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Learn how to conditionally hide layout objects - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 15 Essential Training
Learn how to conditionally hide layout objects
- [Voiceover] One of my favorite features in FileMaker is the ability to control the visibility of layout objects by indicating whether an object is hidden or displayed depending on a specific condition or calculation. For example, you can choose to show or hide certain fields in a questionnaire as a result of a user's response to a specific question if you'd like. You see this kind of thing on the web all the time using JavaScript. This has been something that FileMaker developers have needed, and they've come up with some kind of sophisticated ways to accomplish it, but in recent versions of FileMaker we now have a very easy way to accomplish this. So let's take a look at our exercise file, specifically the Product Detail layout. So one thing that I want to show you, actually back in Browse mode here, is that any particular product can be assigned to a certain category. So you see there we have books, but if we invoke our index by doing a Command i or a Control i, you see they can…
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Use guides, arrange, align, group, and lock layout objects11m 9s
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Apply themes to layouts2m 11s
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Work with shapes in your layouts6m 18s
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Apply screen stencils6m 13s
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Work with images and icons on your layouts7m 31s
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Apply gradients2m 3s
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Format fields and apply field attributes6m 9s
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Understand states7m 1s
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Set field behaviors2m 3s
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Use the tab control feature7m 26s
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Use slide controls in your layouts5m 44s
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Work with popovers in your layouts7m 24s
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Set the tab order3m 29s
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Learn how to conditionally hide layout objects4m 8s
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