An Interactive Label is a Captivate Widget aiming at highlighting important areas of an image or slide. It consists in a discrete button made to attract the user’s attention. When the user moves his/her mouse over the button, the widget displays a label containing a short text. If the user clicks on the button, the label expands to show a more complete description.
This type of widget is perfect for letting a user explore the different sections of an image at their own pace. It can be used to introduce a subject or, at the opposite, as a mean for reviewing the different concepts that were just presented. The widget is very versatile and you can explore its powerful features by interacting with this online demo.
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May 4th, 2010 at 08:52
That is sweet! Very flexible too!
David
May 4th, 2010 at 09:10
This is a great widget. I like that it has a variety of style options and that I can even define my own styles. I can even change the button graphic! It’s well worth the price! I hope you create more widgets like this!
May 4th, 2010 at 15:55
Excellent Widget and very well executed. I can see many areas where this widget can be used. Also the styles and customizability makes it possible to use it again and again.
I hope that you will get a lot of sales with this one ;o)
/Michael
May 4th, 2010 at 21:25
Nice work. I can see a lot of use for this one. This is a good idea and, from what I see in the demo, very nicely executed. Can’t wait to give it a spin.
May 4th, 2010 at 22:00
Thanks a lot for the comments guys! It’s always nice to hear positive comments about your work. It is my hope that I was able to put together something useful for content developers. If it takes up, I will augment the feature set based on the user comments. If you have suggestions, please let me know!
In the mean time, I already have another idea in the back of my mind for a new widget …
May 4th, 2010 at 22:54
Really well executed widget! Loved the fact that you’ve considered and covered pretty much all possible usecases with this widget.
-Shameer
May 5th, 2010 at 00:05
Thanks Shameer!
As people use it, I’m sure that other use cases will come up. David Jumeau mentionned one to me today. He suggested putting some type of checkmark beside the title to indicate that the user visited the widget. This information could be used in Avanced Action to track user progress and guide him into a path. He even suggested using “Shared Objects” to store the information so it is available the next time the presentation is run. This is a really interesting view on what the widget could evolve to.
August 11th, 2010 at 10:32
Great Widget but is it compatible with Adobe Captivate 5 yet?
August 11th, 2010 at 23:26
Hi Mark,
Thanks. I tried the widget on Cp5 and there are some small issues with the properties dialog. The new default dimensions for the properties window are too small so you cannot customize the widget. I need to implement the new widget API methods to control the window size. It shouldn’t take me a long time to do and I will try to do it shortly.
Yves
August 13th, 2010 at 05:33
This is really a great widget, but unfortunately I didn’t see that it was for Captivate 4.0 and I already bought it. Is there an estimate about updating the widget for Captivate 5.0. And when it will be up I should buy it again? Again well done for a very fine job.!!
August 13th, 2010 at 06:30
Hi Vassilis,
Sorry about the confusion. I must admit what the fact that it’s only Cp4 compatible does not stand out enough. At the time I created this widget, Cp5 was not out yet. I’m overwhelmed with work but will try to port it very soon. When I start porting it, I will be in a better position to provide a more accurate estimate for its completion. And rest assure, the upgrade will be free … for everyone who bought the widget no matter when they did. I don’t have share holders that I need to keep happy with profits
Yves
August 15th, 2010 at 21:12
Hi,
I have worked this week-end to release the Widget to the Cp5 platform. So, the widget now includes two versions: one for Cp4 and one for Cp5.
Yves
August 29th, 2010 at 23:12
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