The Guidethrough Step Triggers are tools that will determine how the steps in a Guidethrough will play for end users when that Guidethrough is published.
The Triggers are accessed from the Homepage > Guidethrough <name> Edit Step > Behaviour screen.
From here, you can edit the step Triggers for the selected Guidethrough as preferred.
The Triggers are:
On-click:
Steps with this trigger will show when either the screen element that that step is associated with is clicked on or when the 'next' (to advance to next step) or 'previous' (to go back a step) icons on the step bubble are clicked.
By default, when you are creating a new Guidethrough and adding the first step, Guidethrough will select 'On-click' as the default trigger for step 1 - and all subsequent steps - in the new Guidethrough.
This default option means that when an end user needs on-screen guidance, they will move through each of the steps in this Guidethrough by clicking to advance to the next step (or go back a step) at their own pace.
The default On-click trigger can be changed at this point to Autoplay or Text-entry when creating step 1 or you can change this at any time afterwards by editing the step.
You can also select a mix of On-click and Text-entry triggers for individual steps at different stages of the target application's process.
Autoplay:
The Autoplay setting means that this Guidethrough will automatically navigate the target application and advance through the steps of the Guidethrough without the end users needing to interact.
This can be a good option when introducing a new application to your end users as there is no requirement for them to know how to navigate the new application as Guidethrough does that for them.
Text-entry:
The Text-entry trigger is best for providing guidance for data entry fields.
Steps with this trigger will show when the end user clicks into the field that that step is associated with and will advance through the steps when the end user either uses keyboard tab to go to next field or when they directly click into the next field or when they click the 'next' or 'previous' icons on the step bubble.