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Some elements in your project perform certain tasks inherently and do not need actions assigned to
them unless you are creating some type of specialized interactivity:
n Pop Up Menu – The Pop Up Menu element found in the Playlist User Operation will
automatically toggle the Main Menu on and off screen. You do not need to add the Show/Hide
Main menu actions for the Pop-Up Menu to work.
n Play/Pause/Rewind/Fast Forward – These elements found in the Playlist work inherently and
you do not need to assign an action to cause them to work. For example, you do not need to
assign the Play Action to the Play button. The Play button performs that function
automatically. You can add Actions to these Playlist elements to create other kinds of
interactivity. For example, you may want to cause a Menu to show or hide when the viewer
presses a remote control button.
n Playlist End – You do not need to assign a Play Title or Play Chapter Action to the Playlist End
element. Instead, use the On End Play setting in the Control Panel to determine the order the
titles should be played in your Playlist.
Assigning actions
The process for assigning actions is the same regardless of which element the action is assigned to.
1. Select an element in the Menu Elements tree.
The Action List in that element is displayed in the Control Panel.This displays the Actions window for
that element in the Control Panel.
2. Right-click the Action List to display a shortcut menu of actions grouped by type.
3. Choose an action from one of the submenu groups.
If the action has editable properties, the properties are displayed in the Control Panel to the right of
the Action List.
In the example above, the Play Chapter action has been assigned to a button's Enter Key event to
play Chapter 1 of the Main Video segment in the PlayList - Main Video playlist.
You can assign multiple actions to an event. The actions are executed from top to bottom in the list.
Drag actions to reorder them.
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