Can I hide a failure message (on 2nd try) in Drag and Drop Interaction?

[Michele M]

Hi,

Using Captivate 9, I have a drag and drop interaction. The user has 2 tries and I have Failure Message checked. For that failure message, I have the words "Try Again". I would like for that message to only appear on the first try. And then on the 2nd try that failure message would not appear - instead, I have an advanced interaction to show a different message and a Next button.

The problem is that failure message appears for each try. And the wording has to be the same for both tries which doesn't work here. They can't "Try Again" on their 2nd try.

Is there a way for that Try Again failure message to only appear once? I tried to hide it behind the message that appears when the user tries for the 2nd time, but it's always on top.

Thank you

Michele

[TLCMediaDesign]

This is possible if you are publishing to HTML5. I'm actually working out the code to make it happen dynamically.

[Michele M]

Hi, that's great. Would you be able to share? And it doesn't work when published to SWF/HTML?

Michele

[TLCMediaDesign]

No, it will only work for HTML5.

What do you have your tries limit set to?

[LineP]

Hi,

Did you made the code?

[RodWard]

This is a very old thread from about three years ago.  If you are having some issue, please log a new thread.

[Lilybiri]

You could have a variable in the Failure message, and change its value based on the attempt.

Have something similar in a use case, explained in this post:

D&D Feedback messages - Captivate blog

[LineP]

%Thank you for the tip%%

I've never thought of putting variables in the quizzing captions.

🙂

[Lilybiri]

Sure, can be very useful! I am using that trick often.

[TLCMediaDesign]

I have code that runs the entire drag and drop. I would have to re-code it to make it work in a JavaScript window though. Mine runs in an external JS file.

I put custom feedback and and image to show the correct locations as catchall feedback. There are no actions on the drag and drop itself.

It has correct, incorrect, not attempted (didn't drag anything) and catchall feedback. It could have multiple incorrects based on the attempts.