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SimonBlair
Community Member
Another thing to watch out for (related to trigger order), is triggers that move you away from a slide.
For example, if you have these triggers on the same object (a Next button, for example):
1- jump to next slide
2- adjust PageNumber, add 1
You'll jump to the next slide, but the page number won't change (because the second trigger won't execute as you'll no longer be on the slide where the trigger is).
In other words, any trigger that changes your slide should be the last in its set.
For example, if you have these triggers on the same object (a Next button, for example):
1- jump to next slide
2- adjust PageNumber, add 1
You'll jump to the next slide, but the page number won't change (because the second trigger won't execute as you'll no longer be on the slide where the trigger is).
In other words, any trigger that changes your slide should be the last in its set.
NicoleLegault1
7 years agoCommunity Member
Good tip, Simon! Thanks for sharing your feedback. You may also be interested in this article about how to troubleshoot advanced Storyline interaction, where I do discuss a bit more the importance of trigger order:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/troubleshooting-advanced-interactions
And there's also recently been this interesting discussion in the community about the same topic, if you want to join in! :)
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/how-do-you-troubleshoot-advanced-storyline-interactions
Hope these links are helpful - and thanks again for passing along your tip!!
https://community.articulate.com/articles/troubleshooting-advanced-interactions
And there's also recently been this interesting discussion in the community about the same topic, if you want to join in! :)
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/how-do-you-troubleshoot-advanced-storyline-interactions
Hope these links are helpful - and thanks again for passing along your tip!!