Creating click boxes in Adobe Captivate

Click boxes are areas on the slide where the user must click before the next action can take place. You can use click boxes to demonstrate an application's functionality, for example, by placing them on menus or buttons where the user must click. You can determine what happens after the user performs a successful click. For example, the project can advance to the next slide, open a URL, or send an e-mail message.

You can insert the following types of click boxes in Adobe Captivate:

• Right-click box 

• Left-click box 

• Double-click box 

Unless specified as a double-click or right-click box in the properties, click boxes act as left-click boxes. You can recognize the different kinds of click boxes by their associated icons.

Right-click boxes are not supported in the following cases and act as left-click boxes after you publish the Adobe Captivate project:

• Publishing a project as a SWF file (HTML option enabled) unless you:

  • Disable accessibility (Edit > Preferences > Project > Publish Settings)

  • Publish SWF in a trusted path if you are planning to serve the content from a CD. If the javascript is enabled in the browser and the content is served from a webserver, this step is not required.

• Publishing a project with 508 compliance enabled.

• Publishing a project to a PDF file.

• Publishing a project as EXE files.

After you have added a click box to your project, you can view and edit its properties using Property inspector. To view the properties of a click box in relation with other interactive objects in the project, select Project > Advanced Interaction.

To view the properties of a click box, select it on the slide. The Property inspector displays the properties of the click box.

When you change the properties, the changes are instantly applied to the selected instance of the click box. Click the Apply to all icon to apply the changes to all the click boxes in the project or to those that use the same object style.

Click Box section

Enter a unique name for the object. You can use this name when defining the visibility conditions for the object.

Deselect this option if you want the object to be invisible on the slide. The object can be made visible using the Show option. For more information, see Controlling the visibility of objects.

Action section

Specifies the event that occurs when a user clicks the box, for example, opening another project or a specific URL. For the description of the available options, see Project navigation using interactive objects.

Specifies the number of times the user can attempt the question before the specified action takes place. By default, the number of attempts allowed is infinite. To specify a number, clear the Infinite check box and then click the numeral associated with the Attempts option.

Allows users an unlimited number of attempts.

Specifies the event that should take place after the last attempt. For the description of the available options, see Project navigation using interactive objects.

• If you select Open URL Or File or Open Another Project, click the inverted arrow icon next to the URL or the Project field to select the window in which the URL, file, or project appears. Select from Current, New, Parent, and Top. If you choose New, Parent, or Top, you also have the option to continue playing the original project when the URL, file, or project opens.

• If you select Send E-mail To, you have the option to continue playing the project while the e-mail message is prepared and sent.

You can specify a keyboard shortcut for the mouse-click. Users can use the keyboard shortcut instead of the mouse. For example, suppose you select Control+Shift+Enter as the keyboard shortcut for the mouse-click. The click is treated as correct (a click within the box) when users press this combination. If they press the wrong combination, it is treated as a click outside the box.

Options section

select this check box to include a caption to be displayed when the user clicks inside the click box.

select this check box to include a caption to be displayed when the user clicks outside the click box.

select this check box to specify a hint to be displayed to users. The hint is displayed when the user moves the mouse over the click box.

select this check box to pauses the project until all success and failure captions are displayed.

Select this check box to change the pointer to a pointing hand when the user moves the pointer over the click box.

Select this check box if you want the users to double-click the click box.

Select this check box to disable the click sound that is played when users click inside the click box area.

Select this check box to pause the project till the users click the click box. The project resumes only after the user clicks the click box.

Select this check box if you want the users to right-click on the click box.

Timing section

Specifies the time for which the click box appears on the slide.

Specifies the time after which the click box appears on the slide after the slide starts playing.

Audio section

Specifies the time for the audio to fade in to full volume.

Specifies the time for the audio to fade out to silence.

Stops playing the audio file associated with the slide when you click inside the click box area. This option stops only the slide audio, not the background audio. Also, using a keyboard shortcut does not stop the audio.

Stops playing the audio file associated with the slide when the project is paused. For example, if you have enabled the Pause Project Until User Clicks option, the slide audio stops until the user clicks inside the click box area.

Allows you to associate an audio with the click box.

Reporting section

You can assign a score to every correct mouse-click and coordinate the score with a learning management system.

Considers the click box as a question in the current quiz. The points assigned to this click box are added to the score results of the current quiz.

The score that you want to assign to the question. The maximum is 100 points, the minimum is 0. The points assigned to this click box are added to the score results of the current quiz.

Includes the points for the correct click in the total score.

Sends the quiz score to the learning management system (LMS).

Sends tracking information to your learning management system. Use the interaction ID specified by your learning management system.

Transform section

Use this section to define the exact size or location of the click box in terms of pixels. You can also specify the rotation of a click box in this section.

Position of the click box on the X-axis

Position of the click box on the Y-axis.

Width of the click box.

Height of the click box.

Maintains the height-to-width ratio of the click box when you resize it.

Angle of rotation of the click box.

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