field labels

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

Is there a way to get a field label or text object to 'automatically' shrink down after deleting some of the text, to its new minimum size without having to do it manually; ie. click and drag???

Fitz

[David Jondreau]

I use a shortcut that applies formatting to it...twice. For instance, Shift-Apple-B followed by Shift-Apple-B will Bold the text (if currently unbolded) then unbold it and the box will shrink.

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

I just tried it, after deleting some of the text, both by selecting all the text in the field, and by clicking outside the field and then selecting it.

⇧⌘B and ⇧⌘B. No luck.

Fitz

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

Those ⇧'s are Shift's. I didn't preview, sorry.

Fitz

[Lee Smith]

Reading this a second and third time, I'm not understanding your need. I'm not sure what you are trying to resize. Field Label, the Field, the Data?

Post a copy of your file and explain what which one you want to change.

Lee

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

I noticed you guys are using Tiger.

Sorry, but in Leopard, this trick is not working.

I wish I knew about this trick all that time I used Tiger.

Fitz

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

When I delete some text in a field label or a text object I want that field label or text object to shrink to fit the text that is left, without having to to grab the handle and drag it in.

I tried your trick in another computer I still have Tiger running a partition, and it works great, but it just doesn't work on this MacBook Pro with Leopard 10.5.1 (both using FMP 9.0v3).

Fitz

[Lee Smith]

This sounds like a bug, You can report it to FileMaker Here

Lee

[David Jondreau]

Just figgered something about this trick. Something that's been bugging me for months.

For this to work, the formatting of the text must NOT contain any Indentation and the vertical alignment of the text MUST be Top.

[WD Fitz Fitzgerald]

Thanks, it works

Fitz