Drag and Drop

[Stagprime]

In Captivate 9 - is it possible to create a drag and drop where the object you drag is only movable along a specified path or perhaps within a specified region?

I want to have a "selector switch" - like a dial - where you drag the selector to various points along the path which, in turn, performs a different function based on the drop location.

I have it working just fine with the exception that you can drag the knob all over the screen before dropping it. LOL

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

That functionality is not built in Drag&Drop. Maybe you could launch a feature request, but have to warn you that this is the first time I see such a request appearing on this forum (may have missed them, but I normally read every question).

You can control moving along a path, but not with Drag&Drop. Here is an example:

Board Game

[Stagprime]

Bummer, I can just use buttons to make the selector switch snap to the desired locations but I thought it would be a much more polished and professional looking interaction if folks could drag it there.

[Lilybiri]

With SWF output there were a lot of awesome widgets that could have helped, however with the present imposed push to HTML5 those good old days are over. You could try to create a HTML5 animation, use JavaScript to communicate with Captivate to realize your goal. Just within Captivate it is not possible.

[Jeremy Shimmerman]

Not sure how comfortable you are with javascript but you could import an HTML5 animation and use the interactjs.io library.  They have restricted drag and drop movement.  The website is http://interactjs.io/