## Button dialog box - Button tab

Use this dialog box to determine how the movie responds to user interaction. The options are divided into two basic categories: what happens when a user clicks the button and what happens when a user clicks outside the button.

### If the user clicks the button

On success: Specify what should happen after a user clicks the button.

- Continue: Select this option to have the movie continue playing.

- Go to previous slide: Select this option to have the movie return to the previous slide.

- Go to next slide: Select this option to have the movie proceed to the next slide.

- Jump to slide: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific slide.

- Open URL or file: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific URL on the Internet or to a local file. Click the drop-down arrow next to Continue to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.

- Open other movie: Select this option to have the movie begin playing a different movie.

- Send e-mail to: Select this option to open the default mail browser.

- Execute JavaScript: Select this option to run a specific piece of JavaScript.

- No action: Select this option to have no action take place when the user clicks the button.

Continue: Depending upon the type of action you selected above, this box changes to let you enter destination information.

### If the user clicks outside the button

Allow user [#] attempts: Use the arrows to select the number of attempts a user can make before another action takes place.

Infinite attempts: Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts.

After last attempt: Specify what you want to happen after the last attempt. You can choose from the following options:

- Continue: Select this option to have the movie continue playing.

- Go to previous slide: Select this option to have the movie return to the previous slide.

- Go to next slide: Select this option to have the movie proceed to the next slide.

- Jump to slide: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific slide.

- Open URL or file: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific URL on the Internet or to a local file. Click the drop-down arrow next to Continue to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.

- Open other movie: Select this option to have the movie begin playing a different movie. The second movie must be located in the same directory and be in the same format (for example, SWF file) as the original movie.

- Send e-mail to: Select this option to open the default mail browser.

- Execute JavaScript: Select this option to run a specific piece of JavaScript.

- No action: Select this option to have no action take place when the user clicks the button.

Note: When using the Open URL or file option, the URL is visible when you edit the slide in Captivate. However, it is not visible to the user. If you want to show the URL to users, create a simple image with the URL text on the image, add the image to your movie slide, and place a click box over the image.

Continue: Depending upon the type of action you selected above, this box changes to let you enter destination information.

### Button type

Type: Use the drop-down arrow to select the type of button you want to create. (The type that you select determines the options that are available.)

- Text button: Creates a button that appears with text. Options

  Button text: Type the text that should appear on the button.

  Font: Click to set the font type, style, size, effects, and color.

  Transparent: Select this option to make the button transparent. (The text that you typed for the button will appear, but an actual button with edges will not appear.)

- Transparent button: Creates a button that exists on the slide, but is not visible. Options

  Frame color: Click the color box to set the color of the button frame (the outside edges of the button).

  Fill color: Click the color box to set the color of the inside of the button.

  Frame width: Click the up or down arrow to select a width for the button frame, in pixels. (A low number creates a very thin frame; a high number creates a wide frame.)

  Fill transparency: Click the up or down arrow to select a transparency level for the button. (A transparency of 0% results in a button filled with the exact color selected in Fill color. A high number results in a lighter, fainter version of the color selected in Fill color.)

- Image button: Creates a button that displays as an image. Options

  Use default buttons: Click to display the default buttons.

  Up Image: Displays the image to be used for the button when it is in its Up state (not Down or Over state). Click More to browse to an image.

  Down Image: Displays the image to be used for the button when it is in its Down state (has been clicked by the user). Click More to browse to an image.

  Over Image: Displays the image to be used for the button when it is in its Over state (the user has the mouse positioned over the button, but has not clicked the button). Click More to browse to an image.

  Transparent buttons: Select this option to make the button transparent.

### Set shortcut key

Select keys: Click this button to choose a key combination for users to press when submitting responses. The current shortcut is displayed to the left of the button.

OK: Click to accept changes made in this dialog box and close the dialog box.
Cancel: Click to cancel changes made in this dialog box.
Apply: Click to apply all changes made in this dialog box. This option lets you test and view your changes without closing the dialog box.