Storyline 360: Player Tooltips

Starting with the November 2023 update, player controls and navigation buttons now display tooltips that are accessible to mouse, keyboard, and screen reader users. Interact with them to view bite-sized info and keyboard shortcuts, if available. You can even customize the default text labels or change them to a different language.

Player Tooltips

Here's a complete list of player controls and navigation buttons with tooltips:

Control/Button	Tooltip
Accessibility controls	Settings
Captions	Hide captions (Ctrl+Alt+C) Show captions (Ctrl+Alt+C)
Full-screen	Enter full-screen (Ctrl+Alt+F) Exit full-screen (Ctrl+Alt+F)
Volume	Mute (Ctrl+Alt+M) Unmute (Ctrl+Alt+M)
Next	Next (Ctrl+Alt+.)
Play/pause	Play (Ctrl+Alt+P) Pause (Ctrl+Alt+P)
Playback speed	Playback speed
Previous	Previous (Ctrl+Alt+,)
Replay	Replay (Ctrl+Alt+R)
Search	Search
Submit	Submit (Ctrl+Alt+S)

Another benefit to interacting with the seekbar: You can now see exactly where you are in the slide's timeline by minutes and seconds.

Player Keyboard Shortcuts

That's not all! We also made the text labels for the list of keyboard shortcuts more concise. Learners can access this list at any time by pressing Shift+?. Here's a complete list of keyboard shortcuts:

Button/Message	Custom Text
Keyboard Shortcuts: Mute/unmute	Mute/unmute
Keyboard Shortcuts: Next	Next
Keyboard Shortcuts: Play/pause	Play/pause
Keyboard Shortcuts: Previous	Previous
Keyboard Shortcuts: Replay	Replay
Keyboard Shortcuts: Submit	Submit
Keyboard Shortcuts: Toggle accessible text	Toggle accessible text
Keyboard Shortcuts: Toggle background audio	Toggle background audio
Keyboard Shortcuts: Toggle closed captions	Toggle captions
Keyboard Shortcuts: Toggle full-screen mode	Toggle full-screen
Keyboard Shortcuts: Toggle zoom to fit	Toggle zoom to fit

Will Anything Be Different in Existing Projects?

Existing projects will look and behave as they did previously. That means text labels customized before this change are preserved when you open an existing project. Text labels that weren't customized will use the new text labels.

Understand Compatibility

Player tooltips are exclusive to the modern player style in Storyline 360 as of November 2023. You can open, edit, and publish projects that use the new text labels in Storyline 3 and earlier versions of Storyline 360 in which the new text labels are preserved.

Learn more about compatibility.