Named styles and themes in FileMaker layouts

Intermediate

Create reusable named styles within a layout theme so you can update the look of many objects at once — like CSS classes for FileMaker layouts.

What you'll learn

What a named style is and how it relates to a theme
How to create, apply, and update named styles
How to reset an object to its named style (removing local overrides)

Named styles within a FileMaker layout theme let you define reusable visual definitions that apply consistently across many objects — changing a named style updates every object using it.

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Understanding themes and named styles

A theme is a collection of named styles. Each object on a layout uses one named style (or a local override). Changing a named style updates all objects using that style.

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Theme: "Minimalist Dark"
  Named styles:
    "Primary Button"  — tangerine fill, white text, rounded corners
    "Secondary Button" — slate fill, cream text
    "Body Text Field"  — no border, cream text, 14pt
    "Card Container"   — slate bg, 1px border, 8px radius

Button bars in FileMaker — segmented controls Anchoring for responsive layouts in FileMaker