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Visual Design Basics for FileMaker: Line
The first in a series on the basics of visual design for FileMaker. Lines connect points, divide space, create borders and shapes. Lines are important in FileMaker design because they help establish...
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Create a Progress Tracker Using Free Graphics Tools
This post is about the progress tracker design pattern. A progress tracker is a user interface pattern that breaks down a multi-step process into parts in order to simplify it for the user. Buttons are...
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Send SMS Easily from FileMaker 13
I’m happy to welcome our first guest post! It’s from Jeff England, a FileMaker developer and owner of Neb’s Fun World, an indoor amusement park located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. This article is about...
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Visual Design Basics for FileMaker: Space
The second in a series on the basics of visual design for FileMaker. Space is the basic element that designers work with. How we divide it up determines what we ultimately present to the user as our...
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Prevent Jump After Drop-Down List Selection
When a user selects a value from a drop-down list, FileMaker’s expected behaviour is to move the cursor automatically to the next field (or object) in the tab order. If that field also has a drop-down...
View ArticleDesigning Layouts Using Themes & Styles
If you haven’t started using themes and styles yet in your FileMaker development, you should! This article consolidates information from Andrew Paulsen, Adam Ward, and Bob Shockey, presented in...
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Visual Design Basics For FileMaker: Shape
The third in a series on the basics of visual design for FileMaker. As visual creatures, humans are very sensitive to detecting the shapes of things we see. Interpreting shapes is one of the basic ways...
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Visual Design Basics for FileMaker: Colour
The fourth in a series on the basics of visual design for FileMaker. Colour is one of the most important elements of a design. Since vision is our most dominant sense, colour has an enormous impact on...
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Converting from the Classic Theme Part 1: The Guts
Many of us who have been working in FileMaker for some time have solutions built on the Classic Theme. “Classic” sounds good, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to build something “Classic?” Well, fellow...
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5 Hidden FileMaker Design Tools I’m Thankful For
Over time, one collects bits and pieces of knowledge about different corners of development. Features that are a little more difficult to discover, or shortcuts that can help out in a pinch. Some of...
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