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Inserting or Editing Buttons on the Form

A form typically includes one or more buttons, which let a site visitor submit a completed form.

eWebEdit400’s form toolbar has three buttons that you can place on a form (circled below.) The buttons are described below.

Toolbar

Button

Name

Description

Insert

Submits form information to your Web server. By default, it has no text. To learn how to add button text, see Editing a Button’s Properties.

Reset

Changes a form’s field values back to their state when the form first loaded.

Submit

Submits form information to your Web server. Its default text is Submit.

Editing a Button’s Properties

After you insert a button, you may want to enter or change its properties, such as its text, height, and width. To edit a button’s properties, follow these steps.

1. Click the button so that it is selected. A selected button is surrounded by small squares, as shown below.

2. Below the editor screen, several fields appear, as shown below.

3. Update the button fields as needed.

Field

Description

Name

Give the button a unique name.

Id

If needed, give the button a unique ID.

Width

Enter or change the button’s width in pixels.

Height

Enter or change the button’s height in pixels.

Value

Enter or change the button text.

Tooltip

Enter or change the button’s tooltip (that is, text that appears in a small window when someone hovers the mouse over the button).

Classname

Enter or change the style sheet class assigned to the button.


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