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kcelsi1999
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January 21, 2020
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Rollover Buttons Not Working in PDF

  • January 21, 2020
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Hello,

I'm working with buttons in InDesign. Using Buttons and Forms, I've created a button which on the rollover state, shows a box. When you roll off of the button, the box disappears. In the Interactivity Preview box, the button functions properly. When I export the interactive PDF, nothing happens when I roll over the button in Acrobat. I have the newest versions of all apps. Any suggestions as to why this is not working? If I change the function of the button to open the box on the click, it works fine. Just the rollover function is giving me a problem. Could it be a pdf setting? Thank you.

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Correct answer BobLevine

The only preview in InDesign is for EPUB, not PDF. That said, rollover effects are wonky at best and will not work on mobile devices or many third party PDF readers. 

 

That said, how exactly did you set up the rollover.

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JR Boulay
JR Boulay
Adobe Expert
February 28, 2022

The INDD attachment:

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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    kristend363969
    New Participant
    February 28, 2022

    really greate solutions and community. thank you all for the discussion.

      JR Boulay
      JR Boulay
      Adobe Expert
      February 28, 2022

      Creating a 3-state PDF button with InDesign is a breeze, but you must not use MSO tools, you must use the "Button and forms" tools.

      See attachments.

       

       

      Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
        BobLevine
        BobLevine
        Adobe Expert
        February 28, 2022

        It's worth mentioning that this will work with Acrobat or Reader on a desktop but it won't work at all on a mobile device nor will it work on many third party PDF readers. It's also been known to be quite wonky even in Acrobat.

        JR Boulay
        JR Boulay
        Adobe Expert
        February 28, 2022

        nor will it work on many third party PDF readers.

        It will work with any PDF Reader that support AcroForms specifications.

         

        It's also been known to be quite wonky even in Acrobat.

        This is not true.

        Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
        BEE7333
        BEE7333
        Participating Frequently
        February 28, 2022

        Good day, I have had various issues with interactivity with InDesign. I use this a lot for interactive brochures and maps, etc.

        PDF is not the best option. But I finally figured out how to with InDesign and onling Indesign publsihing -  works perfectly but you have to use MOS. Multi State Objects:

        See youtube for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1iEtcx3qbw

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        Phil Jacques
        New Participant
        January 10, 2022

        Make sure that in the button palette there's an eye icon next to the rollover state under "Appearance". If there's no icon, the rollover won't show up once it's saved to pdf.

        Derek Cross
        Derek Cross
        Adobe Expert
        January 10, 2022

        Roll-over buttons won't work on tablets and smart phones, they don't have rollover capability – only click

        BEE7333
        BEE7333
        Participating Frequently
        January 23, 2022

         

        Hi, so I have gone through everyones comments about 'rollover states not working'. I am having the same issue and it is very unprofessional to promise your client something and then it is not possible. We pay a lot of money for our programs and I think if there are tools and actions provided by InDesign then they should work. I have created an interactive floor plan for a client just to find that the buttons get stuck. Please do not supply an action if it does not work. I can not do that for my clients and neither should InDesign do this for their customes. Please note that this is not an Acrobat issue as states in some answers. I publish directly onto my InDesign Dashboard and my file is broken. I see that this problem goes back years. This is unprofessional of InDesign. I have finally created in my project in PPT animatino and it works perfectly. Not the exact same way but at least they what they say can be done, can in actual fact be done.

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          mwalker973
          Participating Frequently
          June 26, 2020

          I use File > Export > and select PDF (interactive) as the file type. The PDF presets don't work for interactive PDFs. 

            BobLevine
            BobLevineCorrect answer
            Adobe Expert
            January 21, 2020

            The only preview in InDesign is for EPUB, not PDF. That said, rollover effects are wonky at best and will not work on mobile devices or many third party PDF readers. 

             

            That said, how exactly did you set up the rollover.

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              kcelsi1999Author
              Inspiring
              January 21, 2020

              Using Buttons and Forms, I created two buttons. I set one to turn on the other "On Rollover" and to turn it off "On Roll Off".  Will this setting only work for an eBook and not a pdf?

               

                BobLevine
                BobLevine
                Adobe Expert
                January 21, 2020

                It should work, but again, it's wonky at best and I would never personally use it. I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong. Could be Acrobat, could be something specific to your computer. Have you tried it on a different machine?

                  Derek Cross
                  Derek Cross
                  Adobe Expert
                  January 21, 2020

                  Multi-state buttons don't work in Interactive PDFs, use simple hypelinks (you can use words, images and button shapes) , they can be internal links to other pages and external to URLs.

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                    kcelsi1999Author
                    Inspiring
                    January 21, 2020

                    Thank you for your response. So are you saying that rollovers (images appearing on hover) are not supported in interactive pdfs? Just not sure exactly what multi-state refers to.

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