Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Fixing the Tab Order in the People Database
On the People database, on the Detail (formatted) layout, you want to fix the tab order so that
Last Name comes after First Name. You can approach this task in several ways, but the fol-
lowing steps show you a trick that makes it easier. You may be tempted to Clear All and then
renumber all the arrows yourself. But since you're only
removing
a field from the tab order
(the Status field) you can save yourself the trouble. Here's how:
1.
Choose Layouts
→
Set Tab Order
.
The Set Tab Order window and its flock of arrows appear.
2.
Click the arrow pointing to the Status field and then delete the number
.
The arrow pointing to Status is now empty. Your order also now goes straight from 2
to 4, skipping right over 3. Pay no attention to this problem (that's the trick).
3.
Click OK in the Set Tab Order window
.
If you switch to Browse mode and try out your tab order, then you see that you can
now tab right from First Name to Last Name.
This trick works because FileMaker establishes the tab order by following the numbers in the
arrows in order. It doesn't give a hoot whether those numbers are contiguous. You've fixed
your layout with a minimum of clicks.
