How to manually add hotspots in an interactive demo?

A hotspot is a clickable point in an Interactive Demo that carries a title and an optional description. Floik creates hotspots automatically from the clicks it captures during recording. You can also add your own at any timestamp, from the Hotspots panel in the editor.

Why add hotspots manually

• Explain a step the recording captured but didn't need a click for.
• Add context at a moment where nothing was clicked, such as a screen the viewer needs to read.
• Cover an action Floik didn't record, so the walkthrough stays complete.

How to add a hotspot manually

1. Once you've created your interactive demo, go to the Edit panel and click Hotspots under Add elements.
2. The panel lists all the clicks captured during recording, each with its timestamp. Click Add new to add a hotspot manually.
3. Click the eye icon in the top right of the Add hotspot panel to turn the hotspot off. It stays in your list and keeps its settings — it just doesn't appear to the viewer. Click the icon again to turn it back on.
4. Turn on Hide other elements to clear the other elements on that step — blur, highlight, text — so you can edit the hotspot distraction-free. Affects your editing view only, not what viewers see. Use this when you want to take a hotspot out of the demo without losing it.
5. Click the Time field to open the time picker. Scroll each column and click the value you want, then click Done.
6. Drag the hotspot on the video and drop it where you want viewers to click.
7. Click the Title field and enter the hotspot title.
8. Click the Description field and enter the details for the step.
9. Under Bubble settings, click one of the dots around Hotspot position to choose which side of the hotspot the bubble opens from.
10. To zoom into the hotspot when it appears, turn on Enable zoom under Effects.
11. Turn on AI voiceover to narrate the hotspot. Select a voice, enter your script in the text field, and click play to preview it.
12. Click Apply. The hotspot is added to the list at the timestamp you set.
13. Hover over a hotspot in the Hotspots list to reveal its controls.
    Click the pen icon to open its settings, or click the three-dot menu and click Delete to remove it.

Best practices

• Keep titles to a short action phrase and put the detail in the description.
• Set the timestamp before you position the hotspot, so the frame you're placing it on is the one it will appear over.
• Turn a hotspot off with the eye icon instead of deleting it when you're testing a flow. The settings stay intact.
• Use Enable zoom for small targets such as an icon or a menu item, rather than for full-screen steps.

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