Hide Navigation and Menu bars when playing Captivate HTML

Report · Nov 18, 2010

This is probably a beginner question, but what can you do to have your Captivate output play in a browser window that has the menu and navigation bars hidden? We want users to have the course play in a window that only displays the captivate SWF with the internal menu controls. As part of this we'd like to have the window open to the exact size of the SWF file.

If anyone can help with this, I would appreciate it.

Report · Nov 18, 2010

Welcome to our community

Are you referring to the general items you see in a browser? The browser Menu bar and toolbars and whatnot?

If so, you do this by using JavaScript to open a new browser window to present the Captivate content.If this is unfamiliar to you, perhaps the link below will help.

Clickhere to view

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 18, 2010

Thank you for the help. This does help, but I may have not provided enough information at first. I am trying to edit the HTML file

that Captivate produces to open at a certain size with all of the menu bars/toolbars present. Is it possible to do this or do I have to prompt a new window to open?

Report · Nov 18, 2010

Hello again

I've seen JavaScripts that allow sizing and placing a window, but if you wish to remove the chrome elements such as the Menu bar, Toolbars and such there is no way to do that from inside the window you are in. It has to be scripted when creating a new window.

It's a browser security thing. If you could turn these features off from inside the browser you are in, folks that wanted to have their way with your internet experience could trap you in a site and not allow a means of escape!