timing accordion for the shape button
    • on top of that shape I put a rollover area for a caption

    I was able to roll over as many times as wanted, the slide was paused by the shape button and when clicking on that shape the Success action was performed.

    Lilybiri

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    June 7, 2013

    Hello and welcome to the forum,

    Rollover slidelets tend to cause problems, sometimes difficult to see the logic for those problems.

    Since you talk about a 'caption' why didn't you use a Rollover Caption? Or do you need to have images as well on?

    You checked the properties, so I suppose they all are set to 'stick'. Are perhaps some overlaps on the slide for those slidelets/rollover areas?

    And please, since you are new, it helps if you tell the version you are using. The exact number please (6 has 3 versions out).

    Lilybiri

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    KTJ77Author
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    June 7, 2013

    thanks for the reply.

    The reason I went for a slidelet was that I wanted a combination of both a rollover and a click.  I couldnt see any other way of being able to show a caption when hovering and being able to jump to another slide upon clicking.

    I now have captivate 6.0.1.240 so not sure if there is now a new way to do this.

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    June 7, 2013

    I see. Just tested this out, not totally sure that it will work but worthwhile trying:

    • created a shape, that you can use as a text container and activate 'Use as button', the Success action was to jump to a slide: don't forget to activate the Pause in the Timing accordion for the shape button
    • on top of that shape I put a rollover area for a caption

    I was able to roll over as many times as wanted, the slide was paused by the shape button and when clicking on that shape the Success action was performed.

    Lilybiri

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