Toolbars
This topic lists the buttons that are available in the top toolbar of the Designer module.
For a description of the buttons at the top of the Workspace, see Workspace.
- File Manipulation
- New: Displays the New
Wizard where a new data mapping configuration or a new template
can be created.
- Open: Displays the
Open dialog to open an existing template.
- Save: Saves the current
template. If the template has never been saved, the Save As...
dialog is displayed.
- Print: Opens the Print
Output dialog.
- Proof Print: Opens
the Print Options dialog
as a "Proof Print" which limits the number of records
output. The options themselves are identical to the regular Print
Output dialog.
- Output
- Send Email: Opens the Send Email dialog; see Send (Test) Email.
- Send Test Email: Opens
the Send Test Email dialog; see Send (Test) Email.
- Preview HTML: Opens
the current template's Preview in the system default browser.
Useful for testing scripts and HTML output.
- Send
COTG Test: Click to open the Send COTG Test dialog,
to send the current Web to the Capture OnTheGo Application. See this how-to: Testing a COTG template.
- Get Job Data File on submit: Click to enable/disable. When enabled, the Job Data File will be returned to Connect Designer directly after a COTG Form has been submitted (see also: Using COTG data in a template).
- Forms
- Insert Form: Inserts
a <form>
element.
- Insert Fieldset: Insert
a <fieldset>
element.
- Insert Text Field:
Inserts a <input type="text" /> element. A drop-down
is available to insert other fields, such as a URL, Password etc.
- Insert Text Area Field:
Inserts a <textarea> element.
- Insert Label: Inserts
a <label>
element.
- Insert Checkbox: Inserts
a <input type="checkbox">
element.
- Insert Radio Button:
Inserts a <input type="radio">
element.
- Insert Select Field:
Inserts a <select>
element and add multiple possible options to it.
- Insert Button: Inserts
a <button
type="submit"> element at the current cursor location.
For information
about Forms and Form elements, see Forms and Form Elements.
- Pagination (Print Context
only)
- Page Number: Inserts
a placeholder for the current page number
- Page Count: Inserts
a placeholder for the total number of pages in the current .
- Guides
- Miscellaneous
- Insert Lorem Ipsum:
Inserts a paragraph of generic lorem ipsum text, useful for placeholder
or template design.
- Show Edges: Shows a
colored border around elements on the page and the type of element
that is highlighted.
- Form
Wizard
- Form Wizard:
Click to open the Form Wizard
to add a form to a Web Context. See Forms and Form Elements.
- Validation Settings:
Click to open the Validation settings
dialog to change the validation settings on the currently selecting
tools. See Forms.
- Table Manipulation
- Insert Standard Table...:
Inserts a table with a specific number of columns and rows through
the Table Wizard.
- Insert Dynamic Table...:
Inserts a dynamic table where the number of rows is determined
by a Details table, through the Dynamic table Wizard.
- Select
- Select Table: Selects
the table where the cursor is located. If the cursor is within
a table embedded within another, the innermost table is the
one selected.
- Select Row: Selects
the innermost row where the cursor is located.
- Select Cell: Selects
the innermost cell where the cursor is located.
- Delete
- Delete Table: Deletes
the innermost table where the cursor is located.
- Delete Row: Deletes
the innermost row where the cursor is located.
- Delete Column:
Deletes the innermost cell where the cursor is located.
- Insert
- Insert Row Above:
Inserts a row above the current one. The row configuration,
such as merged cells and cell styles, are duplicated, but
contents is not.
- Insert Row Below:
Inserts a row below the current one. The row configuration,
such as merged cells and cell styles, are duplicated, but
contents is not.
- Insert Column Before:
Inserts a column to the left of the current one. The column
configuration, such as merged cells and cell styles, are duplicated,
but contents is not.
- Insert Column After:
Inserts a column to the right of the current one. The column
configuration, such as merged cells and cell styles, are duplicated,
but contents is not.
- Objects
- Insert Image...: Inserts
an Image using a resource
that is local to the template, at the current location of the
pointer and opens its properties. See Images.
- Insert Image from Address...:
Inserts an Image using a
URL instead of a resource, at the current location of the pointer
and opens its properties. See Images.
- Insert Barcode: Displays
a list of available barcodes. Click on one to insert it on the
page. See Barcode.
- Insert Pie Chart: Click
to insert a new Pie Chart object and open the Chart
Script wizard.
- Insert Bar Chart: Click
to insert a new Bar Chart object and open the Chart
Script wizard.
- Insert Line Chart:
Click to insert a new Line Chart object and open the Chart
Script wizard.
- Hyperlinks
- Insert Hyperlink...:
Creates a Hyperlink or mailto link on the currently
selected text or element and opens its properties. See Hyperlink and mailto link.
- Remove Hyperlink: Removes
the currently selected hyperlink. The text or element that was
the hyperlink is not removed.
- Boxes
- Insert Positioned Box:
Inserts an absolute-positioned box on the page, which can be moved
around freely.
- Insert Inline Box:
Inserts an inline box that is set to float to the left, at the
position of the cursor.
- Wrap in Box: Takes
the current selection and wraps it inside a new box.
- Float Left: Floats
the current element to the left using a float:left
style.
- No Float: Removes any
float style applied to
the currently selected element.
- Float Right: Floats
the current element to the right using a float:right
style.
- Rotate Counter Clockwise:
Rotates the currently selected box 90° counter-clockwise.
- Rotate Clockwise: Rotates
the currently selected box 90° counter-clockwise.
- Styles
- Element Type: Displays
the element type of the selected element and drops down to show
other element types in which it can be changed.
- Style: Displays the
style of the selected element and drops down to show other available
styles which can be applied to it.
- Font Face: Displays
the font face of the selected text or element where the cursor
is located and drops down to show other available font faces which
can be applied to it.
Fonts added to the Fonts
folder of the Resources pane are shown automatically in the Fonts
drop-down.
- Font Size: Displays
the font size of the selected text or element where the cursor
is located and drops down to show other available sizes which
can be applied to it.
- Font Color: When text
is selected, click to apply the shown color to the selected text,
or use the drop-down to change the color and apply it.
- Alignment
- Align Left: Aligns
the currently selected element to the left.
- Align Center: Aligns
the currently selected element to the center.
- Align Right: Aligns
the currently selected element to the right.
- Justify: Aligns the
currently selected element to stretch text lines to fill all available
width.
- Text Decoration
- Bold: Makes the currently
selected text bold.
- Italic: Makes the currently
selected text italic.
- Underline: Makes the
currently selected text underline.
- Strikethrough: Makes
the currently selected text strikethrough.
- Indentation
- Create Numbered List:
Makes the selected text element a numbered list (<ol>).
If multiple paragraphs are selected, each becomes a list item
(<li class="Bullet">).
- Create Bulleted List:
Makes the selected text element a bullet list (<ul>). If
multiple paragraphs are selected, each becomes a list item (<li class="Bullet">).
- Indent: Increases indentation
of the selected text element. If the element is a paragraph, it
is wrapped in a <blockquote> element. If it is a list item,
it is moved to a child level, creating a new list if necessary.
- Outdent: Decreases
indentation of the selected text element. If the element is wrapped
in a blockquote element, one blockquote is removed. If the element
is a list item, it is removed from one surrounding list.
- Position
- Superscript: Makes
the currently selected text a superscript.
- Subscript: Makes the
currently selected text a subscript.
- Remove Formatting: Remove
any and all styles, text decorations and other formatting from the
selected text. Indentation is not affected.
- Welcome Screen: Click to
re-open the Welcome Screen.
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