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filemaker-layout-xmllisted

Use this skill whenever the user wants to work with FileMaker layout XML. This includes generating paste-ready layout object XML (fmxmlsnippet type LayoutObjectList) from descriptions, reviewing layout XML for silent paste-handler failures, or analysing Save as XML layout exports. Trigger any time the user mentions FileMaker layouts, layout objects, fields, portals, tab controls, popovers, button bars, web viewers, anchoring or autosizing, or LayoutObjectList. Always perform the theme pre-flight before generating, and set object anchoring deliberately whenever an object must resize with the window. Do not attempt FileMaker layout XML from memory alone.
andykear/FileMaker-XMLsnippet-Layout-Claude-Skill · ★ 14 · Data & Documents · score 62
Install: claude install-skill andykear/FileMaker-XMLsnippet-Layout-Claude-Skill
# FileMaker Layout XML Skill Created by Andrew Kear of Clockwork Creative Technology and shared openly with the FileMaker/Claris community under CC BY 4.0. Attribution required on any reuse, adaptation or redistribution, including any derived or excerpted work. Deterministic generation and analysis of `fmxmlsnippet type="LayoutObjectList"`, FileMaker's Layout mode clipboard format. Full specification in `references/filemaker_layout_xml_rules.md`. Most rules below concern silent failures: the XML pastes without error and is wrong on screen or in behaviour, and no structural audit catches it. ## Pre-flight: theme identification (mandatory) Every object must carry the target layout's `<ThemeName>` verbatim. The wrong identifier causes text doubling and CSS class names rendering as visible text. 1. If the user supplied any layout XML, clipboard export or Save as XML, extract it: `grep -m1 "ThemeName" file.xml` 2. If not, ask before generating. The user gets it by copying any object from the target layout and pasting into a text editor. 3. Never default to `com.filemaker.theme.apex_blue`. It is a placeholder in the examples only. Ask first. Do not generate and then ask. ## ExtendedAttributes on every TextObj Two or more Text objects pasted without an `ExtendedAttributes` block on each `TextObj` causes FileMaker to concatenate their text at paste time. Include a standard block mirroring the object's own `CharacterStyle` on every Text, Button, ButtonBar segment, GroupButton