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Re: highlighting a record in a portal, based on active parent record
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Jonathan Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
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FileMaker Pro Discussions <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:18:11 -0400
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On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Peter Buchanan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> How do I highlight the portal record that is the currently active (parent) record – as soon as I leave the portal, the highlighting set via portal row / active row state falls away, as focus is now on the current record, not the portal.

There are several ways, the easiest (IMHO) being conditional formatting. Set the color or boldness to change when the ID of the portal record matches the ID of the selected record.

j.


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