RyanESmith7 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I have some edit boxes where there can be a lot of text, but I need them to read-only. I have forced the scrollbars to display, but when the field is read-only, the user can't scroll to look at them. What is the best way to handle this in a webdirect solution? (On the Pro or Go, I would put a revert in a script trigger, but that seems a little kludgy to me) Thanks, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Why not just make the field Not enterable in Brows Mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanESmith7 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 7 minutes ago, Lee Smith said: Why not just make the field Not enterable in Brows Mode? That satisfies the read-only part, but then the user can't scroll. Some of the data entries have more text than can reasonably be presented in a 2" x 3" box, so we need to be able to scroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, RyanESmith7 said: What is the best way to handle this in a webdirect solution? If it weren't for WebDirect, I'd say use a web viewer to display the field's contents. But IIRC, that won't work with IE - so I would suggest you use a calculation field defined as = YourField. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 If someone has 14, they may be able to use PLACEHOLDER field to hold the calculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanESmith7 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank you, that worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I was not where I could test my suggestion and I just tested it. Unfortunately, Placeholder field, even when browse into field is allowed, does not allow the scroll bar to work. Really, it should! If it did, one could specify the original field as the 'calculation'. So my suggestion should be discounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Another way to do this would be to use the security settings to disable editing for that field. This does still allow scrolling. The fact that FileMaker ties scrolling to field editing has been the subject of many discussions and feature requests, e.g., https://community.filemaker.com/ideas/1044 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanESmith7 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hey Fitch, Thanks for that idea, and I was aware of that one, but it wouldn't work in this case because sometimes the user is permitted to edit it. other times not.I find it easier to control workflow at the layout level rather than the field level in most cases. Thanks again, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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