2 Buttons on top of each other.

[Greg58]

I am not sure if this is possible and I cannot find information on it.  I have several records and I want to flip between form view and list view which I can do.  Is it possible to have two buttons (form and list) and place them on top of each other?  When I press 'list' it will show list view but the form button.  Then when I press the form button it will display the form view and the 'list' button.  Thanks.

[comment]

Do you really want to use the same layout for both form and list view?

 

[comment]

I can't think of any practical use for this - but if you want, you could keep this very simple by using only one button defined to do a single step:

View As [ Cycle ]

(I am assuming that Table view is disabled in Layout Setup.) 
 

However, such button could only have a static label - e.g. 'Toggle View".  For a dynamic label, you would need to use a button bar, where the labels can be calculated. So you could have a button bar with a single segment and calculate the label as something like =

"View as " & Choose ( Get ( LayoutViewState ) ; "List" ; "Form" )

Now, if you wanted the button to show an icon in addition to or instead of the label, you would need to use a button bar with 2 segments, and hide each segment conditionally using the same Get() function*. Or just show both side-by-side to simulate Filemaker's native display in the Status Toolbar.

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(*) This also answers your original question "as asked": yes, you can have two separate buttons and hide each conditionally. 

 

Edited September 4, 2021 by comment

[Greg58]

Thanks again.  I will take your hint and now have 2 layouts (list and form).  I am not sure what I was thinking (or perhaps over thinking) 🤪