Creating a Tab Interaction in Articulate Storyline 360

Start a new project in Storyline 360, save and name scenes, and set up a tabbed interaction using timeline, states, triggers, and variables to control navigation and a dimming background.

Create a tab interaction in Articulate Storyline 360 by adding a background from the stock library, cropping to stage, naming layers, and configuring hover, down, and visited states.

Create tab states in Articulate Storyline 360 by adding hover, downstate, visited and selected states, adjusting colors and x-position to reveal content on hover and preview the interaction.

duplicate tab buttons, left align and evenly distribute them, and label tabs in the timeline; use a button set to ensure only one tab is selected at a time.

Create a new layer in Articulate Storyline 360, name it tab interaction, and set base layer. Configure hide and show triggers for tabs and crop the character's torso for visuals.

Adjust text margins in Articulate Storyline 360 by expanding the right margin in the format tab's text box area to wrap text around a figure, using hard spaces.

Duplicate and rename layers to create a five-tab template in Articulate Storyline 360, swap and customize tab text for each tab, preparing a reusable, team-friendly tab interaction.

Change character poses across tabs in Storyline 360 by adjusting poses in the design pose section, aligning the head and shoulders, and moving the image for consistency.

Animate the tab content by fade-ins from bottom and right, copy the animation with the animation painter across tabs, and create triggers to show each tab's layer in sequence.

Create a background fader for tab interactions in Articulate Storyline 360 by adding a full-stage shape, filling it black with transparency, and controlling its visibility with a variable and triggers.

Create a boolean variable fade visible in Articulate Storyline, default false, and trigger the fader to fade in when fade visible becomes true as a tab is shown.

Create a close button to hide the fader and return to base layer in Articulate Storyline 360. Use triggers to fade, hide the layer, and restore each tab to normal.

Create a visited tab state that shows which tabs users have clicked, apply it across all tabs, and prevent advancing until every tab has been visited.

Create a hint layer in a Storyline scene that prompts users to visit all tabs before moving on, using a callout to the next button and a three-second display.

Enforce a visited state for tabs 1–5 in Articulate Storyline 360 before the next button works, and use a hints layer to guide users when progress is blocked.

Create a conditional hint layer in Articulate Storyline 360 that appears when any tab remains unvisited, using or logic, and hides after a few seconds to boost engagement.

Fix a tab interaction in Articulate Storyline 360 by adjusting the close button to change tab states, enabling progress after visiting tabs and templates for Storyline 360, 3, and 2.

Learn to save a Storyline 360 template, swap out text, and reuse it across courses by sharing the saved slide or project in the 360 area.

Insert team slides in Articulate Storyline 360 by using shared tab interactions, triggers, and variables to build a template-driven project and share templates in a central repository.

Save a template by using file, save as, and selecting Storyline template; install it to your Storyline instance and share it across 360, 2, and 3 for reuse.

Update the tab interaction template in Storyline 360 by changing colors, saving, and replacing the template on the 360 team site so all developers see the update.

Keep your initial storyline project and template organized by maintaining a central master file you can update, publish, and later save as a template.

Explore tab interactions in Storyline 360 by applying state changes, animations, and layer fades, and use visited states to prevent advancing across any tab layout.