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How to Disable Player Tooltips
Hi,
I see that with the latest update, they have implemented Player Tooltips.
Is there a way to disable them? I can't seem to find anything that allows me to do that.
Any assistance or info regarding this would be greatly appreciated.
I also contacted support for this issue: Case #00792445. Firstly, you should be able to turn these tool-tips off, either by leaving the fields blank in the Player Text Labels section or by ticking a box somewhere in the Player Settings Menu. Secondly, the wild assumption is made that everybody wants/needs this feature. Thus far I have had multiple requests to have these tooltips removed, which I can't do... which is frustrating. Unless I downgrade my version of Storyline, which means I won't be able to use the new Emphasis Animations.
I can totally understand customers who immediately ask for these tooltips to be removed, I'm sorry but I have to admit as well they look incredibly redundant. The button already says "Next". Anyway, hope this can be fixed!
Same here. We don't like this features..
Hi Jean-Francois!
I appreciate you taking the time to share what you’d like to see in Storyline!
We will be sure to notify you if we make any changes to this feature.
Hi Ross!
It sounds like you had questions about toggling the Player tooltips on and off in Storyline. I noticed that you've also opened a support case as well. Smart move!
The Player tooltips were added to satisfy WCAG criteria, so it’s important for accessibility, and, therefore cannot be disabled. However, the ability to switch them on and off sounds like an interesting idea I can share with our development team!
Thanks for reaching out!
Hello,
me and especially my clients also want to hide the tool tips. And it's hard to explain to them why they are there now and were not earlier...
Additionaly every button has a tool tip. But the Menu/toc button is not having one. Can I add it at least somehow?
thank you, Moritz
Hi Moritz!
It sounds like you were looking for more customization over which Player Tooltips get displayed to a learner! That type of functionality isn't available in Storyline yet, but I've added your feedback to the feature report being tracked.
We'll be sure to update this discussion if it makes it onto our Feature Roadmap!
Thanks for reaching out!
For everybody who needs a quick solution to fix this problem. My team and I found a way to disable these tooltips through JavaScript.
const container = document.querySelector('#app-top');
container.style.display = "none";Just create an "Execute Javascript" Trigger (when the timeline starts) on the first slide of your training, this trigger only needs to be executed once.
This is a temporary work-around to disable the tool-tips until Articulate comes with a permanent solution that doesn't require Javascript. We tested it in multiple environments (e.g. Review, SCORM, etc.) and it works consistently.
Hope this helps!
I agree! It's not helpful at all to have a tool tip for the next/previous buttons. It's very distracting and the labels don't seem to update either. I'm going to submit a case.
Agree. There should be an option to turn this tool tip feature on or off.
This is another vote for an option to turn tooltips on and off. We don't want these on newly published courses. I'm glad the option is there for those who need it, but by default it should be off to ensure consistency with previously published courses.
Melvin, This is super useful. Thank you!
