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Pete47
Inspiring
April 14, 2016
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Retain State on Slide Revisit

  • April 14, 2016
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In Cap 9 we have the option to include states for objects. Anyone know what the "Retain State on Slide Revisit" check box does? I've played with it a bit and looked it up in the help but still don't see what it is supposed to do for us.

I'd like to set up a navigation button that stays in a "checked state" once it is used and I was hoping this feature might help.

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Correct answer Lilybiri

How do I make a button change state after pressed AND "show" another image?


You have the choice:

  • Either you add that image in the custom state 'Done', in that case you need only the simple action to be triggered:
       Change state of button to Done
  • Or you create a standard advanced (or shared) action with two commands to be triggered by that button:
        Change state of button to Done
        Show image

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michaelz40365360
Participant
September 12, 2019

add one inbuild status -  visited. it is the most simple option from my point of view

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
April 14, 2016

Just created a quick example (have to write a blog post about this feature). Created a shape button, configure its InBuilt states and added a custom state 'Checked' which has a check mark next to the button

The option 'Retain state...' is checked.

For that button I created an advanced action that started with the Command 'Change state of SB_Done to Checked'. When returning to the slide from another slide, the Normal state remained replaced by the Checked state. Hope this clarifies?

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IDTrngguru
Inspiring
November 11, 2016

I have tried this several times and it still does not work.  I added an additional button and the Visited State should have a border around the button which is a text box  with Use as Button checked.  Also, used Advanced Actions to jump to a page and change the state to Visited.    Does anyone have any suggestions to what might be stopping this from working?

I am not sure where the Retain State is applied.  I tried to apply when the state was Normal and I tried to apply it to the Visited State, but it just keep moving back to the Normal State.  Still not sure how exactly this option should be working since neither worked for me.

 

Thanks

Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
December 20, 2016

How do I make a button change state after pressed AND "show" another image?


You have the choice:

  • Either you add that image in the custom state 'Done', in that case you need only the simple action to be triggered:
       Change state of button to Done
  • Or you create a standard advanced (or shared) action with two commands to be triggered by that button:
        Change state of button to Done
        Show image

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