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title: Edit Interactive Events
slug: legacy-docs/edit-interactive-events
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:07.598Z
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This page / section pertains to **BrightAuthor Classic**, our legacy app. **BrightSign Author **is our latest app for managing content and players.

Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
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You can further adjust how your media files transition from state to state by double-clicking Event icons (or right-clicking and then clicking **Edit**). For example, if you create an event with the Timeout Event icon, the media file displayed in your presentation will transition to the next state after a certain period of time. You can adjust this time period by double-clicking the Timeout Event icon between the two media files and changing the duration in the **Timeout Event** window.

Double-clicking an event icon opens the Event window, which is the same window that automatically opens when you drag an event icon from the **events** tab onto the playlist. The Event window will present options specific to the type of interactive event chosen, along with the following options:

- **Transition to new state**: The presentation will transition to a new state when the interactive event occurs. Use the dropdown list to specify which state in the playlist will be next.
- **Return to prior state**: The presentation will revert to the previous media file when the interactive event occurs.
- **Remain on current state**: The state will not change when the interactive event occurs. This option is useful when you need to perform actions that are not immediately visible, such as sending a UDP command, altering the value of a user variable, or lowering the volume. These actions are performed by attaching commands to an event; see the [Commands](docId\:lG8iLYdnIB0PL8tvxTKBo) page for more details.

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