2 Replies Latest reply: May 20, 2011 8:05 AM by cswalsh RSS

    Item Labels - tied to item or to layer?

    cswalsh Community Member

      I renamed all my custom control button graphics via Item Properties.  The names showed up fine in the timeline (back, forward, pause, replay, exit).  When I re-ordered two higher layers (play button and caption), all the labels shifted to different buttons.  Turning off item/layer labelled "replay" now effects visibility of the exit button, etc.

       

      It's as if shifting the layer order, shifted all the labels to new objects.  Is this normal?  Do the layers existing independently of the objects in the timeline, and if so, should I wait to relabel everything until the project is done?

        • 1. Re: Item Labels - tied to item or to layer?
          Lilybiri CommunityMVP

          Hello,

           

          No, this is not normal at all. Which version of Captivate do you use? And check the precise number please, perhaps there are updates?

           

          I'm always labeling every object and slide, use those labels in advanced actions and never had that experience. I'm really curious to have more details.


          Lilybiri

          • 2. Re: Item Labels - tied to item or to layer?
            cswalsh Community Member

            Thanks Lily -- enjoyed your blog post about labelling!

             

            I think was a preferences problem - I deleted my preferences and am updating to the latest Captivate version right now.  Lots of things were going crazy yesterday, so for now I'm going to blame the preferences.

             

            Am using Captivate 5 on Mac with OSX 10.6.7 soon to be the latest build.