Adding buttons to the application toolbar or Common Actions menu

You can include extra buttons on the application toolbar or in the Common Actions section of the side navigation menu. Toolbar buttons provide quick access to common actions, such as Save and Insert, and can be seen in all application tabs or can be limited to a specific tab.

About this task

If the side navigation menu is enabled, any buttons that you add to the toolbar are displayed in the Common Actions section of the side navigation menu.

Procedure

  1. Open the application in the Application Designer.
  2. In the Select Action menu, select the Add/Modify Toolbar Menu option.
  3. Create a row and select an Element Type.
  4. Select a Key Value.
    The key value represents the button action and is visible when the user moves the mouse over the button.
  5. Specify an image to use for the button that is located in the images directory and is in a supported format.
  6. Enter position values that determine the location of the button relative to the other buttons in the toolbar.
  7. Specify the tabs where the option is visible.

Example

To add a Change Password button to the toolbar in the Main tab of the Person application:

  1. Set the Element Type to App (application).
  2. Select ChgPassword as the Key Value.
  3. Set Position to 60 and Subposition to 0.
  4. Specify the nav_icon_changepassword.gif file in the Image field.
  5. Select the Main tab option.

What to do next

You can add buttons that act as separators if you want to group several buttons together in a section.