So  here is what happened. I had at some time built several buttons that were invisible (same color as the background, without the cursor changing into a hand). Later I changed directions in my methods and forgot to delete all of the buttons. The button created a new record, which would of course show up in the portal. Sometimes when I clicked out side of the portal I'd hit that button and sometimes not. Making exiting the portal area seem strange with un-intended consequences. 

I am not sure I like the way FMP12 acts when in layout mode you do a select all. It doesn't show each individual fields boundaries but the whole area that is selected. Otherwise I would found the hidden mystery right away. :)


Jens


On May 17, 2012, at 12:05 PM, PaulRHaskell wrote:

> Jens -
> 
> A bit hard to say without being able to see what you have there. ... You say
> you do not allow entry into the fields, but describe putting the cursor in
> the field? ... What are the script steps?
> 
> Make sure your fields are neatly inside the portal.
> 
> -paul haskell
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Jens Selvig
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