Drag and drop: Execute advanced action when source is refused

Report · May 07, 2016

Captivate 9

In a drag and drop interaction, you can easily execute an advanced action when a source is accepted by the target.

However, I would also like to execute an advanced action when a source is refused. That would be extremely helpful! Are there any tricks or do you know any solution?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Report · May 07, 2016

What do you want to execute? If tries are set to one you can execute a failure action. If html5 you can execute an advanced action based on tries. We are currently working on a solution for this.

Report · May 07, 2016

Thanks for your answers!

In fact, the following would also be sufficient for me:

When a drag source is refused by the target, I would like to give a text caption (with an audio attached) which depends on the source that had been refused.

Example: Lets say we have four drag sources and only one target. Moreover, let us assume that the sources No 1 and 2 are the correct answers and No 3 and 4 are wrong and are therefore refused by the target. If the user drops No 3, the source is refused and a text caption pops up saying "Your answer No 3 is wrong because...". In the same way, for No 4 ANOTHER text pops up (without using the SEND-Button) with the corresponding text for No 4.

Is this possible? In the moment I`m only able to give THE SAME text caption for all refused sources (but not an individual one for each source).

Report · May 09, 2016

That would take some serious JavaScript to determine which item was dropped and then display the applicable feedback. I haven't played with Drag and Drops enough to know if it's possible to determine the drop object with Captivate variables or not.

If you have a tries limit of 1, you can then execute an advanced action to display your own feedback caption, you wouldn't be able to use the default failure caption.

Report · May 09, 2016

Another idea is to use the new InBuilt states, although there are some limitations to what you can add in those states. An overview can be found in:

Drag&Drop in 2016 with Captivate 9 - Captivate blog

Report · May 07, 2016

You can only use an object action when the incorrect drag source can be accepted. D&D acts than like a real question slide where the user can indicate a wrong answer and get feedback (using Advanced Answer in MCQ).