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Go to Field

 

Purpose 

Moves to the specified field on the current layout.

See also 

Selecting a field in Browse mode or Find mode

Creating scripts to automate tasks

Format 

Go to Field [Select/perform; <table::field>]

Options 

•

Select/perform tells FileMaker Pro to perform an action on the contents of a field. All text in a field is selected with this option. The contents of the field (sound or movie) determine what action is performed. If the field contains a sound, then the sound is played. If the field contains a movie, the movie is played. For example, if the primary command is Edit, Select/perform opens the document in a state ready for editing.

•	Go to target field specifies the target field.

Compatibility 

 

Where the script step runs	Supported
FileMaker Pro	Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script	Yes
FileMaker Go	Yes
Custom Web Publishing	Yes
FileMaker WebDirect	Yes
Runtime solution	Yes

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

To play a sound or movie, use the Select/perform option.

Notes

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If this script step specifies a field on a tab panel or a slide panel that is not the front-most panel, the specified field is selected and the panel it is on moves to the front of the panel control. If, however, the same field appears elsewhere on the layout and the script finds that field first, the panel with that same field will not come forward. You can force FileMaker Pro to find a specific field by assigning an object name to the field and using the Go to Object script step to move to that instance of the field. If the object is a repeating field, you can also specify which repetition that you want to go to.

•	If the script step specifies a field on a popover, the popover opens.

•	In FileMaker WebDirect:

•	The cursor moves to the specified field.

•	If the target field is not visible in the web browser window, Go to Field does not scroll the window to make the target field visible.

Example 1 

Goes to the Invoice Details layout, creates a record, and goes to the Summary field.

Go to Layout ["Invoice Details"]
New Record/Request
Go to Field [Invoices::Summary]

Related topics 

Script steps reference (alphabetical list)

Script steps reference (category list)