How can I create a button that can hide/show all text captions across all slides of a project?

[kimw47915746]

I am relatively new to Captivate.

I am creating an interactive software demo. I started with a blank project then added software simulation slides. I added buttons, text captions, and roll over captions to some of the slides so that the user can interact with the demo as they would the software. This demo is intended to be used for training purposes (hence why I included text captions to help guide them through and provide additional information) but we would also like to use this in presentations, and would therefore like to be able to hide all text captions and roll over captions within the project when necessary.

Is there a way to do this?

v. 11.0.1

[RodWard]

There's no default way to do this in Captivate, but it is potentially achievable with the CpExtra HTML5 widget (assuming you are publishing to HTML5).

You can find out more information about using something called #syntax in the widget to trigger an action that hides all objects across an entire project based on a text string they all have in their Object Name.

@syntax | Infosemantics Pty Ltd

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

As a first solution I would also have recommended CpExtra widget, not only for this workflow but for all the other extensions it brings into Captivate. You find the link in Rod's answer.

If this is impossible, here is a possible alernative which will take more time for sure, especially since you are a newbie:

• On all slides group the objects that have to be hidden, and give the group a name (makes it easier, but you could keep the generic name). You clearly use a non-responsive project since you are talking about rollover captions.
• Create a user variable (Boolean), with a value 0. The default setup will be with captions.  If the captions have to be hidden it will be toggled to 1.
• Use the button 'Hide' to toggle the variable, or use the command 'Assign 1 to var'
• Create a shared action, to be triggered by all the On Enter events for slides where you want to hide the captions:
     IF var is equal to 1        Hide Group

          ELSE

                 Show Group

• In that shared action, you have only one parameter: Group (will have different names on slides)
• Attach that shared action to the On Enter event of each slide, and define the parameter