Active field

[rtor451]

I have many fields on a form layout.

My users are complaining that it's difficult to determine the location of the cursor. In other words, the users are saying that it's difficult to tell which field is active.

Is there something simple that I can do to easily tell which field the cursor in on? highlighting , color or something like that?

[Slobey]

The easiest way I would say is to format the fields with "Select entire contents of field on entry" in field behavior and make sure that "show field frames when record is active" is checked in the layout set up

[Lee Smith]

There are some older sample, and/or Tip and Trick files that show how this might be done.

Check out the Resources at Click Here and [color:"red"] Choose Resources and perform your find for [color:"blue"] Highlighting

HTH

Lee

[rtor451]

I have gone into layout mode and select all the fields in question. Then I went to the "Field Behavior" option and selected "Select entire contents of field on entry."

This kinda highlights the active field. I like it. I've made the change on my database. I think this will satify my users.

I knew there was a simple solution to this problem.

Thanks Slobey!

[comment]

This might be helpful as well.

[rtor451]

Thanks Comment. I read over that posting and got another easy way of doing this.

[LaRetta]

As an aside ...

Using Select Entire Contents when entering a field can be a two-edged sword because a User can VERY easily delete the contents. Accidently hitting the space bar, Enter key or even a slight elbow bump can bring grief to your Users (as it wipes out their data).

I only use Select Entire Contents if the purpose of field entry is to REPLACE the existing data. It allows them to start typing their new contents immediately without deleting their prior entry.

Audit logs, use of Undo (which only works while cursor is still in the field before Commit) and controlling Record Commit will help after the fact. But solving one problem (field highlight) only to inherit a more serious problem (unexpected field erasure) may not be a good trade-off.

LaRetta

[rtor451]

Excellent points, LaRetta!