April 20, 2017
Getting the Resizing Options Back in Fluid Boxes
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April 20, 2017
Getting the Resizing Options Back in Fluid Boxes
Joe S Ganci
Joe Ganci is President of eLearningJoe, LLC, a custom learning company located outside Washington. D.C. Joe has been involved in every aspect of multimedia and learning development. He holds a degree in Computer Science and writes books and articles about eLearning. He is widely considered a guru for his expertise in eLearning development and technology, and he consults with clients worldwide, creating eLearning modules and templates, often training personnel in their use and then making himself available to assist if necessary. Of course, Joe and his team also create eLearning from start to finish, performing the proper analyses, design needs, the development of the learning and its implementation. Joe evaluates eLearning results, both for his own work and the work of others for his clients.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Joe is a Director with the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL), a nonprofit international organization whose goal is to promote the use of the best form of learning for each component of a learning curriculum across all industries and academia. This year he organized and ran the 24-Hour Conference IABL Online Conference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Joe is also a frequent teacher and presenter online and at industry conferences and client sites (during times without a pandemic!) , especially on the subject of eLearning design and development tools. His tool reviews appear each month in Learning Solutions Magazine and he is the recipient of several awards and many letters of recommendation for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award way back in 1999 and the second ever eLearning GuildMaster Award in 2013. His mission is to improve the quality of eLearning with practical approaches that work.
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As I’ve been working with fluid boxes, I’ve noticed that the resizing options, those little blue items you see when you first place them, tend to go away as soon as you click anywhere else.
 
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Looking through the limited documentation, I couldn’t find a way to bring those little bluebells back. 
 
I just accidentally discovered how to do it! If you click anyplace offstage and then drag the mouse anywhere onto the stage, the piercing blue eyeballs return!
 
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I hope this helps.
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Joe S Ganci
Joe Ganci is President of eLearningJoe, LLC, a custom learning company located outside Washington. D.C. Joe has been involved in every aspect of multimedia and learning development. He holds a degree in Computer Science and writes books and articles about eLearning. He is widely considered a guru for his expertise in eLearning development and technology, and he consults with clients worldwide, creating eLearning modules and templates, often training personnel in their use and then making himself available to assist if necessary. Of course, Joe and his team also create eLearning from start to finish, performing the proper analyses, design needs, the development of the learning and its implementation. Joe evaluates eLearning results, both for his own work and the work of others for his clients.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Joe is a Director with the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL), a nonprofit international organization whose goal is to promote the use of the best form of learning for each component of a learning curriculum across all industries and academia. This year he organized and ran the 24-Hour Conference IABL Online Conference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Joe is also a frequent teacher and presenter online and at industry conferences and client sites (during times without a pandemic!) , especially on the subject of eLearning design and development tools. His tool reviews appear each month in Learning Solutions Magazine and he is the recipient of several awards and many letters of recommendation for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award way back in 1999 and the second ever eLearning GuildMaster Award in 2013. His mission is to improve the quality of eLearning with practical approaches that work.
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Joe Ganci is President of eLearningJoe, LLC, a custom learning company located outside Washington. D.C. Joe has been involved in every aspect of multimedia and learning development. He holds a degree in Computer Science and writes books and articles about eLearning. He is widely considered a guru for his expertise in eLearning development and technology, and he consults with clients worldwide, creating eLearning modules and templates, often training personnel in their use and then making himself available to assist if necessary. Of course, Joe and his team also create eLearning from start to finish, performing the proper analyses, design needs, the development of the learning and its implementation. Joe evaluates eLearning results, both for his own work and the work of others for his clients.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Joe is a Director with the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL), a nonprofit international organization whose goal is to promote the use of the best form of learning for each component of a learning curriculum across all industries and academia. This year he organized and ran the 24-Hour Conference IABL Online Conference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Joe is also a frequent teacher and presenter online and at industry conferences and client sites (during times without a pandemic!) , especially on the subject of eLearning design and development tools. His tool reviews appear each month in Learning Solutions Magazine and he is the recipient of several awards and many letters of recommendation for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award way back in 1999 and the second ever eLearning GuildMaster Award in 2013. His mission is to improve the quality of eLearning with practical approaches that work.
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eshakerdge272
2021-02-02 18:38:03
2021-02-02 18:38:03

This helped! Thank you!

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michelleg81135871
2018-03-30 13:32:45
2018-03-30 13:32:45

Thank you for the tip!

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chase5555
2018-03-13 22:21:40
2018-03-13 22:21:40

Saving this tip in my references. I have not started using fluid boxes yet – appreciate the tips and tricks before running into issues.

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Lita Bledsoe
2017-10-19 17:54:04
2017-10-19 17:54:04

These little quirks can make it super frustrating for a “newbie” to be encouraged to continue. Grateful for the tip.

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teamscholar
2017-07-31 15:01:02
2017-07-31 15:01:02

Genius! Thank you!!

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nancye45450587
2017-06-29 18:56:36
2017-06-29 18:56:36

Thanks for this. I was going crazy trying to resize vertical boxes – horizontal was’t having the issue – but Joe’s solution worked!

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jbrewer2
2017-04-28 19:14:25
2017-04-28 19:14:25

Just working with Fluid Boxes for first time, getting them created is giving me a problem. Brand new responsive project, I click on Fluid boxes, Vertical, 3 boxes, and nothing happens. I only have the one big parent Fluid box. It seems to be hit or miss whether they even get created or not when I click on the button. Am I missing something?

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2017-05-04 08:46:45
2017-05-04 08:46:45
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Jeff,

Fluid Boxes take a bit of time to get used to. But after the initial hiccups, you will find that working with Fluid Boxes is as easy as anything can be. If you want to get the child Fluid Boxes, follow the steps mentioned by Joe and me.

Let me know of your experience with Fluid Boxes.

Thanks,
Saurav

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Saurav Ghosh
2017-04-20 05:18:15
2017-04-20 05:18:15

Hi Joe,

Thanks for pointing that out. I have included this step and one more step in the docs.

Click anywhere in the staging area and select the parent Fluid Box in the Fluid Box Selector section. You can see that the handles return.

Thanks,
Saurav

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2017-04-21 00:50:40
2017-04-21 00:50:40
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Good, but my way is faster. 🙂

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