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Create Action

To create a new Action, open the Actions tab in your Layout settings and click New Action.

Create actiobn

Event

1. In the Actions settings, specify the Action type — Event and select the target content or scene to be opened when triggered.

Event

2. If you have selected content, assign a scene and a layer where this content should open. By default, the target content opens full screen on top of all layers.

Open in

3. If necessary, you can assign the button to close the target content or scene. This is similar to assigning the close widget Button.

Close button

4. Specify Idle timeout: the time after which the target content or scene closes and the playlist goes back to its usual playback mode.

Timeout

Text modifier

1. Specify Modifier as the Action type in the settings.

Text modifier

2. Select a scene and text layer to be affected by Action.

Text layer

3. Activate the Text block. The text block content may come from an external source, for example, from the Google Sheets cell.

Text value

If the text is not taken from an external source, then you can enter the default text to be displayed when triggered.

4. Timeout is responsible for the display time of the changes applied. If this option is not enabled, the change will remain the same on a continual basis or until the next Action.

Text timeout

Image modifier

1. Create a new Action selecting the Modifier type.

Image modifier

2. Select a scene and the image widget.

Image modifier

3. Activate the Image block and select the graphics to be opened instead of the current image.

Image modifier

4. If required, configure Timeout and save current changes.

Visibility modifier

One more setting of Action with the Modifier type is Visibility. This setting is available for any layer or widget in Layouts and allows hiding or showing them by any external trigger. For example, there is a hidden layer with a map, and it is necessary to show it by some external request.

1. First, this layer needs to be hidden. To do that, click the Hide icon opposite the required layer in the list of all layers.

Visibility modifier

2. Then create a new Action with the Modifier type and select the hidden layer.

Visibility modifier

3. Activate the Visibility parameter and select Show as the default.

Visibility modifier
In the settings of any type of Action, it is possible to run a preview, to duplicate or delete Action.
If the Modifier type action has the Timeout option enabled, the changes applied as a result of the action will not be displayed in the CMS. Due to their temporary nature, they will only be displayed on specific screens.

Read also: Actions, how to create an Action trigger.

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