Scrollable Text Fields (without entering to edit)

[Hijack]

Anyone have or know of a technique to employ to create a scrollable, read-only text field?  This is mostly for FMGo (smaller iPhone display).  

In large text blocks flagged as read-only you either have to expand the text field to cover all expected text and scroll the entire layout or hack something together with a web viewer showing the text which requires a fair bit of html crafting to get the formatting to look right with the other layout objects.

I'd like a more seamless solution (if one is possible) that keeps the hacking down to a minimum.

thanks

 

Edited July 14, 2017 by Hijack

[rwoods]

Hi There

This has been asked many times before, and is a tricky one. The built-in FM functionality makes it difficult.

You can use a an OnObjectModify script trigger on a modifiable field, and just reject the keyboard input with a script if the user is not permitted to enter text. However, you can still copy/paste into the field I have found using this technique.

The web viewer technique you mention is a popular one.

Maybe someone else has a better idea, but I have wrestled with this a few times and never been too satisfied.

[Lee Smith]

Make a calculation field the equals the text field. Have that calculation field the one  for the user display and add the ability for scrolling.

 

 

[Hijack]

Thanks for suggestion, Lee.  But, unfortunately on an iPhone, there's not much screen real estate to begin with.  So, popping into a calculation field that mirrors another text field still calls up the on-screen keyboard which educes reading space even more.  I also have some conditional formatting at play and going into edit mode clears those format changes during the edit session in the field.