John Chamberlain Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by Lee Smith I took the shouting out of your Title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 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. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Perhaps you have the field set to "Select the entire contents on entry" (Inspector > Data > Behavior > Field entry)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chamberlain Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 "Select the entire contents on entry" was selected - that stopped it - thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Good. Still, the advice to separate the names into individual fields is a solid one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Nice read, Michael. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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