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Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12

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I'm still finding my way around FileMaker 12 and am confused about
some of the features.  Right now the thing that's got me puzzled is
how to customize field appearance.  If I choose a layout theme – say,
Wave Touch – it applies custom formatting to all layout objects,
including fields.

One of the effects it applies is to put a snazzy blue gradient border
around a field when it's in focus.  If I look through the Inspector
for some way to control this border – say, if I want to apply the
effect to some fields and not others, or if I want a different color
or gradient – there doesn't appear to be any way to do it.  I've
rummaged through all the drop menus and options and searched online
and I haven't found anything that explains how to control this effect.

Another thing the theme does is apply a strange spacing around the
text in the field so that a field which used to require only 18 pixels
in height now requires 28 or the text gets cropped.  This too seems to
be independent of any controls that I can apply myself, including the
standard controls like line spacing, alignment and indents.

Anybody have any idea about this stuff?  Is there a good, detailed
guide to managing these controls online?  FM's materials are pretty
slim and they gloss over most of the new features without providing
much specificity.  Any help would be appreciated.

Best,
-J.

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Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12 jahn <jahnbigbooty@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-29 18:27 -0700
  Re: Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12 "E. Appeldoorn" <ursus.kirk@ziggo.nl> - 2012-05-30 09:14 +0200
    Re: Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12 jahn <jahnbigbooty@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-30 21:01 -0700
      Re: Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12 Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2012-05-31 09:47 -0700
        Re: Managing Field Appearance in FileMaker 12 "E. Appeldoorn" <ursus.kirk@ziggo.nl> - 2012-06-01 11:04 +0200

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