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jenducati
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November 9, 2016
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Remove device Responsive project Captivate 9

  • November 9, 2016
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How do I delete a device in a responsive project? If I click the plus sign to add a custom device the bar displays an X to delete the device. But there is no X on the bar for the existing devices (computer, tablet or mobile). How do I delete one of them?

When you publish, do you publish all devices at once or do you choose which devices to publish? What happens if I do not delete a device I do not want to use? Thanks!

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    HimanshuSatija
    Adobe Employee
    HimanshuSatija
    Adobe Employee
    November 9, 2016

    Hi Jennifer,

    The device which you referring in your post is basically Breakpoints in Adobe Captivate. These breakpoints are basically standard of the devices on which you think your audience will be viewing the content.

    So when you define a breakpoint or work in a pre existing breakpoints (Desktop, Tablets or Mobile) , you are actually kind of previewing how your objects will display after publishing on the devices having similar height and width.

    When you publish the output, you are publishing a responsive output and the responsive output automatically renders according to the device on which it is being previewed. But there are users who want the output to be more specific on a specific screen size. so in that view you can drag and align the content to be displayed the same way even after publishing.

    Hope this answers your query.

    Regards

    Himanshu

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Braniac
    November 9, 2016

    I don't believe there is any provision to delete them. My guess is that the best you can do is rearrange the breakpoints so they are very close together so as to appear maybe to be a single breakpoint.

    J
    jenducatiAuthor
    Known Participant
    November 9, 2016

    I not clear on how the final published file works. If you publish one file with 3 different sizes for 3 different devices, does the LMS determine which to serve based on the device used? If you publish both portrait and landscape for a tablet or phone, will the portrait or landscape display when the user turns the device? Or, does it just display either landscape or portrait?

    RodWard
    RodWard
    Braniac
    November 9, 2016

    The published output detects the 'viewport' size, that is, the number of height and width of the device display in pixels.  It then attempts to adjust the content to that viewport size according to the way the developer has set up the breakpoints.

    Building responsive projects implies that you have a pretty good idea which specific devices are likely be used by your target audience because you have researched this BEFORE you build your content.  If you don't do this, you're really flying blind when it comes to setting up the breakpoints.

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