Submit Button Control

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The Submit Button control adds a button to the Screen. The Submit Button control has two functions:

  • Submit: Submits the Screen whilst setting this control's value as specified from the Value setting. This is the default setting.

  • Do Not Submit, Set Value: Sets this control's value as specified from the Value setting, but does not submit the Screen.

This control is only available for Form-type Screens. See Screen Types.

Examples

Add the Control to a Screen

Permissions

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to design a Screen unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:

  • Screens: Edit Screens

  • Screens: View Screens

See the Screens permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Follow these steps to add this control to the Screen:

  1. Create a new Form-type Screen or edit an existing one.

  2. From the Controls Menu on the left, expand the Input Fields category, and then locate the Submit Button icon.

  3. Drag  and drop the control to the Screen Builder canvas. Existing controls in the Screen will adjust positioning based on where you drag the control.

  4. Configure the Submit Button control. See Settings.

  5. Validate that the control is configured correctly. See Validate Your Screen.

Below is a form with two Submit Button controls.

Settings

The Submit Button control has the following configurable settings in the Properties Panel:

Variable Panel Settings

Expand the Variable panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Label

Edit the default label that displays for this control if necessary. New Submit is the default value.

Variable Name

Edit the default Variable Name setting value for this control if necessary. The Variable Name setting value represents data in this control during Requests. Ensure that the Variable Name setting value is a unique name from other controls in this Screen and contains at least one letter. This is a required setting.

Use the Variable Name setting value in the following ways:

  • Reference this control by its Variable Name setting's value. The Data Preview panel in Preview mode corresponds the Submit Button control's Variable Name value. In the example below, SubmitButtonControl is the Variable Name setting's value when the button is clicked.

  • Reference this control's value in a different Screen Builder control. To do so, use mustache syntax and reference this control's Variable Name value in the target control. Example: {{ SubmitButtonControl }}.

  • Reference this value in Visibility Rule setting expressions.

See best practices when editing a Request variable name.

Value

Enter any alphanumeric value that represents data when the Request participant selects the Submit Button control. This value can be evaluated in a Visibility Rule setting expression or in a Sequence Flow element's condition(s) to trigger.

See how to configure a Submit Button control that prevents the Request participant from clicking on that control multiple times so the Screen cannot be submitted after the first click.

Configuration Panel Settings

Expand the Configuration panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Type Button

Select from the following options how the Submit Button control functions when the control is clicked:

  • Submit: Submits the Screen whilst setting this control's value as specified from the Value setting. This is the default setting.

  • Do Not Submit, Set Value: Sets this control's value as specified from the Value setting, but does not submit the Screen.

Loading

Enable the Loading Submit Button option, and then edit the default Loading Label setting text as necessary. The Loading Submit Button option replaces the interstitial Screen and instead displays the text entered in the Loading Label option along with a spinner within the button; the Screen does not refresh entirely until the next Task's Screen is ready to load. If this option is disabled, the interstitial Screen works as configured in the Form Task/Manual Task element.  

Tooltip

Configure a tooltip that displays when hovering over the Submit Button control.

  1. From the Position drop-down menu, select the position of the tooltip relative to the Submit Button control from the following options:

    • Top

    • Top Left

    • Top Right

    • Right

    • Right Top

    • Right Bottom

    • Bottom

    • Bottom Left

    • Bottom Right

    • Left

    • Left Top

    • Left Bottom

  2. From the Variant drop-down menu, select the style for the tooltip:

    • Primary: Blue-colored background with white-colored Label text. This is the default option.

    • Secondary: Gray-colored background with white-colored Label text.

    • Success: Green-colored background with white-colored Label text.

    • Danger: Red-colored background with white-colored Label text.

    • Warning: Yellow-colored background with black-colored Label text.

    • Info: Teal-colored background with white-colored Label text.

    • Light: White-colored background with black-colored Label text.

    • Dark: Black-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  3. In the Tooltip Contains setting, enter the text that the tooltip displays. This setting supports both HTML and mustache syntax.

Design Panel Settings

Expand the Design panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Button Variant Style

Select the style for the Submit Button control. The style changes the control's appearance but otherwise has no functional difference. Select from the following options:

  • Primary: Blue-colored background with white-colored Label text. This is the default option.

  • Secondary: Gray-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  • Success: Green-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  • Danger: Red-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  • Warning: Yellow-colored background with black-colored Label text.

  • Info: Teal-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  • Light: White-colored background with black-colored Label text.

  • Dark: Black-colored background with white-colored Label text.

  • Link: White-colored background with blue-colored Label text.

Advanced Panel Settings

Expand the Advanced panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Visibility Rule

Specify an expression that indicates the condition(s) under which this control displays. See Expression Syntax Components. If this setting does not have an expression, then this control displays by default.

For example, this control displays if the variable value tip is 1. For a detailed example of the Visibility Rule setting, see Show or Hide Controls Based on Button Selection.

Note the following regarding how to use visibility rules:

See how to configure a Submit Button control that prevents the Request participant from clicking on that control multiple times so the Screen cannot be submitted after the first click.

Device Visibility

Select on which device types this control displays:

  • Desktop: The control displays only on desktop devices. Enable the Show for Desktop toggle key.

  • Mobile: The control displays only on mobile devices. Enable the Show for Mobile toggle key.

  • Both: The control displays on both desktop and mobile devices. Both toggle keys are enabled by default.

CSS Selector Name

Enter the value to represent this control in custom CSS syntax when in Custom CSS mode. As a best practice, use the same CSS Selector Name value on different controls of the same type to apply the same custom CSS style to all those controls.

Then, use this name in the Custom CSS feature to apply CSS styling to this control as follows:

[selector='Submit Form'] {
    color: blueviolet;
}

See the following best practices regarding custom CSS in Screens:

See the following best practices regarding custom CSS in Screens:

Aria Label

Enter the string that provides a text alternative to this control for the following purposes:

  • Assistive technology, such as screen readers, read the Aria Label setting value.

  • This control has a visual indication of its purpose, such as a button that uses a graphic instead of text, but still needs to clarify that purpose for anyone who cannot access the visual indication.

The Aria Label setting value replaces the Label setting value. For example, if a Submit Button control has both a Label setting value and an Aria Label setting value, assistive technology only uses the Aria Label setting value.

Tab Order

Tab order determines the sequential navigation order to navigate a Screen's controls using a keyboard interface. Assistive technology users often use a keyboard for navigation.

See best practices for setting the tab order for a Screen's controls.

Enter the number for the sequential keyboard navigation order that this control takes focus amongst other controls in this Screen.