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3. To add objects to a slide panel, use the layout tools in the status toolbar, choose from the
Insert menu, or drag objects onto the tab panel.
For more information about adding fields and other objects, see Placing and removing fields on
a layout and Drawing and inserting objects on a layout.
4. Click outside the slide control, or press Esc, to close the Slide Control Setup dialog box.
Notes
• Use the Inspector to change the appearance of a slide control (for example, to make the
corners rounded). See Formatting panel controls.
• You can format the appearance of one or more slide panels to be conditional (for example,
format a slide panel to appear red when a certain condition is met). See
Defining conditional
formatting for layout objects.
• You cannot place a slide control in a portal.
• Animation that slides the panels when you switch between panels is not supported in
FileMaker
Pro for Windows or FileMaker WebDirect.
• When you use scripts to control slide panel navigation, animation effects are off by default.
To turn on animation, see
Set Script Animation.
Related topics
Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
Selecting and working with objects on panel controls
Moving and resizing panel controls
Copying, duplicating, and deleting panel controls
Selecting and working with objects on panel controls
You can place objects on tab panels or slide panels, then move, resize, delete, copy, and format
objects.
To select and work with objects on panel controls:
1. In Layout mode, select one or more panels or objects.
Reorder the panels within a
slide control
Drag a dot on the slide control to the new position.
Note You can’t drag dots to move slide panels between slide
controls.
Set the slide panel you want in
front by default
Select Show navigation dots, then drag the slide panel to the
left-most position.
To Do this
To Do this
Select the front tab panel or
slide panel
Click anywhere in the tab panel or slide panel.
Switch a tab panel or slide
panel to be in front
Tab panels: Click the tab of the panel that you want to be in
front.
Slide panels: Click the dot of the panel that you want to be in
front.