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Patrick_91
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April 29, 2022
Question

Transparent button over video slide in Captivate help

  • April 29, 2022
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Hello, I'm working on a training module in Captivate that has 1 video broken up into 11 sections over 11 slides. The project has branch awareness so I don't have play/pause buttons in the skin. I built a play and pause button under my video and at the beginning of each slide I have a button that pops up on the video slide "Click here to continue." Everything functions fine except the "click here" button comes up transparent. In the settings I have it set to 100% opacity and in Captivate it appears to be solid but when I test in our LMS it appears transparent. Is there a setting causing this? On the timeline I have it stacked: Slide, then Slide video, a Smart shape, "click here" button, and then Play button and then the Pause button. I'm not sure why it comes up like that if anyone has any tips or links that would be greatly appreciated.
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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    April 29, 2022

    Transparent button is a type of button, but I suspect you mean another type? 

    How does it look with 'Preview HTML in Browser'? Which browser do you use?

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    Patrick_91Author
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    April 29, 2022

    Yeah, I'm still new to Captivate so I don't know a whole lot yet. When I preview it in the LMS and HTML it is transparent but not when I see it in Captivate. It's around 50% or 60% see through when I preview it. My process was just taking a shape and turning it into a button and in the properties the opacity is at 100%. Under style name it says Default Smart Shape Style. I'll look around it a little more to see if it's set to be transparent or not. do you know of any other reason this could happen?

     

    Thank you

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 30, 2022

    You are using a shape button; which is the most flexible type.  It is the opacity which is important in that case.More info (maybe too much) in:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/overvew-6-button-types

    You probably inserted the videos as slide video, not event video, and hopefully in a non-responsive project.

    I always avoid to put buttons on top of a video, keep space reserved for them. Here is an example of an interactive video:

    Custom Play/Pause button

    Maybe post a screenshot of what you see with Preview HTML in Browser? One button is OK, but the other 'at the start of the slide' not. Are both buttons on the master slide and/or set to display for the rest of the project? 

     

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