Field names inside the field?

[duncs]

Did that make sense??

I am trying to clean up the look of my layoutss and was wondering if Filmaker had the ability to dispay the name of the field inside the field? i.e have it look a bit like the google search bar at the top of browsers - it says "google" inside the search bar, until you start typing. Anyone have any ideas if this is possible?

[Vaughan]

It can be done by putting calculation fields behind the data fields, each calculation field displays the name if the field is empty.

I don't like it because once the fields have values the user can no longer see the field names.

[duncs]

Thanks, what sort of calculation would I add?

I can see your point that it means many of the fields are not labelled, However I am going to use it sparingly and with a combination of icons, so I hope it should look ok!

[Wickerman]

Happy to finally answer a question rather than askign all the time. This should work:

Case(IsEmpty(FIELD) ; "LabelWords")

Just specify this calculation for the Label field. Then if FIELD is empty, "Labelwords" will appear. Put this field behind the actual field and make sure the 'fill' is transparent.

I use this occasionally myself -- it's ideal for fields where once you enter data, it's obvious what the data is. I use it sparingly.

Albert

[duncs]

Thanks everyone, it works a treat!