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Customize Five's Default Action Buttons

Last updated 1/05/2024

By default in your application, you have the same form action buttons as Five; Edit, Cancel, Delete, and if you choose, the Copy button. You can customize these buttons by using the Caption and Icon fields. By using these fields, you can give the buttons a customized caption and/or icon.

FieldDescription
Complete CaptionAdd a caption for the Save button.
Complete IconAdd an icon for the Save button.
Cancel CaptionAdd a caption for the Cancel button.
Cancel IconAdd an icon for the Cancel button.
Edit CaptionAdd a caption for the Edit button.
Edit IconAdd an icon for the Edit button.
Copy CaptionAdd a caption for the Copy button.
Copy IconAdd an icon for the copy button.

Customize Five's Action Buttons

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The steps provided will teach you how to customize a caption and an icon for Five's default Edit button, the same steps are applied if you want to customize the Save, Cancel, and Copy buttons.

1. Select your form record in the list.

Add a Caption

2. Click in the Edit Caption field and add a caption for the button.


Edit Caption field
Figure 1 - Edit Caption field

Add an Icon

3. Click in the Edit Icon field.

4. Click the Edit button and open an image file.


Edit Icon field
Figure 2 - Edit Icon field

5. Click the Save button in the form app bar.


Save button
Figure 3 - Save button

How This Looks in Your Application

The caption will be displayed on the button in the toolbar when only a caption is supplied.

Revise button
Figure 4 - Revise button

The icon will be displayed in the toolbar and when you hover on the button, the tooltip will be Edit when only an icon is supplied.

Edit button
Figure 5 - Edit button

The icon will be displayed in the toolbar and when you hover on the button, the caption will be shown when a caption and an icon are supplied.

Revise button
Figure 6 - Revise button