{"id":10910,"date":"2017-11-29T06:13:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seedcode.com\/?p=10910"},"modified":"2017-11-29T06:13:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:13:42","slug":"filemaker-16-layout-object-window-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedcode.com\/filemaker-16-layout-object-window-love\/","title":{"rendered":"FileMaker 16 Layout Objects window &#8211; Why we love it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Layout Objects window in FileMaker 16 didn&#8217;t impress me at first. It seemed\u00a0like a solution to a problem we didn&#8217;t have: developers were already grouping and naming objects so they could move grouped objects out of way when editing layouts. But the more I see it in action, the more I recognize in it what makes working in Photoshop so straight forward: Photoshop supports document &#8220;layers&#8221; and now FileMaker <em>kind of<\/em> does too. At least the Layout Objects window supports the biggest things I use layers for: <strong>navigation<\/strong> and <strong>toggling visibility <\/strong>when editing.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#FileMaker 16&#8217;s Layout Objects window turns grouped objects into layers.&#8221; username=&#8221;seedcode&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Navigation<\/h2>\n<p>By &#8220;navigation&#8221;, I mean finding-your-way-around a busy layout during design-time, not a user navigating from screen to screen at runtime. In the video below, Dan shows how to use the window to edit slide panels in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedcode.com\/complete-filemaker-template\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SeedCode Complete<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"FileMaker 16 Layout Object Window\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/244900364?h=932cddfd96&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Toggling Visibility<\/h2>\n<p>Because each panel in Complete is relatively simple, you don&#8217;t need to use the visibilty toggles to have a clean layout to work on. But if you&#8217;ve got a lot of overlapping objects, the\u00a0visibilty toggle\u00a0can really help you focus on the areas you want to work on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitylg.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10926 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitysm-1024x626.png\" alt=\"FileMaker 16 Layout Objects window\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seedcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitysm-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/seedcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitysm-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/seedcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitysm-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/seedcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/visibilitysm.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just click on the &#8220;eye&#8221; in the\u00a0Layout Objects window to hide objects in layout mode. Best of all, hidden objects can&#8217;t be selected or dragged out of place accidentally.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">More info on using the Layout Objects window can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fmhelp.filemaker.com\/help\/16\/fmp\/en\/index.html#page\/FMP_Help\/working-with-layout-objects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For more on SeedCode Complete, the template we use as the basis for our custom projects. You&#8217;ll find\u00a0screenshots, pricing, and can download a demo here: <a href=\"\/complete-filemaker-template\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SeedCode Complete: a starter solution for the real world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Layout Objects window in FileMaker 16 didn&#8217;t impress me at first. It seemed\u00a0like a solution to a problem we didn&#8217;t have: developers were already grouping and naming objects so they could move grouped objects out of way when editing layouts. But the more I see it in action, the more I recognize in it what makes working in Photoshop so straight forward: Photoshop supports document &#8220;layers&#8221; and now FileMaker kind of does too. At least the Layout Objects window supports the biggest things I use layers for: navigation and toggling visibility when editing. [bctt tweet=&#8221;#FileMaker 16&#8217;s Layout Objects window turns grouped objects into layers.&#8221; username=&#8221;seedcode&#8221;] Navigation By &#8220;navigation&#8221;, I mean finding-your-way-around a busy layout during design-time, not a user navigating from screen to screen at runtime. In the video below, Dan shows how to use the window to edit slide panels in\u00a0SeedCode Complete: Toggling Visibility Because each panel in Complete is relatively simple, you don&#8217;t need to use the visibilty toggles to have a clean layout to work on. But if you&#8217;ve got a lot of overlapping objects, the\u00a0visibilty toggle\u00a0can really help you focus on the areas you want to work on. Just click on the &#8220;eye&#8221; in the\u00a0Layout Objects window to hide objects in layout mode. Best of all, hidden objects can&#8217;t be selected or dragged out of place accidentally. More info on using the Layout Objects window can be found\u00a0here. For more on SeedCode Complete, the template we use as the basis for our custom projects. 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