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Ishtar5970
Feb 20, 2022Copper Contributor
resize the bar at the bottom of Access form
Hello all At the bottom of each form in Access there is a bar giving different type of information. How could I resize this bar and the field where we can see the number of records. I don't see it c...
George_Hepworth
Feb 24, 2022Silver Contributor
In most cases, forms adjust the record selectors to accommodate the length of the characters shown.
It may be, however, that your form here is simply not wide enough to support the full extension of those controls in the record selector. Can you make the form wider to see if that makes a difference?
You may need to repair the installation of Access on your computer if that does solve the discrepancy.
BTW: many experienced Access developers have designed and implemented their own version of "record selectors" because of the inherent limitations of the default record selector on forms.