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Changing a slide control

You can add, remove, and reorder slide panels in a slide control. You can also include dots on a slide panel to help you move through the panels.

To change a slide control:

1.	In Layout mode, double-click the slide control.

Or, select the slide control and choose Format menu > Slide Control Setup.

The Slide Control Setup dialog box appears.

2.	Do one or more of the following.

 

To	Do this
Add a slide panel	Click . The new panel is added to the right of the active (current) panel and becomes the active panel.
Remove a slide panel	Click . Any object on the slide panel are also removed. If more than one panel is selected when you click , the active panel is deleted regardless of which other panels are selected.
Select a slide panel	Click the corresponding dot at the bottom or below the slide control.
Select multiple slide panels	Click a dot to bring its panel to the front, then click the dot again. A box appears around the dot, indicating the slide panel is selected. Shift-click another dot, then Shift-click the dot again to add the second slide panel to your selection. Continue Shift-clicking dots until all the panels you want are selected.
Allow moving through slide panels by swiping with one finger (for FileMaker Go use only)	Select Enable swipe gestures.
Display dots on slide panels	Select Show navigation dots. Note  When developing solutions for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker WebDirect, always include dots on slide controls containing multiple panels so you can move between panels.
Change the size of the dots	Select Show navigation dots, then type or choose a value.
Move between slide panels	Do one of the following:  • Click or .  • Click the dots on or below slide panels.
Reorder the panels within a slide control	Drag a dot on the slide control to the new position. Note  You can’t drag dots to move slide panels between slide controls.
Set the slide panel you want in front by default	Select Show navigation dots, then drag the slide panel to the left-most position.

3.	To add objects to a slide panel, use the layout tools in the status toolbar, choose from the Insert menu, or drag objects onto the tab panel.

For more information about adding fields and other objects, see Placing and removing fields on a layout and Drawing and inserting objects on a layout.

4.	Click outside the slide control, or press Esc, to close the Slide Control Setup dialog box.

Notes

•	Use the Inspector to change the appearance of a slide control (for example, to make the corners rounded). See Formatting panel controls.

•	You can format the appearance of one or more slide panels to be conditional (for example, format a slide panel to appear red when a certain condition is met). See Defining conditional formatting for layout objects.

•	You cannot place a slide control in a portal.

•	Animation that slides the panels when you switch between panels is not supported in FileMaker Pro for Windows or FileMaker WebDirect.

•	When you use scripts to control slide panel navigation, animation effects are off by default. To turn on animation, see Set Script Animation.

Related topics 

Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background

Selecting and working with objects on panel controls

Moving and resizing panel controls

Copying, duplicating, and deleting panel controls