Move
Coordinates for a layer’s destination
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Responses
A Response is an Interaction Piece that follows the activation of a Trigger. A Response can have different properties based on how it is tied with a Trigger.
Move
Moving a layer to preset coordinates.
Scale
Enlarging or shrinking a layer to preset sizes.
Size
It is possible to modify the size of a layer with fixed values for the width and the height. (When containers are resized, the layers within the container remain unchanged.)
Factor
It is possible to modify the size of a layer proportionally by a certain %. (When containers are resized, the layers within the container are also resized.)
Rotate
Turning a layer to preset angles.
3D Rotate
Turning a layer to preset angles in a three-dimensional field.
Rotate To
The angle a layer rotates to
Rotate By
The amount of rotation a layer rotates by
Direction
The area towards which a layer moves
Pivot
The reference point from which a layer undergoes rotation or resizing
Perspective Depth
The distance between a layer and a point of focus for viewing
Opacity
Changing the transparency of a layer.
Change To
Changing the layer’s opacity
Color
Changing the layer’s color.
Shadow
Add shadows to a layer and adjust the color as well as other values.
Shadow
Shadows can be customized based on the chosen coordinates and blur
Border
Add borders to a layer and adjust the border position as well as color
Border Position
Borders can be placed on the inside, center or outside of a layer’s outline
Radius
Changing the layer’s radius for its four corners or each individual corner.
Scroll
This option scrolls a layer to a specified location.
Scroll
The amount a layer scrolls
Reorder
Changing the order of layers in a stack.
Reorder
The changes of a layer’s order
Jump
Go from one scene to another scene.
It’s possible to animate the transition from one scene to the other automatically. With the Smart transition, animate changes in layers, with the same name and hierarchy, from scene to scene. Learn more about Smart Jump.
Scene
Jump to a certain scene
Transition
Transition effects when jumping to a scene
- Instant
- Smart
- Fade
- Pop
- Slide In
- Slide Out
- Flip
Reset the current scene
The selected scene will be reset when jumping to it. If this option is not enabled, the scene is left in its last state
Playback
Playback works with audio, video, and Lottie layers. Use Playback to play, pause, and seek.
Text
A text’s property and the contents can be changed. Text Responses have no duration.
Change To
The text content will be changed to that desired by the user
Size
The text is resized
Weight
The text can be made bolder or lighter
Alignment
The text’s horizontal or vertical alignment can be adjusted
Line Spacing
The text’s line spacing can be adjusted
Stop
The Stop Response allows an animation like a progress bar or a loading animation to stop.
Send
Send responses make interactions among devices possible. These responses cannot be used by themselves, and must be used with Receive triggers. A response is activated when a device with the Receive trigger accepts a message sent from a different device using a Send response. The message received on one device should match the one sent from another device.
Furthermore, Send responses in combination with Receive triggers can be used in one scene to modularize interactions or reuse a set of responses avoiding repetitive work.
Channel [Component]
Inside the component, you can use the Send response to send a message and this can be received by a Receive trigger outside the component. This also works the other way around. Refer to Components for more information.
Channel [ProtoPie Studio]
Select ProtoPie Studio as a channel to allow interactions among devices (it works the same way for ProtoPie Connect).
Channel [Current Scene]
To modularize interactions or reuse a set of responses avoiding repetitive work, you can use Receive triggers and Send responses in one scene.
Message
A message is a string that is transmitted. The message in the Receive trigger on one device should match the message in the Send response, only then interactions among devices will take place.
Assign to Variable
It is possible to send a value together with a message. This value would have to be assigned to a variable upon receiving.
Vibrate
Vibration and haptic feedback can be used on smart devices. Refer to Google's Android Developer Documentation and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for more information about haptic feedback.
iOS
- Default: Basic vibration.
- Notification - Success: Indicates that a task or action, such as depositing a check or unlocking a vehicle, has completed.
- Notification - Warning: Indicates that a task or action, such as depositing a check or unlocking a vehicle, has produced a warning of some kind.
- Notification - Failure: Indicates that a task or action, such as depositing a check or unlocking a vehicle, has failed.
- Impact - Light/Medium/Heavy: Provides a physical metaphor that complements the visual experience. For example, the user might feel a thud when a view slides into place or two objects collide.
