Prevent portal row to darken

[DikkeHenk]

Hi,

I am trying to prevent the portal to darken when I click in it (select). I have already tried several options.

- A single Tab underneath the fields but on the row (does not multiply in the rows and row still becomes dark)

- A containerfield underneath -Allow entry (dark edges when selected) No Entry (row becomes dark again)

Henk

[fabriceN]

and the last will : a button underneath that commits record.

[David McQueen]

Make a rectangle object which is exactly the same size as the portal row. Put everything else in that row on top of this rectangle. Create a script that does nothing. Attach the script to the rectangle. Select the rectangle and make it's fill transparent and have no borders so it in effect becomes invisible.

This should allow you to enter the applicable fields in the portal, but if you click outside the fields nothing should happen and the portal row should not go dark.

If you want no entry to the portal at all, put the rectangle on top.

You can change the level of the rectangle prior to making it transparent to show just what fields you want protected and what fields you want open. Then when the rectangle is made transparent, clicking on the protected field whould have no effect.

For the fields themselves, go into layout mode and go to the layout set up and uncheck "Show field frames when record is active". This will prevent field borders changing when a field is entered.

Also put those fields that you do not want entered as no entry allowed and remove them from the tab order.

HTH

Dave McQueen

[DikkeHenk]

Thank you both,

But it is still half the trick. When I click the rectangle (assigned as a button) it is darkened like buttons always do and stay darkened as long as I hold the mouse button. When I release the mousebutton the rectangle turns transparent.

I was looking for the trick a portal row or anything else does not darken at all but I can imagine that one does not exist.

By the way I am developing on OSX and buttons (a lot of them are made in Photoshop) turn transparant dark quite nice but when I run the file on Windows those transparant greys turn to some kind of ugly complement color when I click the button (the photoshop buttons have a transparant layer over them that covers their shape).

I still have to look in to that. I wonder what colour the Filemaker rectangle element turns to.

Henk

[David McQueen]

Thank you both,

But it is still half the trick. When I click the rectangle (assigned as a button) it is darkened like buttons always do and stay darkened as long as I hold the mouse button. When I release the mousebutton the rectangle turns transparent.

I was looking for the trick a portal row or anything else does not darken at all but I can imagine that one does not exist.

Henk

Yes, the rectangle will behave as a button.

Try setting up a field that is transparent with no borders, no data and no provisions for entry either by clicking or tabbing at the back of the portal row so that a user cannot actually click the portal row itself. This may give you what you want.

[DikkeHenk]

Thank for replying again

Still no luck, the portal row keeps darkening when I click the on the portal row with the field underneath.