More often, in today’s flat-aesthetic world, you’re going to want to eschew the full-color approach in favor of controlling the icon color within FileMaker. As described here in more detail, this means either removing all fill attributes that would override the top-level “ class=fm_fill” attribute that FileMaker adds internally, or adding the “ class=fm_fill” attribute yourself before bringing into FileMaker.Ĭheck out the links at the end of this article for more information about using SVG icons in FileMaker. Mind you, by specifying fill color(s) in your SVG icons (and not adding the “ class=fm_fill” attribute, see below), you can retain full-color detailing (but not strokes or shadows) and still enjoy their resolution independence, so occasionally that may be the way to go. But an icon saved as a PNG will retain rich, full-color detailing, including inner and outer shadows that are not-supported in FileMaker’s implementation of the SVG standard. You’ll sacrifice both the resolution-independence of SVGs and the ability to color your icons using FileMaker state-specific styling (and/or conditional formatting). We’re going to be focusing on the latter, but let’s briefly mention that you may occasionally want to use PNG icons.
Once you move beyond the handful of bundled icons and start designing your own, you’ll need to understand a bit about the pros and cons of the supported graphic formats.īasically, you have two choices: PNG or SVG. So, to quote that hard-boiled private investigator, Nick Danger, in The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye, “Let’s get down to business”… A quick review of FileMaker button iconry
This article will help you achieve both of these goals. In button bars, you want a consistent visual weight across all the segments, and in both button bars and standalone buttons, you want icons that look crisp on both high-resolution (“Retina”) and standard-resolution displays.
Often as not, your button bars are going to include icon labels, with or without a supporting text label, and you want those icons to look great. In Part 1 (“Check Please,”) and Part 2 (“Expert Panel,”) of this series, we had some fun doing things with button bars that showed off some of their unique usefulness within the FileMaker design-layer toolbox.
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