Can I use single words in a paragraph to show other elements on the stage?

Question

I want to put a paragraph on the stage. The paragraph would look like this:
    " Yada yada yada... so either click here to read Note1, or click here to read Note2. "
As you might guess, I want the user to be able to click the underlined words in the paragraph - and have the appropriate notes appear.
Is it possible to do this kind of thing in Edge Animate?
TIA,
Jeff

Answer 1

Hi Jeff,
The way I would do that is by showing and hiding elements. You would create "Note1" on the stage of your current project. If "Note1" is an animation then you will convert it to a symbol called "Note1" or leave it as an element called "Note1" if it's static. Somewhere in your "Note1" you might want to include an "X" or "close" to hide the note when it's not needed. In the actions for the "X" or "close" you would choose "click" then hide element or type in "sym.$("Note1").hide();"
Leave it set as "always on" to create and position it, then set it to "off". Then in your sentence "Yada yada yada... so either click here to read Note1, or click here to read Note2." You would type in the text "here" seperately than the rest of the sentence anywhere you want a note to pop up. You can then choose the actions of your first "here" (lets call it "here1") In the actions choose "click", then show element or type in "sym.$("Note1").show();" Note1 can then be hidden by clicking on the "X" or "close" that's a part of "Note1"
This will work same for any "Notes" you'd like to do.
You can also do this with mouseover and mouseout by using the same show and hide commands for those actions. Then "note1" will only show when mouse is over "here1"
Hope that helps,
Brian