On Exit action possible on a question slide?

I'm using Captivate 6. My project has branching that occurs "on success" for some question slides, but if the user skips the question (which is allowed in this case) the branching doesn't happen. On a regular slide there is an On Exit option to initiate branching, but that dropdown is greyed out on my question slide. How can I initiate branching on a question slide if the question is skipped?
Thanks,
Glenn
p.s. My first thought just now was to insert a regular slide immediately after the question slide with On Exit set on that slide to branch immediately to the correct location. However, that adds an extra slide and maybe there's a better way?
Message was edited by: GPillsbury1

Hello,
On Exit action has never been possible for question slides. Reason is that when the user has accomplished the two-step process for asnwering a question (1. Submit, 2. Click on slide or Press Y) the actions defined On Succes/Last Attempt for that question will be executed. That is embedded in the question slides. This is of course not the case for other slides. But even there On Exit events must be handled with care because they will only be done if the last frame of the slide is visited.
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