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Tabs for Module navigation

PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:06 pm
by guido
Using the Filemaker layout bar to navigate between modules seems very labor-intensive. I'd like to create top-level tabs to quickly switch between modules (Contacts; Calendar; Invoices, etc), as in most CRM systems. Where would the best place be to start creating such a layout?

Re: Tabs for Module navigation

PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:16 pm
by John Sindelar
Hey Guido,

I wouldn't think of this as a "layout" but as a series of buttons that you can paste on to every layout. This is a piece of cake if you don't need to hide some buttons from some users. If you do, however, you start running into all sorts of little challenges.

A friend has a nice blog post about some of these issues here:

http://www.digitalfusion.co.nz/news/wee ... simple/37/

Hope that helps,

John