Progress to next section in 'Main Stage Actions'

[brianjbaldwin]

A great enhancement would be the ability to progress to the next section using the Main Stage Actions pane. Could then use an image, text, or icon to trigger the transition.

[glazou]

Yes, interesting idea we are thinking of.
Are you specifically interested by that feature for the side or floating Layout or both?
Thanks

[brianjbaldwin]

I am using the side layout, but I am sure it would be a welcome addition to either of the layouts.

[brianjbaldwin]

Just wanted to share the journal application that this need was triggered by, to give more context:
http://bit.ly/1ujprKa
While we could explain to the user that they need to click the buttons on the side, it would be great to drive them through the story by having them interact with the map.

[glazou]

Thanks very useful!

I'm curious to know why you don't use Float layout?
The bottom margin that you added to your sections make the Side Panel act almost like a Float layout but this make your app to not react well on all browser resolution (like on mobile those white space are very unnecessary).

Would you have considered Float if you had a white theme?

[brianjbaldwin]

Good point, I hadn't tested in a tablet/phone, but you are right.

The white background would be nice for the Float, even with a slight transparency like you have on the black.

Lastly, I know this isn't a bug so probably is the wrong place for this. But is there a way using HTML to create a basic link to another section? I tried to copy the

navigation from the buttons on the left, but failed.

[glazou]

The following article describe how a link can the side panel can navigate to another section https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com/adding-links-to-sections-in-story-map-journal-a875bb45fdd5#.gbtmnmp4l This can be done without any customization. We also have the following documentation that describe how to implement map driven navigation and require hosting of the application https://github.com/Esri/map-journal-storytelling-template-js#link-between-sections