Right Click in captivate
Hi, I am having to create a software sumulation,
demonstrating the
right-click. I have found a document - right-click2 - on the
Adobe >
Captivate > Articles web site, but when i implement and
right click, I am
not only getting up the sub menu that I am expects, but also
one which
contains three items : Created with Adobe Captivate, Settings
and About
Macromedia Flash player 8.
Is there any way to stop this
thanks
A
Hi Alex,
This one is the biggest of all bugbears to Captivate users.
There are a number of ways to accomplish the right click in
Captivate but they all require coding or playing with the html
after publishing. The most successful one is by adding a javascript
layer on top of the flash player to capture the right click before
it gets to the player. This works but I found it unsustainable for
our 100s of captivate movies.
The reply from Adobe is that they have to have right click
menu for copyright reasons so there is no way to turn it off. You
can cut down the number of options in it but not get rid of it
easily (see above).
I tend to have an animation of a mouse with the right button
flashing and get the users to left click the right mouse button.
Not that elegant but it gets the message across nicely. It's either
that or a lot of pain.
I'll send you the graphic if you think it'd be helpful.
Cheers
AJ
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