They have then to go back to browse mode before they can use it, which is a bit odd and might be a reason why Quick Find isn’t as seamless as it could. It is common to see users first think they want to find something and therefore switch to Find mode, then only to realise they could use Quick Find. It would, I think, make perfect sense to have it also in find mode. There’s already something to mention about it: this search field is available only in browse mode. This is probably the first thing one would mention while thinking about Quick Find: the Toolbar includes a search field where the user can type criteria and trigger the find hitting Enter. Quick Find search field in the toolbar.
First of all, let’s sum up the various implementations of Quick Find in the product. Platform evengelists would mention it as a ‘Google-like search engine within FileMaker’, product documentation said ‘search in all fields of current layout’, but it was never said clearly how powerful this feature is.Īnd it is extremely powerful.
Released with FileMaker 11, more than 8 years ago in 2010, Quick Find is probably one of the most underestimated features in FileMaker.įor some reason, there wasn’t even much emphasis in the product marketing when it was released.
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