Layout positions and sizes for objests automatically use decimal values when using Gripper selectors...

Issue report by Eric Whittaker

Product

FileMaker Pro

Version

13.0v3

Operating system version

Windows 7 (64-bit)

Description of the issue

When re-sizing an individual or multiple objects via the gripper selections, the position value and size value change to values with decimals. After you re-size, (because they are decimals) the dynamic guides can not work which makes that feature virtually impossible to use. Nothing can line up on a value that is of whole numbers if it is positioned with a position value that is a decimal.

Steps to reproduce the problem

open a solution with a windows version of FileMaker Pro 13
create 2 fields
Make them identical in position and size.
align them one on the left and one on the right
re-size one of the fields height by using the gripper and dragging
(you should not have a field that the height is now a decimal value)
Select one of the fields and try to align it with the other field
(the dynamic guide wont be able to line up with the other field)

Expected result

Be able to re-size a field with the gripper selectors and have the corresponding dimension be of a whole number value so you can still align it to other whole number valued objects with the dynamic guids.

Actual result

Every time I re-size with the gripper selectors on an object the height or width value goes to a decimal value, leaving it unable to align to any whole valued sized object using the dynamic guides.

Exact text of any error message(s) that appear

N/A (no error message) N/A

Workaround

Don't re-size with the gripper tools. Only re-size objects by inputting values directly in to the position and size parameters in the inspector.