- Selection - Selection: Indicates that the selection is actively changing. For example, the user feels light taps while scrolling a picker wheel. This feedback is intended for communicating movement through a series of discrete values, not making or confirming a selection.
Android
- Default: Basic vibration.
- Keyboard Press: Haptic feedback when the user has pressed a virtual or software keyboard key.
- Keyboard Tap: Haptic feedback when the user has pressed a soft keyboard key.
- Long Press: Haptic feedback when the user has performed a long press on an object that is resulting in an action being performed.
- Virtual Key: Haptic feedback when the user has pressed on a virtual on-screen key.
Focus
The cursor focuses in on or out of the selected Input Layer.
Assign
The value of a variable can be overwritten with another one.
Link
Open websites or apps through URL schemes.
URL
You can enter website URLs and visit a website in the browser or the in-app browser on iOS.
- e.g. https://protopie.io
- e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=protopie
URL schemes allow you to open system apps and third-party apps on iOS and Android devices. Third-party apps usually have their own defined URL schemes.
- e.g. mailto:hello@protopie.io
- e.g. tel:+1-212-555-1234
- e.g. whatsapp://send?text=[[hello]]
- e.g. fb://feed
- e.g. slack://open?team={TEAM_ID}
Formula
You can enter formulas and use the Link response more dynamically.
- e.g. "https://www.google.com/search?q=" + `Input 1`.text
- e.g. "https://www.amazon.com/s/field-keywords=" + `keyword`.text
Camera
This works with the camera layer. It is used to start or stop the camera. It also allows you to enable scanning QR codes from within your prototype (learn more).
Action [Start]
Start the camera. You can choose between the front-facing camera and rear-facing camera.
Action [Stop]
Stop the camera.
Camera [Current Camera]
Use the current camera.
Camera [Front Camera]
Use the current camera.
Camera [Rear Camera]
Use the rear-facing camera.
Camera [Switch]
Use the camera facing the opposite side of the last used camera.
QR Code Scanner
Enable scanning QR codes from within your prototype.
Open URL Immediately
Scan a QR code to open a link in a web browser.
Keep Tracking
Monitor values stored in your QR code.
Reset
Reset the current scene, a layer or a variable. You can make a whole scene start over and make a layer or variable go back to its initial state.
Background Blur
You can blur underneath layers with different styles that are defined by Apple iOS as below:
Default Effects
- Extra Light
- Light
- Dark
Material Effects (Light and Dark themes)
- Ultra Thin Material
- Thin Material
- Material
- Thick Material
- Chrome Material
Condition
Conditions are essential for Responses as they set up the parameters that will trigger the Response. These parameters must be satisfied for the Response to be triggered.
> Greater than
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer exceeds that set for this property
≥ Greater than or equal to
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer reaches or exceeds that set for this property
< Less than
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer goes below that set for this property
≤ Less than or equal to
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer reaches or goes below that set for this property
= Equal to
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer is exactly the same as that set for this property.
≠ Not equal to
A Response is triggered when a property of the target layer is not exactly the same as that set for this property
Listen
By default, the prototype does not pick up any voice commands. Hence, listening needs to be enabled first. You should use the Listen response to make the prototype listen to voice commands.
Learn more about voice prototyping.
Continuous
When listening to voice commands is enabled, it would stop automatically as soon as no speech is being picked up anymore. In order to avoid this, you can check Continuous to make sure listening remains enabled even when no voice commands are picked up.
When Continuous has been checked, you would need a separate Listen response to stop listening. This means that when Continuous is unchecked, you do not need a separate Listen response to stop listening.
Speak
You can make a prototype "speak" by reading a text, either as-is or via a formula, out loud.
Learn more about voice prototyping.
Text
You can enter the text to be read out loud.
Formula
To make your voice interaction more dynamic, you can use formulas as long as the used formula results in a text. Also, you can use the predefined variable $voiceTranscript that stores the last voice command.
Language
You can choose from 40 languages and language variants.
Voiced by
You can choose between a female and male voice per language.
Speed
You can adjust the speed by choosing a value between 0.5 and 2.
Pitch
You can adjust the pitch by choosing a value between 0.5 and 2.
