Hi Richard,

I frequently use conditional formatting for this. Tie the conditional 
format to the ID of the record or another field that is unique field in 
the active record.

Hope this helps
Bruce Herbach
Herbach Consulting
Certified FileMaker 9,10 Developer

On 1/30/11 2:08 AM, Richard S. Russell wrote:
> So when you look at a bunch of records in List View, you can tell (just barely) which one is the currently active record because it's got that thin black bar over on the extreme left edge of the screen. You'd be surprised (or maybe not) how many of my users never notice it, because it's so inconspicuous.
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> I'm looking for a method of lighting up the active record much more noticeably, say by putting a bright yellow background behind it.
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> So how can I tell which one IS the active record? I looked in vain for a function like "Get ( ActiveRecordID )" (similar to "Get ( ActivePortalRowNumber )" or "Get ( ActiveRepetitionNumber )") but couldn't find anything that seems to fill the bill.
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> You'd think that this would be one of the FIRST Get functions developers would want to make use of, so I suspect that its absence is more my not knowing what to look for than FMI's failure to provide it.