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Identifying badges on layout objects

FileMaker Pro displays badges (icons) to indicate that conditional formatting, script triggers, or tooltips have been applied to a field, object, or layout; find is available for a field; placeholder text is used in a field; or an object is a button or a popover button.

To see these badges, in Layout mode, choose View menu > Show and then the type of badge you want to display. When you move the cursor over a badge, a tooltip displays information about the object, such as the placeholder text for a field or the condition on which an object is hidden.

You also see a badge on an object for which you can apply a color gradient.

The following table shows you the available badges and what they mean.

 

Badge	Description
	Placeholder Text. This badge displays on fields in which placeholder text has been added. Choose View menu > Show > Placeholder Text. See Adding and changing field labels.
	Conditional Formatting. This badge displays on objects for which conditional formatting has been defined. Choose View menu > Show > Conditional Formatting. See Defining conditional formatting for layout objects.
	Object Script Trigger. One of these badges displays on objects for which script triggers have been set. (The badge that appears depends on the size of the object.) Choose View menu > Show > Script Triggers. See Setting script triggers for objects.
	Layout Script Trigger. This badge displays in the lower-right corner of a layout for which script triggers have been set. In the Manage Layouts dialog box, a badge appears on the folder icon next to a layout name for which script triggers have been set. Choose View menu > Show > Script Triggers. See Setting script triggers for layouts.
	Quick Find. These badges display on fields in which you can use quick find. A green badge indicates that the field is searchable. A yellow badge indicates that the field is searchable, but the search might take longer than fields with the green badge. A gray badge indicates that the layout is disabled for quick find. Choose View menu > Show > Quick Find. See Configuring quick find.
	Tooltip. This badge displays on objects on which tooltips have been added. Choose View menu > Show > Tooltips. See Adding tooltips on layouts.
	Button. This badge displays on button objects in Layout mode. Choose View menu > Show > Buttons. See Defining or changing a button.
	Popover Button. This badge displays on popover buttons in Layout mode. See Working with popovers on layouts.
	Color Gradient. This badge displays on objects for which you can apply a color gradient. See Filling objects, layout parts, or the layout background with a color gradient.
	Hide Condition. This badge displays on objects for which a condition has been defined to hide them. Choose View menu > Show > Hide Condition. See Hiding or showing layout objects.