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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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the font color, which is always black) from the first field in the tab order. You can't modify the
background of the column headers.
• If Include column headers is selected, users can resize columns by right-clicking the
column header and choosing Table View
> Set Column Width. This shortcut menu
command is available even if Resizable columns is cleared in the Table View Properties
dialog box.
• FileMaker Pro uses the tab order to determine the default order of the columns in Table
View. You can reorder the columns if Reorderable columns is selected in the Table View
Properties dialog box. For information on reordering columns, see
Viewing records as a
form, list, or table.
• For new layouts that do not use the Classic theme, by default, the current (or active) record
in List View is displayed with a different fill from the other records. To indicate the current
record with a solid vertical bar along the left side of the record, select Show current record
indicator in List View in the General tab of the Layout Setup dialog box. To have the
current record appear without a different fill, see
Changing a layout part.
For layouts that were converted from FileMaker Pro 12 or earlier, by default the current record is
indicated with a solid vertical bar.
Changing the table that a layout shows
When you create a layout in a database file that contains multiple tables, you choose the table from
which you want records displayed in that layout. You can later change the underlying table if
necessary.
To change the table that a layout shows:
1. In Layout mode, choose the layout you want to work with from the Layout pop-up menu.
2. Click Layout Setup in the layout bar.
You can also click the name of the layout’s current table.
3. In the Layout Setup dialog box, choose a table from the Show records from list.
The Show records from list includes all the table occurrences that appear in the relationships
graph, including any tables added to the relationships graph from external data sources.
4. Click OK.
Setting the automatic record-saving option for a layout
When you make data entry changes to a record, FileMaker Pro normally saves these changes
automatically when you exit the record and display another record. If you prefer, you can set
FileMaker
Pro to display a “Save changes to this record?” confirmation dialog box when exiting a
record in which data has been changed. This confirmation dialog box presents three options:
• Save: saves the record changes and exits the record
• Cancel: does not save the record changes or exit the record
• Don’t Save: discards the record changes and exits the record
You can set the usage of this confirmation dialog box on a layout-by-layout basis, enabling the
dialog box on certain layouts and disabling it on others.