Database Reference
In-Depth Information
5.
Using any of FileMaker's text formatting tools (see the box on
Find and Find
Now your List layout looks something like the one in
Figure 8-31
, and it works beau-
tifully. If you select more than one layout object before you choose the Format→But-
ton Setup command, then FileMaker automatically groups the objects and turns the
entire group into a single button. These objects now act like any other grouped ob-
jects: Anything you do to one in Layout mode happens to all of them. If you later
un-
group
a grouped button, then FileMaker warns you before removing the button beha-
vior as well.
NOTE
If you want four
different
buttons that do the same thing (so you can work with them individually),
then you have to buttonize them one at a time.
Making a Button Not a Button
If you have a layout object that's already a button, and you don't want it to be a button any-
more, you need a way to
turn off
its button-ness. It's easy but not very intuitive: Select the
button and then choose Format→Button Setup (or double-click the button). In the Button
Action list (
Figure 8-35
), choose the first item, Do Nothing and then click OK. Now the ob-
ject isn't a button anymore.
TIP
Here's a faster way, even though it's cheating. Just click a button and then choose the Arrange→Un-
group command (or better yet, press Shift+Ctrl+R or Shift-
⌘
-R). Even if the button
isn't
part of a
group, FileMaker pops open a message box warning that the button definition will be deleted. Just
click OK, and your object is no longer a button.
