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Formatting Placeholder Text

Jarvis
in Layouts

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Is it possible to change the color or other attributes of placeholder text?

I like this functionality a lot but think it would be more compelling if the text was red rather than the default grey.

Is this possible?

There sure is but you must do it within the calculation dialog, similar to:

TextColor ( "First Name" ; RGB ( 138 ; 0 ; 2 ) )

Bold is handled at the layout level, as is size but you can also include them if, for example, you are using a Case() test to apply different formats depending upon certain conditions.

Edited by LaRetta

When you have the field selected, take a look at the Inspector, on the "Appearance" tab, in the states dropdown there is now a new entry for "placeholder text" where you can set the color and other attributes...

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    How could I have missed that?  Thank you, Wim!

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    Thanks Guys!  You saved me a lot of searching!

     

    PS:  Wim:  I've been watching a lot of your "Unboxing Filemaker" videos at the SOLIANT TV station on youtube.

    Great stuff!

    Thanks, Jarvis!

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