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drop-down lists, or pop-up menus. For more information, see Setting up a field to display a
pop-up menu, checkbox set, or other control.
• If the field is defined with the Member of value list validation setting, you can't type a value
that doesn't appear in the value list. See
Defining field validation.
• When you select a rotated field in Browse mode that is formatted as a value list, the field is
temporarily displayed unrotated while you enter data.
• To use the keyboard to enter values for radio buttons and checkboxes, tab into the field and
type the first letter of the value that you want to enter, or use the arrow keys to select it.
Then, press the Space bar to enter the value.
• You can Shift-click a radio button to clear it, but in some cases this may not clear the field.
For example, a field called Color is formatted on Layout #1 to display two radio buttons,
Black and White. The same field, Color, is formatted on Layout #2 as a text entry field that
accepts any value. If a user has entered Red in the field on Layout #2, the information is
now stored in the field, but doesn’t display on Layout #1. To clear the field from Layout #1,
select the field, then choose Edit menu
> Clear.
Related topics
Defining value lists
Defining automatic data entry
Value lists troubleshooting
Restoring data in records
By default, FileMaker Pro saves changes to records automatically when you commit each record. If
you enter data incorrectly in a record, you can restore the original data to the record as long as the
information is not committed. Data is committed when you:
• select another record
• click anywhere outside of the current record
• Windows: press Enter on the numeric keypad, or Ctrl+Enter on computers without a
numeric keypad
• OS X: press Enter (not Return)
To restore original data to a record in Browse mode:
• Choose Records menu > Revert Record.
Data has already been committed if Revert Record is dimmed.
Notes
• You can select Edit menu > Undo to revert changes at any field level before you commit a
record. Changes to the record are removed incrementally each time you select Edit menu
>
Undo.
Edit menu > Redo restores changes incrementally, enabling you to restore a record to a
specific state when you have made multiple changes before committing. The number of actions
that can be undone or redone is limited only by the amount of available memory on your
computer.
• You can prompt the user to save changes before committing a record. For more information,
see
Setting the automatic record-saving option for a layout.