Roll Over question

[matthewdee]

I have a page with 10 buttons on

I have another page with layers so the object here is for me to rollover each button and display a different layer. I got that part but how do I make the area where the rollover text is supposed to appear invisible as the text should only appear when the button is rooled over but a button needs two states. So I took state 1 and deleted all the text so it only shows on state two and it worked but when I get to the second and third buttons nothing works ( the text for each button is in two layers should I be grouping that text?

Anyone as I can send the file its small only two pages

R

[Steve Werner]

What kind of output are you creating? Interactive PDF? Reflowable EPUB? Fixed Layout  EPUB? Publish Online?

What version of InDesign? What operating system?

It's best to post a file on a server like Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever and provide a link.

[matthewdee]

Publish On Line

CC2018

OS 10.13

file is in zip

list of rollover layers screenshot

Dropbox - Chapter 5 Folder.zip

[BobLevine]

Didn't you already post this in another thread? It is related to this?

Adding object state buttons to an .indd cc 2018

[matthewdee]

It's the same project but I closed that out as that problem I had with the object states was different I realised that the .indd fie was an altered template this is different

[matthewdee]

OK to make it easier I redid the ,indd file it's a one page spread left side is are buttons ( no actions ) right side are the layers that need to be viewed when each button is rolled over.

In the layer file the first 10 layers are object states but BOTH states have the same elements. I tried to go to the state 1 of each and delete the elements as when the page opens the right side of the page should be blank and the object states only appear when each button is rolled over. I'm having such a hard time doing this as when I tired I can get two to work and the rest do not.

Any help here please?

I'm in  real bind

Dropbox - newChapter5 Folder.zip

[matthewdee]

I figured it out but there are some glitches can anyone look at the file

Dropbox - Chapter5Rollovers Folder.zip

I need this to work for Publish OnLine

anyone thx R

[BobLevine]

The best advice I can give you is to stop using rollovers. On tap or release is far more reliable and works with mobile devices as well. But if you’re going to use them, set each button to go to state 1 (the empty state )on roll off as an additional action.

[JonathanArias]

i found rollovers don't work well on publish online myself. they would work great at first, and than just not. i stay away from them. i use IN5 and i found the same behavior,

[matthewdee]

Ah so now we are getting somewhere. If you look at the .indd file I put up Chapter5 Rollovers you will see the problem, I just now changed the behaviors to tap and I have the same problem.

In the object States panel I have One object and 11 states

first state is blank and the rest have the images I want to display but like rollovers I place the mouse and it works then go over then again and they don't.

Can some one look at the way i have the state set up could that be my problem?

For this project I need the page to open and where the images go should be blank until user taps any button.

[BobLevine]

The MSO is fine. The buttons need to be go to state and be set to on tap or release.

What problem are you having? If you expect this thing to go back to state 1 (empty) when you move your mouse off the TOC you’re going to be in for a huge disappointment. It doesn’t work that way.

[matthewdee]

I just changed the action from on release to tap and the buttons do not work

you say the MSO is fine, if you open the .indd in the link and export to publish online the buttons do not work. I have no clue why

the doc is set to web

can you confirm?

this should not be happening

I would greatly appreciate as I'm in a bind here

link to dropbox is below

Dropbox - Chapter5Tap Folder.zip

[BobLevine]

Why are you back to rollovers again? And the first two buttons not only target the empty state they have rollover states in the buttons.

You need to clean this up and double check the targets on the buttons.

[matthewdee · Accepted solution]

I will delete all actions and re do I needed another set of eyes thank you so much . R