Selecting an action's trigger

The action trigger determines when an action is executed. Different action triggers are available based on the location to which you are adding an action.

To select the trigger:

  1. In Project Explorer, double-click the graphic of the action you want to change. The Action ribbon is displayed.

  2. In the Trigger group, click the Trigger drop-down list to select the appropriate trigger. Select from the following triggers:

    On Setting

    Description

    Any Key

    Executes the action when the user presses any key on his or her keyboard. Actions with this trigger can only be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    Device Rotation Executes the action when the orientation of the user's tablet or phone is rotated, for example from horizontal/landscape to vertical/portrait. Actions with this trigger can be applied to organizational levels, such as the project, chapters, sections, and pages, and the object level (images, buttons, and text).

    Done Playing

    Executes the action when a media object (such as a video) to which the action is attached, has completed playing. Actions with this trigger can also be applied to timer progress bars. When the time specified within the timer progress bar has elapsed, the action will execute.

    A page with 25 or more media configured to automatically start might experience issues on mobile devices. For more information, see Automatically playing media on mobile devices.
    See also: Publishing a project
    Working with audio
    Working with video
    Working with progress bars

    Hide

    Executes the action when an object to which the action is attached, is hidden. This trigger can also be used to execute an action when navigating off of a page and can be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    A page with 25 or more media configured to automatically start might experience issues on mobile devices. For more information, see Automatically playing media on mobile devices.

    Keystroke

    Executes the action when the user presses a specified key on his or her keyboard. Click the Next Key Typed button, and press the key you want to execute the action. Key combinations using the Shift and Ctrl keys are accepted. This will capture the keystroke for the action. Actions with this trigger can only be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    Mouse Click

    Executes the action when a user clicks his or her left mouse button on the object or page to which the action is attached. This trigger cannot be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the project is being published to the Web.

    Mouse Double Click

    Executes the action when a user double clicks his or her left mouse button on the object to which the action is attached. This trigger cannot be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the project is being published to the Web.

    Mouse Enter

    Executes the action when a user places the mouse cursor over the object to which the action is attached. This trigger cannot be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    Mouse Exit

    Executes the action when a user moves the mouse cursor off of the object to which the action is attached. This trigger cannot be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    Page Show

    Executes the action when the page is shown.

    A page with 25 or more media configured to automatically start might experience issues on mobile devices. For more information, see Automatically playing media on mobile devices.

    Right Mouse Click

    Executes the action when a user clicks his or her right mouse button on the object or page to which the action is attached. This trigger cannot be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the project is being published to the Web.

    Show

    Executes the action when an object to which the action is attached, is displayed. This trigger can also be used to execute an action when navigating on to a page and can be applied to organizational levels such as the project, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.

    A page with 25 or more media configured to automatically start might experience issues on mobile devices. For more information, see Automatically playing media on mobile devices.
    Screen Swipe Left

    Executes the action when a user swipes left with a finger on a touch device or with a click-and-swipe-left using a mouse.

    Screen Swipe Right Executes the action when a user swipes right with a finger on a touch device or with a click-and-swipe-right using a mouse.

    Time Interval

    Executes the action continuously on a specified time interval. When this is selected, specify the time interval (in seconds) by typing a value in the Interval field. Use the Delay field to specify a delay (in seconds) when starting the specified time interval.

    A page with 25 or more media configured to automatically start might experience issues on mobile devices. For more information, see Automatically playing media on mobile devices.

See also:Delaying an action

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