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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 12 Essential Training
Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects
In FileMaker Pro, layout objects are the building blocks of layouts. Everything you place on a layout be it a field, an image, a portal, or a label is considered an object, and all objects have particular attributes that you can manipulate. Keep in mind in order to do any changes to any layout objects, you have to first be in Layout mode, as you see here. And once in Layout mode, you can group any combination of objects so that you can edit or move them together, or you can even change what's called the stacking order of objects to get different effects when object overlap. The grouping tools can be found in your Inspector under the Positions tab. And if you can't see the Inspector when you're in Layout mode, what you need to do is first go to View, and Inspector, and you'll see that it has a corresponding quick key, so you can just do Command+I or Ctrl+I. Of course, this Inspector will always be available once you open it until you close it, but it's not seen in other modes like…
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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects13m 47s
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Applying Screen Stencils4m 3s
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Placing and formatting objects, parts, graphics, and image fills10m 41s
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Applying gradients2m 25s
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Formatting fields and applying field attributes7m 27s
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Understanding object states2m 18s
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Setting field behaviors3m 58s
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Using the Tab Control feature11m 17s
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Setting the tab order5m 1s
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