Skip to main content
C
clee_mdlp
Inspiring
September 19, 2020
Question

smart shape button not working on hot spot question slide

  • September 19, 2020
  • 2 replies
  • 384 views

So I am wanting to put a main menu navigation button on every slide. I am using a smart shape with the use as button option. The button works fine on every slide except hot spot question slides. Any idea why this might be happening, or suggestions for a workaround? I am using Captivate 2017. I noticed an old post for this problem but there were no responses so I thought I would try again. Thanks!

This topic has been closed for replies.

2 replies

Paul Wilson CTDP
Community Expert
Paul Wilson CTDPCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 20, 2020

I'm not a big fan of hot spot questions as they have some serious limitations in my opinion. Can you reimagine the question to use an alternative to a hot spot? For example, I would likely create my own custom interaction in place of the hot spot because of those limitations I mentioned.

Paul Wilson, CTDP
C
clee_mdlpAuthor
Inspiring
September 20, 2020

What type of custom interaction would be similar to a hot spot question? Can you provide an example of something similar?

RodWard
Community Expert
RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 20, 2020

Any normal slide with an interaction that involves Click Boxes would be similar to a Hot Spot question.  Click Boxes are basically just invisible hit areas that can register a mouse click and execute an action.  You can also use Smart Shape buttons with opacity set to 0% as hit areas too.

C
clee_mdlpAuthor
Inspiring
September 19, 2020

I tried using a shortcut for the button and that works. I'm wondering if the on-click scripting is blocked on the hotspot slides. Any ideas?

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
September 19, 2020

If you don't limit clicking to only the hotspots, all the space on the hotspot slide will be considered to be clickable (Failure for hotspot). This means clicking on your custom shape button will be considered to be a Failure attempt.

C
clee_mdlpAuthor
Inspiring
September 19, 2020

If you don't limit clicking to hotspots the smart shape can't be clicked on at all, it just makes the spiral animation appear over the smart shape. If the clicking is restricted, you can click on the smartshape and it acts like a button but the script does't run. That is my issue.

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