TOC button widget for Adobe Captivate

by Michael on April 9, 2012 with 19 Comments in Captivate , Widgets

This widget allows you to open / close the TOC in Adobe Captivate with a custom button. This is useful when building your own navigation or if you are using a playbar without a TOC button.

The widget comes in two different versions – a free version called Lite and a commercial version called Premium. The Premium version is a result of the latest update to v2.0 where I have implemented a number of new features.

Lite Custom TOC Button Widget for Adobe Captivate:

A free Adobe Captivate Widget that will allow you to control a TOC in overlay mode from your own button. The Adobe Captivate widget is an AS3 widget compatible with Adobe Captivate 4 AS3 and Adobe Captivate 5, Adobe Captivate 5.5 and Adobe Captivate 6 projects.

The widget will automatically hide the >> arrows from a TOC in overlay mode and it is transparent so you can place it on top of your own button graphics.

This Lite widget is identical to the “old” TOC Button Widget offered for free here on www.cpguru.com

Download the widget here:

Premium Custom TOC Button Widget for Adobe Captivate:

The Premium widget does the same as the Lite version, but gives you more control. With the premium version you can use any object that is placed on the Adobe Captivate stage as a button. This means that button mouse-over states will work just as with a regular button in Adobe Captivate.

The Premium widget also enables you to automatically pause and resume your project when the user interacts with the button to open / close the TOC.

Requirements for the Premium widget:

This widget requires that you have Adobe Captivate 5, Adobe Captivate 5.5 or Adobe Captivate 6.0, Adobe Captivate 6.1.

Furthermore the widget needs to be inserted on each and every side (not set to display for rest of project) if you want to use a button in Captivate to trigger the TOC. This is due to a limitation in Captivate where a button cannot be set to display for rest of project.

Buy the Premium Widget:

01 x Single Developer License – $10

03 x Single Developer License – $27

05 x Single Developer License – $40

10 x Single Developer License – $70

25 x Single Developer License – $150

Change log:

March 2013: Premium Widget updated to version 2.5 adding support for Adobe Captivate 6.1 and adding the possibility to place the widget on a Master Slide one time and use a suffix “_toc” on your slides buttons.

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http://www.wanderconsulting.com Andrew

Hi Michael – I was thrilled to find you’ve updated this widget. I’ve been using it today and ran into a problem though.

I have the widget placed on a Master Slide and that slide is used throughout the project (CP5.5). The widget is configured to pause when someone clicks it and autoresume when the TOC is closed.

The behavior I’m seeing is this:
– project starts
– click TOC widget
– project pauses and TOC appears (expected)
– click to another chapter in the TOC
– **project continues and TOC is still visible (unexpected)
– click TOC widget
– project pauses and TOC disappears

** I’d expect the program to remain paused at this spot. Am I using the settings correctly?

Thanks as always!
A
- http://www.cpguru.com Michael
  
  Hi Andrew,
  
  Widgets and Master Slides do not go well together. Trying moving the widget to a regular slide and see if this doesn’t solve your problem.
  
  Let me know if you still experience problems Andrew.
  
  /Michael
  - http://www.wanderconsulting.com Andrew
    
    Thanks Michael – I moved the widget from the Master Slide to each individual slide but got the same results. The project un-pauses when I navigate to a different section in the TOC, leaving the TOC open. Do you think the TOC settings could be causing a problem?
    - http://www.cpguru.com Michael
      
      Hmm that is indeed strange.. I didn’t get that behaviour when I tested it before releasing it.
      
      I will try testing it tomorrow and experiment with the settings and get back to you.
      
      /Michael
http://www.cpguru.com Michael

The issue that Andrew describes in the comments above has been identified and sorted out in the Premium version of the widget.

/Michael
- http://Website Sian
  
  Does the premium version work in Captivate 6?
  - http://www.cpguru.com Michael
    
    @Sian – yes the Premium version works with Adobe Captivate 6 now.
http://Website NameOscar

I used the name of a image button which has a shortcut associated, but it is ignored even tho the button triggers the TOC, is it something im missing or does the widget ignore shortcuts?
http://Website Dustin

Whenever I use this widget the first slide the widget initially loads, if a skip to the slide however the widget disappears. However, if I skip back a slide and then forward again it will show. I am NOT using a master slide. The widget is installed on each and every slide. Is this a bug?
- http://www.cpguru.com Michael
  
  Hi Dustin,
  
  That sounds strange. I am not able to replicate this behavior on my system.
  
  Are you using the Lite or the Premium version?
  
  /Michael
http://Website Andrew

Hi Michael, do you know of an easy way to hide the “TOC” button that’s on the native CP playbar? I’d like to use your widget but also want to use the playbar for certain functions – but not controlling the TOC.

Thanks!
- http://www.cpguru.com Michael
  
  Hi Andrew,
  
  In the “Skin Editor” in Captivate (Shift+F11) you can select which buttons to display in the playbar.
  
  /Michael
  - http://Website Andrew
    
    Unfortunately, if you enable the TOC, the button automatically appears in the playbar, and there’s no checkbox for hiding it. Unless I’m missing something….
    - http://Website Andrew
      
      I was able to remove the TOC button by opening the playbar’s source FLA file, deleting the button then publishing the FLA as a new SWF in the same directory as the other playbar swf files.
http://Website Alistar

Hi, I have been using the premium widget with Captivate 5.5 with no problems. I recently upgraded to Captivate 6 and was able to use the Cp6 version of the widget. I have since updated to Captivate 6.1 and noticed that the widget no longer works. Is there an update planned for 6.1, or is there some way to configure it to get it working?

At the moment I am able to place it on a slide and configure the widget, but when I preview or publish I can’t use it, or any configured button, to display the menu.

Thanks
- http://www.cpguru.com Michael
  
  Hi Alistar,
  
  Unfortunately I do not have access to Captivate 6.1 due to Adobe’s decision to only make this available to subscription clients or people that took the ASA insurrance. Since I own “regular” products I don’t get this 6.1 upgrade and therefore unfortunately have no way of testing the widget.
  
  It is odd though that the widget wouldn’t work as these “VIP upgrades” should only present new content to the selected few and not contain bug fixes or other things that would affect existing widgets. How about the Adobe Stock widgets that are supplied with Captivate 6 – do they work as they should?
  
  Sincerely,
  Michael
  - http://Website Alistar
    
    Thanks Michael, the supplied widgets all seem to be working fine in 6.1. I’m at a loss to understand what they would have changed between 6 and 6.1. I’ll just have to wait until 6.1 is released more widely I guess.
http://www.griffinlearningservices.com Michael Goodnight

Since the widget is a swf file, I’m assuming that it is incompatible with publishing to HTML5?
- http://www.cpguru.com Michael
  
  Hi Michael, Correct – none of the widgets for sale here will work with HTML5 projects.
  
  /Michael