layer order not working in captivate 9?

So - the items you want to change are all in the modal window (white box) that has a state for each blue button? I cannot see why you are having problems with just a few states, but there are 2 approaches I would take as a work-around.

1. Instead of using states (states are my preferred way of working, too, but if they won't work....) use groups of objects, each of which has an opaque white smartshape as a background. Hide them all, but show the one group you want when you want it.

2. Separate all of the states onto different slides, which means duplicating all of your buttons. Then, it's just a simple matter of each button jumping to the slide that contains the text you want instead of worrying about layers and states. Schleissen would then jump back to the first slide in the series and Naechste would jump to the slide after the series.

Neither approach is elegant from a programming standpoint, but they work. Sometimes the old-school way is the best way to go.

The keyboard short cuts worked for a hot minute, then it rearranged the layers back to the bad order and left a lt of dead gray spaces in my time line. I tried the "Right-click on object, then click arange/bring forward"-trick to bring it back, but nothing happens.

The problem goes even deeper. About what you are seeing in the screenshot:

The Title of the slide in the screen shot below is actually on a master slide, so it should never cover content from the filmstrip. The buttons you see are all below the white shape in the timeline. The white Area, and the transparent black area surrounding it make up a modal window that has different content in different states, which are controlled by the  blue buttons. This approach worked in 4 other projects and here too, everything is fine in state 1,2,3 & 5 but in state 4 it gives me this mess. (btw. in the normal state of the modal window the modal is off screen).

Her is another kicker. I inserted a slide after this one and rebuild the slide by copy and paste in the layer order I wanted. All the instance names were changed so I adjusted the "Advanced Actions". I did a preview and the exact same thing happened. Just on a different state then before. (it was actually states 1 & 3 that did not work in the first version. This is a screenshot of the re-build)

I just spoke with a very knowledgeable person at Adobe tech support and he showed me how to address this issue.  Right click on an object that is no longer visible (its still there but you just cant see it).  If there is something on top of it you can right-click that object.  in the pop-up menu select arrange and then bring forward or bring back. This trick brings everything back and viewable.  If your changing the order of several items you may have to do this a few times. 

Hi Jesica Garrou,

   Can you share the sample file with us at sankaram@adobe.com? we will investigate and update you.

Thanks,

Sankaram.

Hi JGarrou

I have experienced the same / similiar problem (CP9).

Where i select an object on the timeline and try to move it.

The object part on the timeline moves but the text (name of the object) stays where it is.

For example after i try to move a Smart Shape above a click box.

Text says click box but its object is the Smart Shape. i.e. name and object get mixed up.

It only happened on 1 or 2 projects - can't remember:

• If it was normal or responsive
• if it happened only to specific objects
  

Regards

Donal.