Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
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969 results found
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[Feature] Grid and Visible Borders for Design Options
Version: 13.0
Problem:
When working in Captivate, visual aids such as grids, borders, or width and height indicators are missing. Apart from the highlight shown when directly clicking a Design Option or on slide overflow, the positioning of elements is difficult to control – especially for complex layouts.Suggestion:
- Visible borders for Design Options and their sub-elements, optionally toggleable.
- Fully customizable background grid, similar to Adobe XD or Figma, for better layout orientation.
- Display of width and height measurements for placed elements.1 vote -
ragesh.c@gds.ey.com
The new Adobe Captivate version lacks the ability to restrict the video seekbar—a key feature for ensuring learner engagement and compliance in eLearning. In many training scenarios, it's important to prevent users from skipping ahead or fast-forwarding through video content. Ideally, the seekbar should be locked until the video has been watched completely. Once the video is fully viewed, users can then be allowed to fast-forward or rewind for review purposes. This functionality was available in Adobe Captivate Classic and is essential for maintaining the integrity of learning paths. Please consider adding this feature to the new version to support…
1 vote -
Certificate widget download takes a long time and truncates text in the certificate
When you click the download icon for a certificate, it takes a suprisingly long time, with no visual feedback that anything is happening. The background image and text throughout the certificate is truncated. Other than using a screen capture tool, there is no way for the user to get a usable certificate. The certificate is also very large, at over 5 megabytes in size. Attached is the correct certificate (captured using SnagIt) and the annotated certificate that Captivate 12.6.0.63 currently provides.
1 vote -
[Bug] Design Option “Image” does not respond correctly to grid styling
Version: 12.6
Problem:
The “Image” design option partially fails to respond to grid styling defined in thedesignOption.json. The elementcontainer-image-textdoes not occupy the designated grid-area because it is not a direct child of thecontainer-image-cardelement where the grid is applied.In Chrome DevTools, it is visible that the instruction
grid-area: 1 / 1 / span 1 / span 1;has no effect because the target element does not participate in the grid context.
See screenshot:design-options_image-01.png1 vote -
[Feature] Support for Character Styles for Inline Text
Version: 13.0
Problem:
Currently, Captivate only supports paragraph-level formatting (Paragraph Styles). There is no way to define reusable character styles for quick and consistent inline emphasis. The existing “Highlight” inline element is too limited (no padding, margin, border, border-radius, etc.), leading to inconsistent workarounds and unnecessary manual inline formatting.Use Cases:
- Highlighting key terms
- Inline quotes / badges
- Keyboard shortcuts / keycaps
- Code snippets
- Labels / status indicatorsSuggestion:
Introduce freely definable character styles supporting:
- color, background-color
- font properties
- padding, margin
- border, border-radiusConfigurable in:
- GUI (Theme-Editor)
-theme.jsonBenefits:…
1 vote -
[Feature] Filter for custom Design Options
Problem:
The GUI currently displays all stored Design Options.Suggestion:
Add a filter in the Design Options menu to show only custom Design Options, for example.2 votes -
[Bug] Selected tab loses highlight when widget loses focus
When the Tabs widget loses focus, the selected tab is no longer highlighted. The active state should remain visible so users don’t lose orientation.
1 vote -
Allow content creators to import .doc or .pdf text to populate a template.
If there were tags that could be placed into a word document that could call for a slide option in a project template, then the program could auto-populate text and images into predetermined slide options. This would allow for a rapid conversion to Captivate files when receiving only text, image and link content from authors.
Many of our authors are accustomed to a particular set of procedures for content development. We need a simple method to take the content provided and convert it to a Captivate project.
If there were <tag>s of some sort that could identify sections of text…
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Variables and Design Options
We all understand that Captivate 12 is "built around a template-based authoring approach, designed to streamline project creation with minimal effort." that's just great. And we all want a simple user interface for our content creators who are less technically savvy, which Captivate provides. That does not mean that the content administrators don't still need the ability to have custom templates with variables to integrate properly with their LMS (and in our case LRS). We have government mandated variable time requirements for slide dwell time and total lesson duration. We also have varying pass percentage requirements.
There are a large…
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[Feature] Option for automatic display of timeline events (without click)
Problem:
In the current Timeline widget, each event must be clicked manually for its associated content (text/image) to appear.
