Can I trigger an effect with click of button?

[danikac5786831]

I am loving the new effects available in Captivate 9. I have a question though - I'm creating a "Gamified" type of slide and I want learners to click a button, and then the effect starts. Under the Effects panel I see a dropdown menu called Animation Trigger but it is set to "(Self) Time based animation" and I don't see a way to change it. Any help would be so appreciated. Thank you.

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

You have 3 ways to start an effect:

1. Time base
2. On click of an interactive object like a (shape) button
3. By advanced/shared action

Have a look at the movie in my first review article of Captivate 9:

Playing with Captivate 9 - Captivate blog

The custom curved motion effects are applied by shared action, in the same action that displays a state for the central button. There are a lot more possibilities with those actions than by clicking a button. But if you want to use just a button: in the dropdown list for the Success event of a button you'll see 'Apply Effect'. If you choose that command, you'll be able to indicate to which object the effect has to be applied and to set up that effect.

BTW effects are not new, with the exception of the curved motions and the scribble path effect. The work flow has been improved a lot. About 4 years ago I wrote this article:

Editing Motion Paths and Reusing Customized Effects - Captivate blog

It is still visited  today.

[danikac5786831]

thank you SO Much! That is So very helpful. So glad I can do what I need!