Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background

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Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background

To change the appearance of objects or layout parts:

1. In Layout mode, select one or more objects or a layout part label.

2. Click Inspector

in the layout bar, then click the Appearance

tab.

3. To change the appearance of the object or the body part when it’s in a particular state (for example, when a button is pressed), choose from the object state list (the second list in the tab).

See Specifying the display state for an object.

4. In the Graphic area, select the options you want to use.

Graphic area of the Inspector

To add or change	Choose
The fill of an object (including the backgrounds of text objects, fields, and portals) or the layout part	Fill The fill you specify for the body part also affects the background of the table in Table View. If your fill setting does not appear in a portal, set portal rows to transparent. See Formatting portals.
The border around an object or layout part	Any combination of borders
The borders between repeating fields or portal rows	Borders between repetitions .
The style and width of the border around an object or layout part	Line
The color of the border around an object or layout part	Color
The shape of the corners of an object or layout part	Corner radius Choose each corner that you want to have a rounded appearance, and specify a value in points. The larger the value, the more a corner is rounded.
The transparency of the fill color	Opacity slider Windows: Drag the slider in the color palette. macOS: Click Other Color in the color palette, then drag the slider.
A custom color	Fill or Line To create a custom color, drag a color from the color palette or the color swatch to the theme colors area, then click the color. (The light and dark variations of the custom color are generated by FileMaker Pro.) You can replace or add to the existing theme colors. The RGB value of a color in hexadecimal format appears in the text box. You can enter or paste a value of three or six characters. To set a specific color value, click . Then move the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen to the color you want to capture, then click.

To fill the layout background with a solid color:

1. In Layout mode, make sure the fill for one or more layout parts is transparent.

See "To make an object, layout part, or the layout background transparent," below.

2. Make sure no objects or layout parts are selected, then click anywhere in the layout background to select it.

3. Click Inspector

in the layout bar, then click the Appearance

tab. Choose options in the Graphic area.

4. For Fill, choose Solid Color.

5. Click

, then choose a color from the color palette.

You can use a custom color. See the section above.

6. To change the transparency of the fill color, click

again, then drag the Opacity slider (Windows) or click Other Color, then drag the Opacity slider (macOS).

To make an object, layout part, or the layout background transparent:

1. In Layout mode, select one or more objects, a part label, or click anywhere in the layout background to select it.

Before selecting the layout background, make sure no objects or layout parts are selected.

2. Do one of the following:

•In the Inspector: For Fill and Line, choose None or transparent

in the color palette.

•In the formatting bar: For Line, choose None or transparent

in the color palette. For Fill, choose transparent

in the color palette.

Notes

•You can’t set individual borders on lines, ovals, circles, tab controls, or slide controls.

•Layout background fill does not extend behind navigation parts.

Related topics

Filling objects, layout parts, or the layout background with a color gradient

Filling objects, layout parts, or the layout background with an image

Drawing and inserting objects on a layout

Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background

Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields

Adding shadows and padding to layout objects

Copying formatting attributes between layout objects, parts, or backgrounds

Specifying the display state for an object

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