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POS Menu Button View

Store setup > Look and feel > POS button grid menus > Select a POS button grid menu > Edit a menu button

What is the view used for?

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.

General tab

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.

Font tab

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
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.

View POS Button grid menus - Click on this link to go back to the list of button grids.

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