Configure the HTML toolbar
- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
- 2 minutes to read
- Yokohama
- Platform Field Administration
Configure which buttons are available on the HTML toolbar.
Before you begin
Procedure
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Update the toolbar options for your preferred HTML field editor.
Option Description htmlArea toolbar - Navigate to the System properties [sys_properties] table by entering sys_properties.list in the application navigator.
- In the Name column, search for glide.ui.html.toolbar.
- Select the glide.ui.html.toolbar property.
TinyMCE - Navigate to the System properties [sys_properties] table by entering sys_properties.list in the application navigator.
- In the Name column, search for glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar.
- Select the glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar property.
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In the Value field, enter or remove buttons for each toolbar as a comma-separated list without spaces.
For the TinyMCE toolbar, all the toolbar buttons mentioned in the TinyMCE button options table are available in the glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar.valid_buttons. You can choose from the list found there and add it to the System properties [sys_properties] glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar. Use a vertical bar ("|") to add a section separator.
Table 1. TinyMCE button options Button purpose Accepted button names Formatting - aligncenter
- alignjustify
- alignleft
- alignright
- backcolor
- blocks
- blockquote
- bold
- bullist
- fontfamily
- fontsize
- forecolor
- indent
- italic
- ltr
- newdocument
- nonbreaking
- numlist
- outdent
- pagebreak
- removeformat
- rtl
- strikthrough
- subscript
- superscript
- underline
Table functions - table
- tableofcontens
Editing - copy
- cut
- paste
- pastetext
- redo
- searchreplace
- undo
Extended functions - a11ycheck
- anchor
- charmap
- code
- codesample
- emoticons
- fullscreen (not supported by Internet Explorer)
- hr
- image
- insertdatetime
- link
- media
- preview
- unlink
- visualblocks
- visualchars
For the htmlArea toolbar, use the buttons listed in the htmlArea button options table. Use separator to add a section separator.
Table 2. htmlArea button options Button purpose Accepted button names Formatting - bold
- fontname
- fontsize
- forecolor
- formatblock
- hilitecolor
- indent
- insertorderedlist
- insertunorderedlist
- italic
- justifycenter
- justifyfull
- justifyleft
- justifyright
- outdent
- underline
Editing - copy
- paste
- undo
Extended functions - a11ycheck
- createlink
- htmlmode
- inserthorizontalrule
- insertimage
- inserttable
- insertvideo
- Select Update.
What to do next
See Change the TinyMCE default toolbar for more detailed information.