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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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5. Set style attributes for the display state for the object or part. See Setting the fill, line style,
and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background and Adding shadows and
padding to layout objects.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 to specify additional display states for the object or part.
Notes
• Conditional formatting is ignored when an object is In Focus.
• You can copy and paste formatting attributes for all the display states of an object or only
the selected state of an object. See
Copying formatting attributes between layout objects,
parts, or backgrounds.
• To change whether alternating records are displayed with a different fill, or whether the
current record is displayed with a different fill in List View, change settings in the Part
Definition dialog box for the body part. See
Changing a layout part.
• Portal rows do not display records with an alternating fill by default. On layouts that use the
Classic theme, portal rows also do not display the current record with a different fill by
default. For information on using the Alternate and Active object states in portal rows, see
Creating portals to display related records.
• You can create custom styles for objects, which can include the display state. See Creating
and working with styles for layout objects, parts, and the layout background.
Formatting graphics on a layout
In Layout mode, you can format graphics you've pasted or inserted onto a layout.
When you format a graphic that references an image file on disk, the changes affect only the graphic
that you see in FileMaker
Pro. The formatting options do not change the original image file. For
more information on inserting graphics, see
Inserting graphics onto a layout.
Note You can also format container fields that contain graphics. For more information, see
Specifying formats for container fields.
To format graphics on a layout:
1. In Layout mode, select one or more inserted graphics.
For more information, see Selecting objects.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
3. In the Data Formatting area, click Graphic , then select the formats you want to use.
Alternate The object identifies an even-numbered record in List View or a portal.
Active The object identifies the current record in List View, the selected row in a
portal, or the current panel in a
panel control.
Choose To display the object or layout part as specified when
To Do this
Display the image at its unaltered
size
From the Format list, choose Crop to frame. FileMaker Pro
crops the image if it's too large to fit within the graphic
boundaries.