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patricia o'hara
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November 18, 2019
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Popups in Interactive pdf

  • November 18, 2019
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I have created an infographic in Indesign and added clickable arrows that open up pop-up windows, and close the pop-ups with a close "X" icon. The pop-ups are working very well but the internal client does not want to close the pop-up windows by clicking on the X icon but DOES want the pop-up to close when one clicks on another arrow. Does anyone know if this is possible?

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Diane Burns
Diane Burns
Inspiring
November 23, 2019

Patricia,

There is no online tutorial that I know of. But I can send you the InDesign file I used, and am happy to help explain. I'll try to DM you and send the file, I don't see how to attach a file here, still figuring out the new forums. 🙂

 

John Mensinger
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John MensingerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 22, 2019

As already found, the functionality your client wants, when built from InDesign, requires Multi State Objects, which aren't reliable in PDF. It can be done, however, without InDesign MSO's, by adding Javascript in Acrobat DC. Let me know if you're interested in giving that a try.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 22, 2019

Just to be clear..multi state buttons are supported but still wonky in many PDF readers. Multi state objects are not supported and do no work at all in any PDF.

Diane Burns
Diane Burns
Inspiring
November 22, 2019

Patricia, Is this what you were looking for? This is an example of what I understood you wanted. If so, it's done with Show/Hide buttons. https://indd.adobe.com/view/b3c01a2e-c11f-4ccd-9300-8af3529ae9ec

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patricia o'haraAuthor
Participating Frequently
November 23, 2019

Hi Diane, yes this is exactly what I need. Is there some tutorial that describes how this is done?

Diane Burns
Diane Burns
Inspiring
November 21, 2019

You can do this with Show/Hide buttons. That will work in many (but not all) PDF readers. 

Every object has to be converted to a button. Then, the action is set to hide or show what you want for each button that will be active. When, for example, you click on button #2, set it to hide whatever button #1 was showing, but set it to show what's associated with button #2. Hope that makes sense.

    Frans v.d. Geest
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    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
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    November 22, 2019

    Diane, we believe that is what he has now, the question was one button to toggle....

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      Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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      November 18, 2019

      Is the clickable arrow triggering the pop-up as a multi-state object? Or is the clickable arrow showing the pop-up as a hidden element?

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      patricia o'haraAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      November 18, 2019

      When I click on the arrow the pop-up is visible. When I click on the pop-up it is hidden until triggered. Did I answer your question?! Not sure what multi state means.

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