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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 255
Formatting panel controls
Copying, duplicating, and deleting panel controls
Defining conditional formatting for layout objects
Changing a slide control
You can add, remove, and reorder slide panels in a slide control. You can also include dots on a
slide panel to help you move through the panels.
To change a slide control:
1. In Layout mode, double-click the slide control.
Or, select the slide control and choose Format menu > Slide Control Setup.
The Slide Control Setup dialog box appears.
2. Do one or more of the following.
To Do this
Add a slide panel
Click .
The new panel is added to the right of the active (current) panel
and becomes the active panel.
Remove a slide panel
Click .
Any object on the slide panel are also removed.
If more than one panel is selected when you click , the
active panel is deleted regardless of which other panels are
selected.
Select a slide panel Click the corresponding dot at the bottom or below the slide
control.
Select multiple slide panels Click a dot to bring its panel to the front, then click the dot again.
A box appears around the dot, indicating the slide panel is
selected. Shift-click another dot, then Shift-click the dot again to
add the second slide panel to your selection. Continue Shift-
clicking dots until all the panels you want are selected.
Allow moving through slide
panels by swiping with one
finger (for FileMaker
Go use
only)
Select Enable swipe gestures.
Display dots on slide panels Select Show navigation dots.
Note When developing solutions for FileMaker Pro and
FileMaker
WebDirect, always include dots on slide controls
containing multiple panels so you can move between panels.
Change the size of the dots Select Show navigation dots, then type or choose a value.
Move between slide panels Do one of the following:
• Click or .
• Click the dots on or below slide panels.