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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 262
• OS X: Click and hold the Button tool or the Popover Button tool , and
choose Popover Button from the menu. Then drag the crosshair to draw the popover
button.
Tip You can also add a popover button by choosing Insert menu > Popover Button.
A popover button and popover are created on the layout, and the Popover Setup dialog box
appears.
3. To add a label to the popover button, type the label at the insertion point on the popover
button.
4. To change popover settings (for example, to hide the popover’s title or change the direction
in which the popover opens), use the Popover Setup dialog box.
See Changing popover settings.
5. To add objects to the popover, use the layout tools in the status toolbar, choose from the
Insert menu, or drag objects onto the tab panel.
6. Close the popover by clicking its close button.
Notes
• After you've added objects to a popover, you can move, resize, reshape, copy, delete, and
arrange the objects on the popover. See
Selecting and working with objects on popovers.
• If necessary, you can place a popover button close to the edge of the layout’s viewing area.
If the popover’s display direction will extend the popover beyond the viewing area, the
popover will open in the direction in which it is most visible. Scroll bars appear on the
popover, if needed, to allow you to display all the objects on the popover.
• If you are using a popover on a narrow or short layout and you want the popover to extend
past the edge of the layout to enlarge the popover’s data entry area, set fields and the
popover to resize automatically, and anchor the popover on the right side or bottom. See
Setting auto-resize options for layout objects.
• To have a popover display in Table View, place the popover in the header part or footer part
on the layout.
• You can export data from fields on popovers with the following exceptions:
• When you save or send data as Excel (using File menu > Save/Send Records as >
Excel), fields on popovers are not included in the destination file. Use File menu
>
Export Records instead. After naming the destination file and setting Excel options,
choose Current Table in the Specify Field Order for Export dialog box, then select the
fields you want to export. See
Exporting data from FileMaker Pro.
• When you use the context menu in Table View to copy records or to save or send
records as a PDF, fields on popovers are not included in the destination file.
• When you use the Copy Record/Request script step or Copy All Records/Requests
script step, fields on popovers are not included in the destination file.
• Popover buttons are identified by a badge in Layout mode. If you don’t see a badge,
choose View menu > Show > Popover Buttons.
• To close a popover in Browse mode, select another area of the layout, or press Esc.
Related topics
Moving and resizing popovers