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New Participant
January 8, 2016
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Buttons changing color when clicked

  • January 8, 2016
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I'm a new Captivate 9 user (no previous Captivate experience). I have a project with buttons to trigger multistate changes and to navigate between slides. In most cases, the buttons are changing to a red/pink color when clicked. How can I control the color/style of a button when clicked to prevent this from happening? I have the same result with a project preview and published file. Thanks!

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Correct answer Lilybiri

Check the object styles for the Buttons (you don't tell which type of button you are using) in the Object Style Manager (to be found under Preferences):

Look for the type of button you are using (the screenshot is for the Default Quiz button, you see there is also a Default Text Button style, and style for the other type of buttons, shapes all have possible states as well because they can be used as buttons). Expand the style (using the triangle) and look at the rollover state. You can change that state, and the down state as well. It is not clear from your question if you talk about the Rollover or the Down state. Those are InBuilt states for buttons. The color you see in the states depends on the theme you are using in your project. Each theme has a theme colors palette.

It is normal that a button has those states, why would you want to have the same state for the three: normal, rollover, down? I published some articles about CP9, where you'll see different types of button states, here are two links:

Playing with Captivate 9 - Captivate blog

1 action = 5 Toggle Buttons - Captivate blog

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Brainiac
January 9, 2016

Check the object styles for the Buttons (you don't tell which type of button you are using) in the Object Style Manager (to be found under Preferences):

Look for the type of button you are using (the screenshot is for the Default Quiz button, you see there is also a Default Text Button style, and style for the other type of buttons, shapes all have possible states as well because they can be used as buttons). Expand the style (using the triangle) and look at the rollover state. You can change that state, and the down state as well. It is not clear from your question if you talk about the Rollover or the Down state. Those are InBuilt states for buttons. The color you see in the states depends on the theme you are using in your project. Each theme has a theme colors palette.

It is normal that a button has those states, why would you want to have the same state for the three: normal, rollover, down? I published some articles about CP9, where you'll see different types of button states, here are two links:

Playing with Captivate 9 - Captivate blog

1 action = 5 Toggle Buttons - Captivate blog

New Participant
January 11, 2016

Thank you for your quick response it was helpful. Somehow I had overlooked the Object State drop down box on the preferences panel. Here's a screenshot of where I made the change:

Lilybiri
Brainiac
January 12, 2016

LOL, personally I avoid opening the OSM as much as possible because I can do everything I need in the properties panel.

Cheers... Rick


I know perfectly well, Rick, that you can use that work flow as well. My approach is to use the OSM because it is good practice to create styles before starting a project, same with the master slides. But most CP-users just ignore any good practice, I'm sorry to say so, do see it all the time in consulting jobs. It means losing a lot of time.