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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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If the current layout is set to show field boundaries in Layout mode, you may not be able to see
some of the border effects that you have applied. To see the effects, do one of the following:
• Hide the field boundaries while in Layout mode: View menu > Show > Field
Boundaries to hide them.
• Switch to Browse mode: Choose Browse from the Mode pop-up menu at the bottom of
the document window.
Notes
• To quickly change a field’s border or fill, use the formatting bar. See Setting the fill, line style,
and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.
• You can set an option to show borders and fill on all records in a field in List View instead of
on the current record only. See Showing field borders and fill for the current record.
• You can set up an alternating background fill color for body parts to create a visual contrast
when viewing lists of records. See
Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout
parts, and the layout background.
• If you add a background fill for an interactive container, you can only use a solid color fill.
See Specifying formats for container fields.
Adding scroll bars to fields
Add a vertical scroll bar to a field to see more data than fits in the field's boundaries in Browse mode.
(You can't add scroll bars to
container fields, repeating fields, or fields formatted to use a value list.)
To add a scroll bar to a portal, see Creating portals to display related records.
To add scroll bars to fields:
1. In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
For more information, see Selecting objects. You can also specify attributes for fields you add
later by starting with no fields selected.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
3. In the Field area, for Control Style, select Edit Box, then select Include vertical scroll
bar.
Note When you print a field or a portal with a scroll bar, FileMaker Pro prints only the data that is
visible without scrolling. To print all the data, resize the field or portal to make it larger, and then
specify sliding options to remove the extra blank space when you print. (You can do this on the
same layout, or on a duplicate of the layout.) For more information, see
Duplicating, deleting, or
renaming layouts, Resizing and reshaping objects and Removing blank spaces in printouts.
Change the
offset position of
the text baseline
In the Text area, select Baseline offset, and then specify a value in points to
move the text baseline up or down.
To Do this