Buttons bar
The buttons bar sits at the bottom of the Form Builder screen.
The buttons bar
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).
- [SINCE Orbeon Forms 2023.1]
- 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 automatically saves the form definition as well.
- Save":
- Save, but don't publish, the 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:<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.detail.buttons.orbeon.builder">
home
summary
new
form-definition-xhtml-export|excel-export|xml-export|form-definition-xhtml-export
test|test-pdf|test-offline|test-formulas
publish
save
</property>
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:
The buttons bar with a status message
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