List and Form Toolbar

A toolbar appears on lists and forms. An example of the list and form toolbar is shown in Elements of the Application Window. The following table describes the typical icons that appear on the toolbar. Your application might contain additional icons or other elements on each list or form toolbar.

This table shows each button that appears on list and form toolbars, the corresponding button name and description.

Button

Name

Description


Cogwheel icon

Screen Menu

Click Menu (the cogwheel icon) to access a menu of options that apply to the active form, list, explorer view, or selected record in a list. Using the options in the menu, you can perform actions such as copying, deleting, and advanced sorting.


Plus (+) icon

New or Add

Click New or Add (the plus (+) icon) to create a record or add an existing record.

In a list, clicking New inserts a row at the start of the list so you can create a record. In a form, clicking New displays a form with empty fields that you can fill in to create a record.

Clicking Add opens a list from where you make further selections.


Double plus (++) icon

New

Click New (the double plus (++) icon) to create a record.

In a list, clicking New inserts a row at the start of the list so you can create a record. In a form, clicking New displays a form with empty fields that you can fill in to create a record.



Save

Click Save (the arrow-pointing-to-a-box icon) to save the selected record.


Arrow-pointing-up-and-back icon

Cancel

Click Cancel (the arrow-pointing-up-and-back icon) to cancel modifications to the selected record.


Trash can icon

Delete

Click Delete (the trash can icon) to delete the selected record.


Magnifying glass icon

Query

Click Query (the magnifying glass icon) to start a query in a form or list so that you can specify query criteria. For more information about querying, see Information Query.