A FileMaker Sliding Drawer, Cloud Improvement, and Troubleshooting FileMaker
A FileMaker Sliding Drawer that Opens on MouseOver
Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion wrote about FileMaker sliding drawers way back in July of 2014, and I somehow missed it. Dang it. Anyway, sliding drawers have, for good reason, grown in popularity and capability since Wood’s blog post. Check out the Hamburger Menu post and this Unique CRM post to see them in action. I stumbled across Wood’s post in September, and asked in the comments of the post if could also download Brian Myers example file as well – I wanted to link the file from my Free FileMaker Example File list instead of from a dropbox link. Brian said yes, so now you can get two download files with some great effects. Brian’s example file adds a spring loaded feel to the effect.
So what is a FileMaker sliding drawer? Very simply, it’s a like opening a drawer from the side (or top, or bottom) of the screen to show more options or information:
What is a Sliding Drawer
A sliding drawer (also known as a Navigation Drawer) is a control which expands to fill a larger portion of the screen when either pressed, hovered over with the mouse, or swiped with the finger on a touchscreen device. They generally appear on the left edge of a screen, but can be on any edge if desired.
The drawer is most useful when the screen does not have enough room on it to contain further functionality and actions. These can be placed in the drawer and the drawer can be opened when required to give access to the additional functionality.
Here is an example of a website that contains a sliding drawer. The first image shows the collapsed drawer. When the mouse is placed over the drawer, it expands with an animated effect, revealing the full contents. Moving the mouse off the expanded drawer will collapse it.
Go read the whole post (and download Wood’s example file there), and pay attention to the comments for some interesting twists and alternatives.
In case you missed it, FileMaker Cloud keeps getting more features:
FileMaker Cloud 1.15.0.194 new features
Answer ID: 16221
Products
- FileMaker Cloud
- 1.15.x
FileMaker Cloud 1.15.0.194 includes these features:
- Backup labeling: You can assign labels to backups. The labels also appear on the Tags tab for the backup snapshot in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Management console.
- Back up on-demand: You can click Back Up Now to create an on-demand backup.
- Custom domain support: When you import a custom certificate, you can map FileMaker Cloud’s generated host name to your preferred host name via a Canonical Name (CNAME) record in your Domain Name Service (DNS) registration. If the instance IP address changes, you don’t have to update the DNS registration if the CNAME record is registered.
Troubleshooting the FileMaker Platform
A nice set of troubleshooting links from FileMaker covering a variety of topics broken out by Client, Go, and Server. Here’s a small sample:
- Bringing data into FileMaker Pro – Overview and troubleshooting
When you import data into FileMaker Pro, you are bringing data from another source (usually a file) into a new or existing FileMaker Pro file. FileMaker Pro can import many different file… - Product Compatibility Overview and Troubleshooting
The key areas of compatibility are: System Requirements 3rd party software Data migration (including version upgrades) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To ensure system stability, performance and the protection… - ODBC/JDBC Integration Overview and Troubleshooting
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) and JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) are application programming interfaces (API’s). ODBC is an API for applications written in the C Language, and JDBC is a… - FileMaker WebDirect Overview and Troubleshooting
FileMaker WebDirect, introduced in FileMaker Server 13, allows you to run your custom FileMaker solutions directly in a web browser with no web development skills required. With FileMaker WebDirect… - Custom Web Publishing – Overview and Troubleshooting
To integrate your FileMaker solution with a custom website, use the Custom Web Publishing technologies available in FileMaker Server. FileMaker Server, which hosts the published databases… - WAN solutions on the FileMaker platform – Overview and Troubleshooting
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a computer network that covers a broad area, like any network whose communication links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries over a long distance. With… - Plug-in integration Overview and Troubleshooting
FileMaker supports a plug-in architecture that can extend the feature set of the application. Many 3rd party plug-ins have been created to extend the functionality of FileMaker. In…
And needed now more than ever:
November 29, 2016 @ 9:44 am
The sliding drawer is nice. But since it depends on an old version of the plugin I cannot use it as is in another solutions.
November 30, 2016 @ 6:30 am
Check out the Hamburger Menu post. It does not use a plugin to make it work.