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Pop up menu down arrow, not an option?

Question asked by kurriss on Oct 17, 2013
Latest reply on Apr 4, 2016 by TSGal

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In FM 12, when a field is set as a popup menu, a down arrow (for the menu) is shown. There is not an option to turn the arrow off, as there is when a drop-down list (eg. show / hide arrow).

Now, my layouts, which rely on many, many, many, popup menus all are showing down arrows, making the over-all look unacceptably busy.

In previous versions of FM, a popup menu would not show an arrow.

There should be a show/hide arrow option for popup menus.

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philmodjunk Oct 17, 2013 10:20 AM
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Select the pop up menu formatted field and use the control near the top of the Inspector's appearance tab to remove all formatting. This will remove the arrow. It also removes other appearance settings such as rounded corners so you may want to work with one such field until you've put back any missing appearance settings and then copy/paste it to each of your layouts, using the Inspector's data tab to redirect the pasted field to different TableOccurrence::Field references and different value lists.
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kurriss Oct 17, 2013 11:36 AM
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     Thank you!



     Appreciate it considerably!
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jdevans @ philmodjunk on Jan 27, 2016 12:25 PM
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can you be more specific about which "control near the top of the inspector's appearance tab" you speak of? I can't identify what it is.

In my case, the arrow is turned off, but I'd like to see it.
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jdevans @ philmodjunk on Mar 8, 2016 3:29 PM
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can you be more specific about which "control near the top of the inspector's appearance tab" you speak of? I can't identify what it is.

In my case, the arrow is turned off, but I'd like to see it.
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beverly Mar 8, 2016 3:37 PM
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This is an old thread and you may not get a reply.
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TSGal @ jdevans on Mar 9, 2016 6:36 AM
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jdevans:

Thank you for your posts.

In Layout Mode, select the field formatted as a Pop-up menu. Then, in the Inspector, click the Appearance tab. Just below the Theme and Style, there is a pop-up that probably shows "Pop-up Menu". Click on this and select "Pop-up Menu: Icon". This now gives you the ability to format the icon. Assuming the field that is formatted as a Pop-up menu is being displayed white color and the arrow icon displayed black, in the "Graphic" section just below, change the Fill Color from black to either white or transparent.

Let me know if you need additional clarification.

TSGal
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jdevans @ TSGal on Mar 31, 2016 8:00 AM
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I found out the problem, as to why the down arrows on the popup menus weren't being displayed. It is the layout theme that is selected for that layout. It is "Enlightened Print". To test, I made a duplicate of the existing layout, then simply switched themes...BINGO. The arrows appeared. On the Enlightened Print theme, no matter how you set up the Appearance, the arrows won't show.

This seems kinda strange, but that's what I'm seeing.
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TSGal @ jdevans on Mar 31, 2016 9:11 AM
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jdevans:

I can confirm that under the "Enlightened Print" theme, the Pop-up Menu: Icon does not show unless the field is active. This occurs under both Mac OS X 10.11.4 and Windows 8.1. This issue also occurs for Drop-down list and Drop-down Calendar.

I have sent your posts along with my findings to our Development and Testing departments for review. When I receive any feedback, I will let you know.

TSGal
FileMaker, Inc.
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TSGal @ TSGal on Apr 4, 2016 9:04 AM
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jdevans:

The "Enlightened Print" theme is designed for printing. By design, it does not contain border or icon, and this will not change.

If you want a simple theme, Development and Testing suggest Basic -> Minimalist.

TSGal
FileMaker, Inc.
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