Button Properties

To configure a button in a menu use the operation button properties:

Open the LS POS;
Hover the cursor over the button that you are going to set up or change;
Right click;
Select Button Properties.

Item Sale button

Create a button that sells a selected item when pressed:

Select the button to setup and right click on this button.
In the Button properties dialog set Operation as Item Sale.

If the button is empty - has no operation - you can select the option Add item. Then then button properties dialog opens with the Operation field preset to item sale operation and the focus is at the item field ready for item selection (skip to step 4). The description of the item will automatically be set as description of the button. The description can be edited before closing the dialog.

Select the check box for field Use operation name.
In the field Item, select the item from the drop-down list.
Press OK and the button is ready to be used.

This example uses the operation Item Sale, which defines a button to sell items.

To view a full list of LS POS operations read here.

Button properties field help:

Tab/Field name	Description
Preview	Shows a preview of the button according to the setup.
Description	Text that is displayed on the button.
Operation selection
Operation	There are over 100 operations in the system. Some of them are already on buttons in the Demo Data. You can set up the POS layouts differently, changing the menus and operations in them.LS One POS Operations
Use operation name	When this field is selected, the description will automatically have the operation’s name. It is possible to overwrite the default description by clearing this field and then editing the description field.
Parameter	The fields for this box change depending on the Operation. Some operations do not require operation parameters while others do. There can be none to two selection fields with settings for the button functionality. For an example if you select the Item sale operation then a item selection field and a barcode fields appear in this box.
Image
Image file	Browse for an image to add to your button.
Image position	Select where the image should appear on the button: Bottom Center - If both image position and text position is center the image will be placed above and the text under the image. This does not happen for the other selection. So if text and image are at the same place they will overlap. Fill - Streches or adjusts the size of the image to fill the whole button. Left Right Top
Use font as image	Select this to enable the following fields to select an image font to add to the button. The good thing about image fonts rather than image files is that you can change the color of the font do match your design. Webdings is an example of an image font. You can also create your own image font with free tools from the Internet.
Image test	Enter the symbol for your image
Image font name	Select the font to use
Font color	Set the color of the image font.
Style
Style	Select a predefined style to set color, style and font of the button
Attributes fields	Configure the color of the button. Gradient mode allows you to make the button look more three dimensional.
Use header configuration	When the check box is selected, the color setup of the button are retrieved from the menu header configuration. If the check box is clear, this button can be customized separately.
Font fields	These fields are accessible when the Use header check box is clear. It is possible to edit the font, the font style and the size.
Use header configuration	When the check box is selected, the font setup of the button are retrieved from the menu header configuration. If the check box is clear, this button can be customized separately.

Updated:	June 2020
Version:	LS One 2020