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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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Notes
• If an image is larger than 20MB, FileMaker Pro reduces the size to 20MB.
• When you fill multiple objects, layout parts, or layout backgrounds with an image,
FileMaker
Pro stores only one copy of the image in the file.
• You can also insert graphics as data into container fields. Do this when you have a different
graphic for each record, such as employee photos in an employee directory database. See
Inserting graphics into container fields.
• Each theme comes with a set of default styles for objects such as shapes, buttons, lists, and
menus. When you create an object or a new part on a layout, the object or part is formatted
in the theme’s default style.
Adding shadows and padding to layout objects
Use the Advanced Graphic area of the Inspector to further enhance the appearance of objects —
including fields, buttons, popover buttons, popovers, tab controls, slide controls, and portals — on a
layout. You can add or change:
• shadows outside or inside an object’s border
• the color, opacity, blur, spread, and offset of shadows
• the amount of padding (the space between an object’s edge and its contents) for objects
such as fields, buttons, popovers, and panel controls
Not all options in the Advanced Graphic area are available for all object types. For example, you can
apply outer shadows but not inner shadows to tab controls, and you can’t specify padding for objects
such as rectangles and ovals.
Note You can further change the appearance of objects using the Graphic area of the Inspector.
See
Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.
To add or change object appearance:
1. In Layout mode, select one or more objects.
See Selecting objects.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.
Slice Divide an image into segments that can be used to fill the object, layout
part, or the layout background.
Using a portion of an image as fill (such as a portion of a company logo):
• ensures colors on the layout match the brand
• allows you to use color on multiple layouts without substantially
increasing the size of the file
Note Sliced fills do not display lines or rounded corners, and circles
display as square images.
Tile Duplicate and display the image in a repeating pattern in the object, layout
part, or the layout background.
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