POS Menu Button View

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What is the view used for?

  • To edit the setting of a single menu button.
  • You can edit the color and style of the button .
  • You can select an operation the button runs.
Fields & buttons Description
Key number The number of the key in the order which it appears on the button grid.
Description The button description.
Style Select a style for the button from the list menu.
Operation Select an operation for the button from the list menu. (Link to Operations list)
Parameter Select a parameter for the operation. This is unavailable for some operations.
Preview The preview shows how the button looks graphically.
Fields & buttons Description
Use Operation Name Select this check box if you would like the operation name to appear on the button in the POS.
Transparent Select this check box if you would like the button to be transparent.
Column Span Enter the number of columns you would like the buttons to span. Note that if you type in a number that is higher than the available number of spaces in the column span, the button will simply try and take up as much space as it can.
Row Span Enter the number of rows you would like the buttons to span. Note that if you type in a number that is higher than the available number of spaces in the row span, the button will simply try and take up as much space as it can.
Fields & buttons Description
Use header configuration Select this check box to use the menu header configuration for fonts. If you clear the check box for the Use Header Configuration you can choose from the other options available on the Font tab.
Font name Displays the font name.
Edit Select this button to edit the font type.
Font size Edit the font size by typing directly into this number box.
Font bold Select this check box to make the font bold.
Font italic Select this check box to make the font italic.
Font strikethrough Select this check box to put a strikethrough line through the font.
Font underline Select this check box to underline the font.
Font color Select box to choose a new color.
Font charset Select the character set for the font.
Fields & buttons Description
Use header configuration Select this check box to use the menu header configuration for attributes. If you clear the check box for the Use Header Configuration you can choose from the other options available on the Attributes tab.
Gradient mode

Select the gradient mode from the list menu:

  • None
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Backward diagonal
  • Forward diagonal
Back color Select box to choose a color for the button from a color picker.
Back color 2 Select box to choose a second color for the button from a color picker. The second color is only used when gradient mode is not set to none.
Shape

Select a shape for the button from the drop-down-list:

  • Ellipse
  • Hexagon
  • Rectangle
  • Round Rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Windows3D
Image file Enter the path of the image to be added to the button or click on the .. button to browse for the file.
Click on this button to browse for an image file.
Image position

Select how the image should be aligned:

  • Bottom
  • Center
  • Fill
  • Left
  • Right
  • Top
Button:
Clear		 Click on this button to clear the image selection.

A glyph is a symbol or text put in any corner of the button. The name of the tab indicates in which corner the glyph will be displayed in.

Fields & buttons Description
Glyph Select a glyph from the drop-down-list.
Glyph text Enter the text that you want displayed. This field is only available when the glyph is set to text.
Glyph font Displays the glyph font. This field is only available when the glyph is set to text.
Edit Select the edit button to edit the glyph font. This button is only available when the glyph is set to text.
Size Edit the size of the glyph font by entering numbers into this number box.
Glyph color Select box to choose a color for the glyph.
Offset The higher the number entered into this box the more the glyph is offset from the area that it is assigned to. For example, if a glyph is assigned to the top left corner of the button, then the offset moves it to the bottom right of the button.

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Last updated: 12th May 2013
Version: LS One 2013.1