I am having trouble when selecting a portion of a field (e.g. Last Name, First Name when you want to select just the Last Name). When I place my curser at the point where the First Name begins, and then drag to the left, most of the time (not always) the entire field gets selected instead of just the Last Name.  Is there a cure for this?

Edited September 7, 201411 yr by Lee Smith
I took the shouting out of your Title

Hi John,

 

The answer of course is to have them in separate fields.

 

Cursor highlight is a function of the OS and not specifically FileMaker.  If you just want to select LastName, try placing your cursor over the last name and double-clicking.  It usually will select a single word that way. :-)

Perhaps you have the field set to "Select the entire contents on entry" (Inspector > Data > Behavior > Field entry)?

"Select the entire contents on entry" was selected - that stopped it - thanks

Good. Still, the advice to separate the names into individual fields is a solid one.

Nice read, Michael. :-)