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Setting field behaviors - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 13 Essential Training
Setting field behaviors
Sometimes when you place a field on a FileMaker layout it's really just there for display rather than to allow users to edit the data within the field. It can be kind of tricky for you because certainly you want to put some fields on the layout like let's say the Customer ID which happens to be our primary key field on this table. And I want users to be able to search inside of it. But there would be a lot of problems if I allowed users to go in and actually change that value. So, I want to display it, I want to search it, but I don't want to allow them to edit it. These are what we call field behaviors. If I go into Layout Mode, I can select any field. And if I go over to the Data section of the Inspector, and you'll see down below in Behavior. I've got these options right here, Field entry. By default, any field that I drop on a layout, has browse selected and find selected. So that means that users can enter the field and make edits in browse mode and enter the field and enter…
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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping and locking layout objects10m
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Applying Screen Stencils3m 25s
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Placing and formatting graphics in layouts5m 34s
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Applying gradients2m 19s
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Formatting fields and applying field attributes6m 24s
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Understanding states5m 9s
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Setting field behaviors3m 23s
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Using the Tab Control feature9m 6s
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Using the Slide Control feature6m 42s
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Using the popover feature7m 40s
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Setting the tab order4m 29s
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Learning how to hide layout objects conditionally6m 4s
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