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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 297
Important Multiple objects positioned side-by-side or stacked vertically and anchored to either both
left and right or both top and bottom margins move or resize relative to the layout, tab control, slide
control, or portal margin, not each other. Therefore, adjacent objects will not maintain a relative
distance from one another and may overlap when the window is resized.
• Objects resize independently of one another, unless they are located inside objects that
restrict their ability to resize.
• Objects are not reduced beyond their original size, even when the FileMaker Pro window is
made smaller than the size of the original layout.
• Applying resizing options to grouped objects or nested groups of objects applies settings to
the individual objects in the group, not the group itself.
• Locking objects does not prevent them from resizing, but auto-resize settings cannot be
changed on locked objects. For information about unlocking objects, see
Protecting objects
from change.
• If a layout is smaller than the size of the FileMaker Pro window and you anchor an object by
its right side or bottom (except for a
popover), the layout will expand to fill the window in
Browse and Find modes and the page in Preview mode.
• Objects located on tab controls, slide controls, popovers, or in portals adhere to the
following rules:
• Objects are anchored to the tab control, slide control, popover, or portal boundary rather
than to the window or layout part boundary. For example, if a tab control is anchored on
the right and objects inside the tab control are anchored on the left, these objects align
to the tab control’s left side rather than the window’s left side.
• If you want fields on a tab panel or slide panel to resize with the panel, you must specify
resize settings for both the tab panel or slide panel and the fields located on the panel. If
a panel is not set to resize, objects on the panel will not resize regardless of their
individual resize settings. The same applies to popovers: If you want fields on a popover
to resize with the popover, you must set specify resize settings for the objects on the
popover and the popover itself.
• Objects located inside portals are anchored to the top and/or bottom of each row, rather
than the top and/or bottom of the entire portal.
• If a portal object is set to resize vertically by anchoring both its top and bottom to the
layout part boundary, it can be set to expand by increasing the height of existing rows or
row height can be kept constant and more rows can be displayed when the window is
Object maintains a constant
distance from the center of
the layout.
Note The object will not
display in the exact center of
the layout after resizing,
unless it was positioned in
the center of the layout
before resizing.
Object’s position and
width when window
is original size
Object’s position in
resized window
Auto-resize
settings
Object alignment and
size when window is
resized