This interaction pattern is not ideal for all learning scenarios — especially in linear or narrative timelines, repeated clicking can be distracting and offers little didactic value.Suggestion:
Add an option in the Captivate GUI and in thedesignOption.jsonto control the behavior:
- Manual (current behavior): The user clicks each event to reveal its content.
- Automatic: The content is always visible.
- For better user experience: The content appears with a smooth fade-in or motion animation when the event…1 vote -
[Feature] New Widget for Expandable Single Sections (Disclosure / Details)
Background:
On longpages or compact content layouts, there is often a need for expandable single sections for supplementary content such as transcripts, glossaries, or additional information. An accordion widget is overkill for this purpose, as it requires multiple tabs and semantically implies a group behavior.Problem:
- The Accordion widget cannot currently be reduced to a single tab.
- Using a "pseudo-accordion" with only one panel is semantically incorrect and may negatively impact accessibility and user orientation.
- There is no dedicated widget to toggle individual content sections, making implementation cumbersome.Suggestion:
A dedicated widget based on the established HTML5 …1 vote -
ragesh.c@gds.ey.com
The new Adobe Captivate version does not allow placing objects in a custom order. It only supports drag-and-drop using predefined templates. For example, if we need to position titles, images, icons, or buttons freely on the slide, this flexibility is missing. Currently, all custom design options are limited, forcing us to use only what Captivate provides.
1 vote -
SCORM Integrity Checks
Publishing to SCORM can be tricky, and sometimes it can be difficult to figure out why a SCORM course is having issues. I propose adding integrity tools that check your project for common setup issues when SCORM is enabled. For example, if you set the setting so that a completion is getting a 90 on the quiz, and your total score does not add up to 90 points within your project, there is a problem. Perhaps you have 3 retries set, but you did not provide a button, set a setting, or have a path for them to retake the…
2 votes -
Rename Text to Speech Audio Tracks
Would like to be able to give audio a custom name, both in the timeline and when exported. "Text to Audio1" not very helpful.
5 votes -
Hyperlink improvement
Hyperlinks do not always work. Our policy link looks like this and Captivate 12 doesn't accept it: https://epm.azahcccs.gov/EligibilityPolicyManual/index.html#t=Policy%2FChapter_400_AHCCCS_Medical_Assistance_Programs%2FMA0413.htm
If I convert it to a tiny UTL, that type of link does work. https://tinyurl.com/EPM413
3 votes -
[Feature] Allow renaming of user-defined variables
Currently, user-defined variables can only be renamed in the variable manager if they are not referenced in the project. Variables that are already in use cannot be renamed, which limits flexibility.
Suggested improvement:
Allow renaming of user-defined variables directly in the variable manager, with all references in the project being updated automatically.2 votes -
Cache - should ask you to change your default locations instead of being duplicated
There should be a contradiction in the place in the preferences, where it says 'clear cache' -- the two file save locations -- one is the file location of the .cpt file, and the other is the cache file location. these should NOT be the same, nor should it be an option to be saved in the same place.
Why you ask?
Because I had my HUGE module saved to the same location in both of these locations. I cleared my cache. Then... POOF, my entire module - GONE!. Up in smoke. Disappeared.Nothing told me I was deleting my…
2 votes -
Increase number of items allowed on Timeline widget
Please allow us to add more than 6 items/nodes to the timeline widget. An upper limit of 10-20 items on the timeline widget would be more reasonable. I understand that space may be limited with some of the current design options, but changes could be made to accommodate more items on the timeline.
For example, the design for the horizontal timeline could have a scroll arrow added to the screen, to allow users to scroll left and right and see further down the timeline. Alternatively, the design could be modified (or a new design added) to use a dedicated location…
4 votes -
the ability to save more than one button style
I would like to be able to save more than one button style in my theme editor.
2 votes -
Add checkboxes with Select All or Deselect All when editing Table of Contents
When creating courses in Captivate, we often have over 100 slides, but we only want our users to have access to maybe 10 in the Table of Contents. In Captivate 12.6, I have to deselect each slide which is obnoxiously time consuming. The "eye" icon action should be replaced with check boxes with "Select All" or "Deselect All" options at the top.
1 vote
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