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Saving a layout theme

If you have changed style attributes on a layout, you can save your changes to a theme. Saving at the theme level allows you to apply the theme and all its styles to another layout, or import the theme and all its styles into another file. When you save a theme, you can either save changes to the theme you modified (which can be a predefined FileMaker Pro theme) or create a new theme.

To save a theme:

1.	In Layout mode, create new styles or edit existing styles and save your changes. See Creating new layout object, part, or background styles, Editing layout object, part, or background styles, or Copying formatting attributes between layout objects, parts, or backgrounds.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.

A asterisk (*) appears after the theme name and the arrow turns red, indicating the theme definition has changed.

3.	For Theme, click and do one of the following:

 

To	Choose
Save the style changes you made at the theme level	Save Changes to Theme. Changes are applied to all layouts in the file that use this theme. (See How FileMaker Pro displays formatting attributes.) Note  The default themes that come with FileMaker Pro appear in brackets ([ ]) in the Manage Themes dialog box. When you save changes to a default theme, the name of the theme remains the same, but the brackets are removed in the Manage Themes dialog box indicating theme attributes are different from the original default settings. You can reapply a FileMaker Pro theme at any time. See Changing the theme of a layout.
Save the changes you made in a new theme and leave the theme you started with unchanged	Save as New Theme, then type a new name, and click OK.
Give the theme a different name	Rename Theme, then type a new name, and click OK.
Remove any changes since the last time you saved styles at the theme level	Revert Changes to Theme.

Notes

•	How format settings are displayed is determined by whether you save styles at the layout level or the theme level.

•	The maximum length for theme names is 100 characters.

•	You can’t save changes to the Classic theme. You must choose Save as New Theme.

•	You can undo and redo changes to themes until you save the theme or create a new theme, or until another user or window changes the theme in a shared file.

•	Updates to FileMaker Pro software that include formatting changes for the predefined themes or certain file recovery options may update your custom themes. See Changing the theme of a layout and Setting advanced file recovery options.

Related topics 

Renaming a layout theme

Saving a layout theme

Importing layout themes