Adding scroll bars to fields
Add a vertical scroll bar to a field to see more data than fits in the field's boundaries in Browse mode. (You can't add scroll bars to container fields, repeating fields, or fields formatted to use a value list.)
To add a scroll bar to a portal, see Creating portals to hold related records.
To add scroll bars to fields:
1.
In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
For more information, see Selecting objects. You can also specify attributes for fields you add later by starting with no fields selected.
2.
Choose Format menu > Field/Control > Setup.
3.
In the Field/Control Setup dialog box, for Control style, select Edit Box, then select Include vertical scroll bar.
4.
Click OK.
Notes
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Scroll bars are always displayed if you set the field borders option for the right side of the field. Otherwise, they display only when you tab into the field. For more information, see Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields.
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When you print a field or a portal with a scroll bar, FileMaker Pro prints only the data that is visible without scrolling. To print all the data, resize the field or portal to make it larger, and then specify sliding options to remove the extra blank space when you print. (You can do this on the same layout, or on a duplicate of the layout.) For more information, see Duplicating, deleting, or renaming layouts, Resizing and reshaping objects and Removing blank spaces in printouts.
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