Radio Button Text Wrapping

[bstrad]

Hey guys,

I have a value list assigned to a radio button field, but the values or text I have displayed in it is lengthy. A user would have to use the scrollbar to scroll across the page in order to read the entire text, that is if I extended the field the full length of the text.

In Filemaker I noticed it will not wrap my fields to the next line if my field is too small, however, with IWP my text does wrap to the next line just as I would want it to. My database will be used through both IWP and the FM Program.

I have both Asian and Roman Line Breaking selected under File/File Options/Text. I've also tried to change my font smoothing settings in windows xp using both Standard and Clear Type smoothing.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Brandon

[comment]

Is it a custom value list, or a field-based one?

[bstrad]

I've set them up as Custom Value Lists...

[comment]

Why don't you just type them on the layout, laid out the way you want them? Or (preferably) use a calculation field to display them. Then you can either make the radio button field very narrow (to show only the buttons) and split the field into several instances, each using a partial value list, or just use your own buttons to select a value.

Not sure how either of these would look in IWP - perhaps you need separate layouts for each type of user.

[bstrad]

This definitely will work. It will be a slow process because IWP changes how text is displayed, and because of the amount of radio button sets I will need to set up. If there are no other solutions this is what I will do.

Edited December 9, 2009 by Guest

[comment]

If there are no other solutions

There are other ways, but they would necessitate assigning a fixed height to all values in the list, regardless of their length.