Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields
To enhance the appearance and usability of your layout, you can add or customize:
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To add borders, fill, and baselines to fields:
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In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
For more information, see Selecting objects.
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Click Inspector Inspector button in the layout bar, then click Appearance.
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The options you choose affect the appearance of the selected fields in all modes.
 
Add borders to fields and set their attributes
For Line, choose a style (Solid, Dashed, or Dotted) from the pop-up menu, specify a line width, and choose a line color. Choose All borders, or choose any combination of Left border, Top border, Right border, or Bottom border.
Border control
Add borders between repeating fields or portal rows
Change the shape of field corners
For Corner radius, choose each corner that you want to have a rounded appearance, and specify a value in points. The larger the value, the more a corner is rounded.
Tip  If you are designing databases for FileMaker Go, use Corner radius to optimize the spacing between adjoining fields.
Add text baselines and set their attributes
Select Text baselines, then choose a baseline style from the pop-up menu, specify a width, or choose a color.
If the current layout is set to show field boundaries in Layout mode, you may not be able to see some of the border effects that you have applied. To see the effects, do one of the following:
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Hide the field boundaries while in Layout mode: View menu > Show > Field Boundaries to hide them.
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Switch to Browse mode: Choose Browse from the Mode pop-up menu at the bottom of the document window.
Notes
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You can set up an alternating background fill color for body parts to create a visual contrast when viewing lists of records. See Changing the background fill and borders of a layout part.
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