Current Page in a Chapter or Section to Hide Navigation buttons

towers9815

I am trying to hide a back button if the page is the first page in chapter.

So I have my Navigation buttons at the top of my course. They are inherited in every chapter.

So for the first page I just need a Hide Action with the following condition.

Variable--------- | Relationship | Value

PageInChapter | Equal to | 1

That should hide the back button on the first page

Now on last page how would I do it?

Variable--------- | Relationship | Value

PageInChapter | Equal to | ???

I cant make the value a variable ? Lectora knows how many pages in the Chapter using the Variable PagesInChapter. But how do I compare two variables ?

Is this the right approach. Any thoughts would be appreciated !

ssneg

You can simply write "VAR(PagesInTitle)" instead of a value. Or click on the tiniest of arrows in the bottom right corner of that input field to bring up the "Use Variable" dialog. See the attached pic.

P.S. I would just disinherit the buttons on respective pages but in the light of your other question, you can't do that if these buttons are in a group.

towers9815

Amazing thanks for that. I will use it right away.

(Yes disherit would save me some hassel but I want to group items to that the Title Exlplore is not complex). And I want to build in as much functionality as I can)

ssneg

@dfleary, @lsilver, what do you think about making the objects on a title level collapsible? Like if they were in a group, only just visually, to avoid uber-long title explorer scrolls?

lsilver

Check out the "Show buttons for hiding objects in the Title Explorer" option in your Preferences.

When you turn this on, you'll see an additional expand/collapse + or - icon in the Title Explorer at the Title, Chapter, and Section level. Selecting this allows you to collapse items at that level to clean up clutter in your Title Explorer.

towers9815

What a great feature!

But for me with online it is not present. What a great shame !