Hotspot

This article describes the Hotspot component and its properties.

The Hotspot is like an invisible button that can be used to capture mouse clicks from the user, in addition, it can also capture mouse-over and mouse-out interactions. Use it to trigger actions such as hiding or showing other components, moving data, etc.

Hotspot Properties

The Hotspot properties consist of LAYOUT & POSITIONING, DATA INSERTION, INTERACTIVITY, and DYNAMIC VISIBILITY sections.

This guide will describe all sections besides the Layout & Positioning and Dynamic Visiblity sections, as these are generic to each component. A separate guide and tutorial for each can be found by clicking the links above.

The component properties are set and edited using different methods, some have multiple methods, some just one. See this Set Property Values article for more information on using the different methods.

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DATA INSERTION

There are three options for triggering data insertion on the Hotspot:

All three options work in the same way. Bind the Source Data property to the cell in the spreadsheet that contains the data to be copied, then bind the Destination property to the cell that the data is to be pasted into.

• MOUSE OVER – will trigger data insertion when the user’s mouse moves over the Hotspot.

  • Mouse X - Bind to an empty cell to push in the initial X position of the mouse cursor when the cursor is moved over the Hotspot component.

  • Mouse Y - Bind to an empty cell to push in the initial Y position of the mouse cursor when the cursor is moved over the Hotspot component.

  • Live update on hover - Check this option to have the inserted values update constantly as the cursor moves over the Hotspot component.

• MOUSE OUT – will trigger data insertion when the user’s mouse moves out of the Hotspot.

• CLICK – will trigger data insertion when the user clicks on the Hotspot.

  • Mouse X - Bind to an empty cell to push in the Y position of the mouse cursor when the Hotspot area is clicked.

  • Mouse Y - Bind to an empty cell to push in the X position of the mouse cursor when the Hotspot area is clicked.

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INTERACTIVITY

It is possible to disable the Hotspot:

The INTERACTIVITY property utilizes Conditional Logic. For more information on Conditional Logic and its uses, see this article.