Buttons bar
Introduction
The buttons bar sits at the bottom of the Form Builder screen.
By default, the bar includes the following buttons:
"Home":
Go back to the Form Runner Landing page.
If the current form is not saved, you will be prompted to save it.
Summary":
Go back to the Form Builder Summary page.
If the current form is not saved, you will be prompted to save it.
New":
Close the current form and create a new one.
If the current form is not saved, you will be prompted to save it.
Export buttons":
Excel Export: export the form in Excel format
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
XML Export: export the form in "XML with metadata" format
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
XHTML Export
Export the form definition in XHTML+XForms format (the Orbeon Forms form definition format).
This produces a file with the same content shown by the "Edit Source" dialog.
Test functions":
Test: open the form in test mode
Test PDF: open the "Test PDF" dialog for testing PDF output
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
Test Offline: open the form in test mode, but using the "offline" (JavaScript) runtime (experimental)
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
Formula Inspector: observe formulas and their dependencies (experimental)
Publish":
Open the "Publish" dialog to publish the form definition
This will automatically save the form definition if you complete publishing in the dialog.
Save":
Save, but don't publish, the in-progress form definition
The buttons are configurable with the oxf.fr.detail.buttons.orbeon.builder property. The default value is, for Orbeon Forms 2023.1 PE:
Buttons combined with the | character show as a combined "drop-up" button.
Messages area
The buttons bar also includes transient messages, which appear in the messages area. Here is an example:
See also
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