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Old 01-31-2017, 11:41 AM
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Is it possible for an action button to be "sent backward" so it is hidden by an image, but still function? I have some slides with one picture per slide. I would like the user to click on the "correct" part of the image, and after doing so advance to the next slide. I have the show set on browse at kiosk, so action buttons are required to advance slides. However, if I move the action button backward, so it isn't visible, clicking on that area doesn't advance the slide...
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:11 AM
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"action buttons are required to advance slides."

Not really, any shape can be used. You could set it (action button or shape) to 100% transparent / no line so it is invisible even in front of an image.
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:19 AM
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Thanks ! That worked. The only issue now, albeit small, is that when the cursor is over an action button area, it changes from an arrow to a pointing finger. An observant user may deduce that those are the correct areas of the image to click on.. That could probably be changed though...
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:12 PM
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Not easy to change the pointer finger BUT what you could do is put a transparent shape covering the whole slide under the buttons that links to the current slide (ie does nothing) or links to a "Wrong" slide. The hand will show all the time then.
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