When an edit box field has more text that can be viewed within it's boundaries, if you click on the field, the information expands to show all of the text. However, when you do this, the contents of the field are also editable. I am concerned that my users might accidentally delete or alter the information--perhaps even without realizing that they did.

Is there some way to make all of the text visible while still keeping the field protected? I don't want to just make it read only because the users should have access to create and edit this information. I simply want to only allow editing from a custom "edit" layout to avoid mistakes. For just browsing though, I'd like them to be able to view the entire text in the field.

I tried creating very large edit fields on the layout and enabling sliding, but this only becomes active in preview mode where I can't have interactive portals, buttons, etc.

I hope someone can suggest a solution to my problem. Thanks again!

Ken

Hi

a way is to place in that layout a calculated text field with vertical scroll bar and calc:

yourField

Hi

a way is to place in that layout a calculated text field with vertical scroll bar and calc:

yourField

Great idea. That's just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Ken