Three predefined formats are available for buttons: Strong, Standard, and Simple. Using these formats consistently in your application makes the user interface more predictable and makes it easier for users to complete forms.
Prerequisite: Add a Button control to a layout.
On the Presentation tab of the Properties panel, set the Control format option to one of the following settings to indicate the button's relative importance:
Strong – Use this format for the primary action on a form. Use it only once per view.
Standard – Use this format as a secondary style for navigation and actions.
Simple – Use this format to indicate an action.
Other – Use a custom format created in the Skin rule. Press the Down Arrow key in the adjacent field to select the custom format.
To convert existing customized Button controls to a predefined format, use the pzUpdateButtonLinkFormats activity. For more information, see Update-Button-Link-Formats.
Optional: To add a label to the Button control, select the Include a label check box and in the adjacent field enter the text for the label or press the Down Arrow key and select a predefined label.
Optional: To specify a format for the label, press the Down Arrow key in the Label format field and select one.
Optional: Set advanced presentation options.
Instead of creating a new custom format in the skin, you can adjust elements in a cell by applying Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) helper classes. For example, you can use a CSS helper class to center an element in a cell or to double the standard right margin for the element.
Cell read-write classes – Click the Open helper class picker icon to specify one or more CSS helper classes to apply to this cell when the form is displayed in read-write mode. You can enter several helper classes, separated by a space. Alternatively, you can enter the name of a custom style to apply to this cell.
Cell read-only classes – Click the Open helper class picker icon to specify one or more CSS helper classes to apply to this cell when the form is displayed in read-only mode. You can enter several helper classes, separated by a space. Alternatively, you can enter the name of a custom style to apply to this cell.
Inline style (not for production use) – You can use this field to define an inline style by entering CSS code. However, entering an inline style results in a guardrail warning. For maintainability and reuse, the recommended approach is to use read-write or read-only classes.
For more information, see CSS helper classes.