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Buttons in guiDesigner can be placed on any page or subpage.
To access the button properties, right click on the button and choose Button Properties
.
Select the button theme you would like to use. This choice is derived from the themes you have defined in the Theme Manager.
This option allows for manual entry of the position and size of the button.
Choose whichever option you want to preview and edit. Inactive will allow you to preview and edit the button in its non-pressed state. Active will allow you to preview and edit the button in its pressed state.
When the Sync States
box is checked, any edits made in Inactive or Active, will also effect the other.
E.g. If you are editing the inactive button, and Sync States
is checked, then any changes made will also apply to the active state.
If you want to edit the states separately, then ensure this is unchecked.
Enter the text here that you want to display on the button.
Opens the overlay browser window which allows you to select an image from a library to overlay on the button.
Select the overlay set to choose from.
Select the image to overlay on the button.
This option allows you to change the background color on the overlay list to allow you to see what that image looks like on a certain color.
Removes the overlay image from the button.
Choose an image file to use an an overlay image.
This option allows for manual entry of the position and size of the overlay image.
A preview of what the button will look like.
For information on these settings, see the Button Properties Design Tab info.
Set the URL property of a button to launch a web browser on the device to a specific website. On iOS devices, you can also launch other apps by using their URL Schema as the URL.
There are two ways to assign commands and macros to buttons:
With basic actions, you can assign any Command and/or Macro to a button. This covers most needs for users. There is also a repeat delay option which controls how often the command and/or macro is sent whilst the button is held down.
With advanced actions, you get a lot more control over when actions are fired. They are more complicated to setup, but quite simple once you understand how they work. See the Advanced Button Actions topic for more details.
Choose a command that you have previously defined in the System Manager to assign to the button.
Choose a macro that you have previously defined in the System Manager to assign to the button.
Enter the time in milliseconds that you want iViewer to wait until repeating the command if the button is held down. Enter 0 to disable repeating.