New user here; replacing old FileMakerPro with Tap Forms. I’m accustomed to “formatting” text within fields, especially for Notes and descriptions and such. That is, bolding words, adding line breaks, etc. I cannot perform any actions within a Text “Notes” field other than typing new text.
This might be a problem with my computer: a 2014 mac mini running High Sierra 10.13.6.; Legacy 32 bit software I can’t yet afford to replace; inexpensive keyboard; who knows?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Yours,
Bucky
To format text in a field, the type of the field should be Note. Check that Plain Text Note is not selected.
Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you, Daniel. I made the change, and am now able to highlight text, but I cannot make any edits. I cannot place a cursor in the Notes field, cannot start a new line,can highlight text but not delete it, nothing!
If anyone has any links to to tutorials, I’d appreciate them! The Tap Forms Help site has nothing about formatting text in Forms. It’s helpful to me to use some bits of formatting to make my sometimes voluminous Notes easier to read!
Yours,
Bucky
Double check: Menu / Settings. In that window, on the right side, make sure the box is checked for “Show Edit / Save Button”
That should make it so you can always edit it.
On a record by record fix, go to the bottom right of the Layout.
You should see an “Edit” button there. Click on that to edit that record.
I’m still a newbie, but maybe I’m right cause I had the same problem.
Bucky, try to click on the ‘note’ pictogram. See image.
Or if you make a custom layout, you can edit the text in place. (I assume that you are on a Mac)
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Cheers, Daniel
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If you’re on a custom layout and you have the layout inspector panel visible on the right, you can’t enter data into any fields either.
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