buttons only work on first click

Hi, Deb. Since you mention that the display boxes are to the right of the text boxes, it sounds like the display boxes are not on top of each other.But the behavior you describe sounds like they are. So, I’ll go with the assumption that Display Box 1 has the same size and position as Display Box 2. Mostly because I wouldn’t have a solution if this isn’t the case. Let me know if this is incorrect.There are a couple of tricks you can do to simulate the Display Box to change as you click on each Text Box. The most common tactic (that I’ve seen anyway) is to hide the Display Box every time a Text Box is clicked. You create a single Action Group that contains actions to hide each Display Box. Let’s call this Hide Display Boxes Action Group. Now, add the following actions to Text Box 1:Run Hide Display Boxes Action GroupShow Display Box 1Add similar actions to Text Box 2. Each time you click on a text box, you’ll hide all the Display Boxes and then show the correct text. Note that you can add these actions to the Text Box directly; you don’t need a transparent button or image over the text box. Although, if you have a need for those transparent images, then you can do this anyway. Just assign the actions to whatever will be on top of the Text Boxes. Another way is to change the contents. This is unnecessary if you only have two Display Boxes, but it can open the doors for more. You have one Display Box and only one. The default text for Display Box could be, “Click on the subjects on the left to see more information.” You also need to define different variables, one for each display item you want. The variable contains the text you want to show. When you click on Text 1, then you change the contents of Display Box to the variable related to Text 1. Do this for all the Text Boxes. There are some downsides to this tactic. You can’t see at design time if the Display Box is too small for the text you need (and if you later modify the text to make it longer, it won’t be obvious is this will cause a problem). It may be awkward for a future developer who inherits the project to figure out what you did. But, it’s a pretty smooth transition, and it makes the actions a bit tidy. You’ll have to decide which is better for you.Again, I may have misunderstood your question, but this is information that is fairly commonly sought anyway. Maybe it’ll help you and others down the line.Kevin

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