Hi Megan, The width of the drop-down list is the maximum of the following 2 values:
1. width of the field; 2. width of the longest item of the first 13 items in the list. Of course, if your longest (widest) list item not in the first 13 items, you will need to manually widen the field in order to see this long item. If you can't widen the field because it will overlay another field (etc), you can do the following "trick" - use a 3-layer setup as follows: 1. TOP LAYER: the field set to the width you want to display (not the wider drop-down width). Set this field to be an "Edit Box" (not a drop-down) and do *not* allow entry under Browse or Find Modes. This field is strictly only for "display purposes". 2. MIDDLE LAYER: a borderless box set to the background color (so that it disappears), with its height and width set to match the field in the bottom layer. This invisible box will hide the bottom layer. 3. BOTTOM LAYER: the field set to the width of the widest item (if possible), or to the largest width which makes sense to you. Set this field to be a "drop-down list" and allow entry during both Browse and Fnid Modes. Also, set this field to *not* print, so you won't get overlay printing when you print this layout. This field is strictly only for "data-entry purposes". BTW - this field should be in the tab-order. Align the Middle and Bottom layers, group them, then send the group "to the back". Now align this bottom group with the top layer. ====== In Browse Mode since the "top layer" field is not enterable, any click will pass through to the underlying "bottom layer" field, which will show a wide drop-down list. Likewise, since the bottom-layer field is in the TAB order (where the top-layer field would have been, if it were in the TAB order), tabbing to the top-layer field actually tabs into the bottom-layer field - again displaying the wide drop-down. Hope this helps! Regards, Jason L. DeLooze Annapolis, MD USA At 10:21 AM -0500 3/15/07, Megan Macken wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to change the width of a drop-down > list in FMP 8.5? I have one that is so narrow I can't read the > words in the list, and I can't find a way to adjust it. > > Thanks, > Megan Macken > . . . . . . > Megan Macken > Assistant Director, Visual Resources Collection > University of Chicago Department of Art History > 5540 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637 > 773.702.0261 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
