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 Title 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 title, 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 title, 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. The action will only execute in titles published to the Web if the media is converted to Flash. 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. Converting your audio media to MP3 and video media to MP4 is recommended. Due to plug-in limitations, the Done Playing trigger will not be executed when WMA and WMV media are done playing when your title is published or viewed in Run mode. For details about converting your audio to MP3, see Converting to MP3. For details about converting your video to MP4, see Converting to MP4. See also: Publishing a title Working with audio Working with video Working with Flash animations 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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.
   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 title, 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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the title 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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the title 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 title, 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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.
   Page Show	Executes the action when the page is shown.
   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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys if the title 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 title, chapters, sections, pages, tests, test sections, and surveys.
   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.
   Timed 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.

See also: Delaying an action

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