filemaker-layout-xmllisted

# FileMaker Layout XML Skill This skill gives Claude a deterministic, empirically verified foundation for generating FileMaker layout object XML — the `fmxmlsnippet type="LayoutObjectList"` clipboard format used by FileMaker's Layout mode paste handler. Created by Andrew Kear of Clockwork Creative Technology and shared openly with the FileMaker/Claris community. ## What this skill does When this skill is active, Claude will: - Generate paste-ready layout XML from plain descriptions ("add a field, a label, and a button to this layout") - Review existing layout XML for silent-failure risks before you paste it - Analyse Save-as-XML exports to understand layout structure - Generate correctly ordered elements, correct flag values, and correct minimal structures — without guessing ## Pre-flight: theme identification (mandatory) Every layout object must carry the correct `<ThemeName>` identifier. Using the wrong theme causes text doubling and CSS class names rendering as visible text when the XML is pasted. **Before generating any layout XML:** 1. If the user has uploaded any XML file containing layout objects — whether a clipboard paste export (`fmxmlsnippet type="LayoutObjectList"`) or a Save-as-XML export — extract the theme from it: ``` grep -m1 "ThemeName" uploaded_file.xml ``` Custom themes have identifiers like `com.filemaker.theme.custom.A3921BA7_9833_48D0_9166_F8B66C7D76F7`. Use this string verbatim in every `<ThemeName>` element. 2. If no file is avai