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dashton
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January 25, 2018
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Explanation on the In-built states for buttons or smart shapes used as buttons

  • January 25, 2018
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I was wondering if I could some more information on how to utilize the in-built states for buttons or smart shapes used as buttons. I understand that the normal state is the default state of an object, the rollover is when a user hovers the mouse cursor over the button but I need clarity on what the down state is. In the article, objects and their in- built states, it says that its when the user clicks the button.

What I am trying to do is have the user click on specific words on the slide to get additional information. So basically what I did was,

1. Created a rectangle shape over the word.

2. Made the style name Rollover Button Style.

3. Checked the Use as Button checkbox.

4. On the Actions tab, On Success: is set to No Action.

5. Clicked the state view option

6. Created another shape on the down state to include the additional information.

This is where I am not sure what style name to give the button. I have it set right now to a rollover button style. However, since this isn't a rollover button I'm assuming that is not what I should use? When I go to preview from this slide. I click on the word and its a quick view of the additional information but it isn't displayed long enough to read what it states.

Any information or suggestion with this is very appreciative. Thank you,

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    January 25, 2018

    Down state only appears when the button is pressed. If you are on CP2017 there is a 4th InBuilt state, labeled Visited which is not added by default but can be created. It will appear when you have clicked the button, maybe you should use that state?

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    dashtonAuthor
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    January 25, 2018

    Ok, so I've noticed that I have to hold down the mouse in order to see the information. I guess I was looking for the user to be able to click on/off the button. So with that 4th state, is it sort of like a hyperlink in terms of when the user clicks the button it turns the text a different color to let them know it was clicked or?  Is there more information on this 4th state?  

     

    I am using Captivate 9.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    January 25, 2018

    Whatever you want. I quickly created such a visited state, where you see an added text shape:

    You see that I kept the button (its size is locked to the Normal state) but I added a shape with text.

    If you want a toggle button to click on/off that text, have a look at my blog post about creating toggle buttons with a shared action. One of the examples is using a custom variable v_visib and a multistate object:

    1 action = 5 Toggle Buttons - Captivate blog

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