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80 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide

3. In the Autosizing area, select the line that indicates the side of the object that you want anchored to the

layout or container.

Note Objects located in containers on layouts (such as fields located in tab panels or portals) do not inherit

resize settings from their container.

Important Multiple objects positioned side-by-side or stacked vertically and anchored to both left and right

margins or both top and bottom margins move or resize relative to the window or container margin, not each

other. Therefore, adjacent objects will not maintain a relative distance from one another and may overlap

when the window is resized.

For more information about setting objects to resize, see Help.

Selecting objects

To work with an object on a layout, select it in Layout mode. You see small black squares, or handles, at the

corners of the selected object.

Note If an object’s selection handles are gray instead of black, the object is locked.

To select an object, click the selection tool in the status toolbar. The pointer becomes an arrow pointer.

Then do one of the following.

For more information about working with objects on a layout, see Help.

To select In Layout mode, do this

One object With the arrow pointer, click the object. (If the object is transparent, click its border.)

Several objects at once Drag the arrow pointer to make a selection box that completely surrounds the objects. (If you press

Ctrl (Windows) or 2 (Mac OS) while dragging, the selection box does not have to completely

surround the objects.)

Or, press Shift as you click each object individually.

All objects on the layout Choose Edit menu > Select All.

All objects of the same type

(for example, all text objects

or all rectangles)

Click the tool for the type of object to select, then choose Edit menu > Select All. This method does

not select buttons.

Or, with the arrow pointer, click a field, press Shift (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and choose Edit

> Select All (Windows) or Select Same (Mac OS).

All fields With the arrow pointer, click a field, press Shift (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and choose Edit

> Select All (Windows) or Select Same (Mac OS).

A portal With the arrow pointer, click the border of the portal, or any other area within the portal that doesn’t

contain a field or object.

Tab controls, tab panels,

and objects in tab panels

See Help for information on creating and working with tab controls.

Deselect selected objects

Click a blank area of the layout or any tool in the status toolbar. Or, press Shift and click selected objects.

Select the line for the

side of the object you

want anchored

Handles appear at the corners

of a selected object