Tabbing to new record

[Hefty517]

Hello,

I am brand new to Filemaker, and am still learning a lot of the basics. I am currently having an issue with something I am sure is very rudimentary. I have Filemaker version 8.5, and the best way I can describe my issue is this: If you go into Filemaker 8.5 and pick the Business-Finance/Purchase Orders template, and then go to the List View Layout, I am trying to recreate that layout. My issue is, unlike the template, when I reach the last field and hit tab, it does not create a second record on the line below...it goes back and writes over the existing line. I have examined as many properties I could think of in the template layout to try and figure out what I'm missing, but I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for putting up with this newbie.

[mr_vodka]

If you hit tab in the last field in List View, it goes back to the first field for me, when using the Business-Finance/Purchase Orders template.

[Hefty517]

Correct. But I am trying to re-create that layout. I'm trying to figure out what I need to do in my own layout to emulate that feature of the template's "list view" layout.

[Hefty517]

I'm sorry...I mis-understood. I could have sworn that I've seen that template add a second line, but you're right...it goes back to the first field. I guess I should re-phrase my question: Is there a way to add a second row? Basically, it would look like a table, but with the layout of the form.

[Hefty517]

Never mind...I got it...I just had to change it to view as list. Boy, I feel dumb.

[Rich S]

Nah, don't feel that way, Hefty--I've been using FileMaker for over ten years now and I still slap my forehead on occasion over stuff that's obvious or simple.

This is a great board so don't be too shy to ask questions; more often than not, other users are probably struggling with the same ones.