active state inside a composition does not appear at anchor position

[fotoroeder]

Hi,

I am almost satisfied with this design JUFAZ​.  But for one small issue I cannot find the solution.

The buttons on the left side, which work quite as expected for scrolling up and down do not show

active states, once the anchor position is reached.

It should look like this:

In Desihn mode it shows up but not on the published site.

If one needs a file, watch this: Homepage ​. You can download if necessary.

There was a small hope, that it works at avery reduced site, but unfortunately no.

Any help is much appreciated

Uwe

[Günter Heißenbüttel · Accepted solution]

The problem is, that it is not as your posting caption says an "Active state inside a composition", but an active state of a composition trigger.

What you have done, is linking the trigger of a composition to an anchor, what causes a technical unclear situation:

The trigger normally "indicates, which target (for example "Teamvorstellung") is or will be activated. You want in addition, that this trigger shines up, when the anchor is reached – a typical "double bind" situation: The trigger can’t do both: Indicate the active target of the composition and the active trigger position.

Easiest Solution:

Don’t use a composition widget, but 5 states buttons, and link these buttons to the anchors. You can style these buttons so, that they look exactly like your composition. For example, set the opacity of the text boxes within these buttons to 0 % in normal state, and to 100 % in rollover and active state (or whatever you want).

[fotoroeder]

Yes, I was just thinking of this at last but as always much slower than you do.

That´s the first time I must use this widget. Great. Go, get the cup – los hol Dir die Tasse.

[Günter Heißenbüttel]

The first time to use a states button? Have a very(!) close look at it! It is the most valuable and yet most underestimated widget in the Muse world!

[fotoroeder]

It was quite tricky. I thought:" let´s link every part of the widget", but that was so wrong. I then did, as it comes out of the box, to set the corresponding link only to the overall widget, and boom.

Watch: JUFAZ​

Can I place this state button widget into a composition as well?

To be honest, since now, there´s only a small glimpse to my mind about this widget.

There´s no real trigger and target – I guess I can replace the grey circle with almost everything?

But I will keep it in mind.

[Günter Heißenbüttel]

Yes, it works within a composition as well (but not in the way, you wanted to achieve in your inital posting )

The titbit of states button: You can place everything into it and apply different state attributes to every element within the button (a rectangle changing colours, a text box changing transparency, an image getting a shadow and a outline, …) .

When you rollover the button, every state of every object within the button will be triggered, even it you don’t touch it directly.

[fotoroeder]

Well, on the website Foerderverein der Realschule Gaggenau , I used a widget from another template. I didn`t look too properly and thought, it is a composition (which it is) but it contains many state buttons. So this could have answered, if state buttons can be placed in other widgets.

There´s one more additional question. In this composition the "Ausloeser" is on top of the widget (red square). What is this needed for.

What does it say: "Ausloeser oben"

Where else should it be?

And, finally, is it the only advantage, to put state buttons in a composition, that it is easy to move?

Thanks

Uwe

[Günter Heißenbüttel]

You can hide the trigger(s) behind the target(s) or you can place the trigger(s) in front of the target(s). Where is the problem?

[fotoroeder]

For which reason should I hide the trigger?

[Günter Heißenbüttel]

Think of an automatically playing "slideshow", where you don’t want the user to interfere, for example. In this case – as one example – you can hide the triggers behind the targets.