Capturing Interactions

Disclaimer: Recorded interactions is currently only being used by certain customers for beta testing purposes. Users not involved in beta testing will not see this feature through the extension or the editor. Through our beta program, the Walnut team is acquiring feedback and improving the capability prior to its official release. This article will be edited as the feature adapts. Should you experience any challenges while testing recorded interactions please inform us at support@walnut.io. 

Recorded interactions allow users to include interactive elements within a captured screen. If a captured screen has assets that can be clicked into, enabling recorded interactions will allow them to be live in the demo. 

Drop-down menus are the best example of a recorded interaction. When users experience your demo, you can enable them to click through drop-down menus and therefore truly interact with your product.

How to use recorded interactions

Recording interactions is available for use through the extension on already captured screens. This means that to enable the capability, you must first perform a single capture and only then press the recorded interactions icon.

Once you've enabled recorded interactions, you will see the Walnut Debugger open at the top of the browser and the extension's capture button will become a done button.

This indicates you are officially in interactions mode and can begin clicking through your product's assets. Once you have clicked through your product, click done. The interactions will be saved and you can refer back to them in the template itself.

Recorded Interactions Best Practices

• For an interaction to capture successfully, you need to perform the interaction all the way through. For example, if you click on a down arrow to open a drop down menu. Be sure to then also click on the arrow to bring the menu back to its original state. 

• If an interaction is recorded successfully, you will see a purple check mark appear. You will then be able to edit the interaction within the template via the editor. If you see this check-mark appear, but are unable to view the interaction within the editor, contact support@walnut.io.

• When looking through your captured screens, you will see that the page with the interactions captured on it will also show the icon. 

How to edit recorded interactions

In the template screens, recorded elements will appear within the editor. You will see the interactions logo in orange applied to the element. Click on the element, then select trigger interaction. 

The element will then also have the interaction logo applied in purple via edit mode. You can edit the interaction's content or add a guide step to it. 

Once you've applied the interaction, head into preview mode to see how it looks!

Important to Note 📝

• Capturing the interaction is not the only action. You must actually enable the "trigger interaction" button within the template for it to appear in the demo.
• You cannot trigger more than one interaction at the same time.
• Smart objects are not currently supported with recorded interactions.
• You can use the update screens feature to re-capture an existing page within your template to now include a recorded interaction.
• If you cancel the debugger at the top of the page after enabling the feature, it will be automatically turned off.