Buttons

Click click click.

Buttons as an asset are very useful, and have many different applications in Formsort. Below are the some options provided, as well as some insight on configuring their behavior and design.

The buttons found on this page cannot be added as Content to your flow (except the Next button), but rather will exist as a fixture in your flow, provided they are added in Layout.

Like other Assets, these buttons can be styled on a per-UI basis.

Next button

The Next button is probably the most important button within the flow. Clicking it will advance the user to the next available step.

The Next button position can be configured in Layout, and style settings can be found in the Buttons -> Next section of the Theme tab.

Options

By default, the Next button will only appear when the user has answered all the required questions. You can opt to "Always show next button" by enabling the setting under Behavior, in which case the Next button will show in it's Disabled state until the user is available to proceed.

By default, the button will have "Next" as the copy inside the button, but this can be modified or removed by changing the string inside the Label input.

You can add an Image to your next button, style settings for which can be found at the bottom of the menu under Image style once an image has been added.

Overrides

If you've added your Next button as a component on a step, the style settings can be overriden in the component's style menu. With the component selected, open the Style menu and disable "Use default select button style".

Skip button

A skip button will appear if enabled, but only on steps where all questions within the step are optional. Of course, the responder could just click the Next button in this case, but having an explicit skip action may help people understand that their responses are not required on the current step.

Options

By default, the button will have "Skip" as the copy inside the button, but this can be modified or removed by changing the string inside the Label input.

You can add an Image to your skip button, style settings for which can be found at the bottom of the menu under Image style once an image has been added.

Previous button

The previous button is optional, but recommended - it gives responders more control in navigating the flow.

Options

By default, the button will have "Previous" as the copy inside the button, but this can be modified or removed by changing the string inside the Label input.

You can add an Image to your Previous button, style settings for which can be found at the bottom of the menu under Image style once an image has been added.

Exit button

If you enable the exit button in the style editor, users will be able to click it to abandon the flow.

There are a few cases where having a close or exit button is helpful:

  • If users are accessing your flow directly, but you wish to bring them to your own page if they are abandoning.

    • If you set a redirect URL then they will be brought to that URL.

  • If embedding Formsort and you need a way to allow users to close without abandoning the page entirely.

    • The parent window will receive the FlowClosed event when this happens, so you can close the Formsort embed in your code.

Options

By default, the button will have an "X" as the copy inside the button, but this can be modified or removed by changing the string inside the Label input.

You can add an Image to your Exit button, style settings for which can be found at the bottom of the menu under Image style once an image has been added.

Restart Button

If you add a restart button to your flow, the user will be able restart the flow with all their inputs cleared.

By default, the Restart button will have "Restart" as the copy inside the button, but this can be modified or removed by changing the string inside the Label input.

You can add an Image to your Restart button, style settings for which can be found at the bottom of the menu under Image style once an image has been added.

Default buttons

The default button styles will be applied to any buttons not found in the above listed.

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