On any of my layouts, when I tab into a field (set to select all upon entry) the field background changes colour. Can anyone tell me where this characteristic is assigned and whether or not I can change it?

Thanks very much.

Wingnutt

It's the background color. You can set it by clicking on the layout part (in Layout Mode) and selecting a fill color.

Thanks for your reply. I'd chosen field fill colours in layout view, but they only seemed to be relevant when the field was inactive. The fill colour changed when the field became active.

I think I've now discovered the answer. I'd set the fields to select entire contents on entry and the different colour was actually the highlight colour set in OS X system preferences.

I don't suppose there's any way of having that change on a layout by layout basis?

Thanks

Wingnutt

The automatic highlight is a property for each field object. It can be set with the Field Behavior setting.