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Layout objects window

- [Man] The presentation of data in your FileMaker custom apps are limited only by your imagination. Creative uses of objects allow for your layouts to have the look and feel that you choose. However, some of these techniques can complicate your layouts and make interacting with objects somewhat challenging. Now, in FileMaker 16, when your in layout mode, there is a new layout objects window to view and work with all the objects that are on your current layout. First, if you want to access the Layout Objects window, you can go under the "view" menu while in Layout mode and select the Layout Objects option or use the corresponding quick keys depending on your operating system, or, if you're in Layout mode, you can go into the layout bar and choose this Stacked option, which will either show or hide the Layout Objects window. Much like the inspector, it's a floating window only visible in Layout mode. So if you take a look at the Layout Objects window, you'll see that when you select an…

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