Buttons bar
Last updated
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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":
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).
Test functions":
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
This is an Orbeon Forms PE feature.
Publish":
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.
The buttons bar also includes transient messages, which appear in the messages area. Here is an example:
Go back to the .
This produces a file with the same content shown by the .
: open the form in test mode
: open the "Test PDF" dialog for testing PDF output
: open the form in test mode, but using the "offline" (JavaScript) runtime (experimental)
: observe formulas and their dependencies (experimental)
Open the to publish the form definition
