About Element Toolbars

Each editing area in the Contributor editor has one or more toolbars that provide several editing options for the element in that area. The site designer decides what editing options are available for each specific element type. Some element types, such as plain-text elements, may have very limited options, whereas WYSIWYG elements typically have a full set of editing features (including advanced text formatting, images, tables, hyperlinks, and the like). Many of the toolbar options are very similar to those of a word-processing application such as Microsoft Word, and are easily recognizable. You can format text and images; cut, copy, and paste content; create lists and tables; and so on.

You can use the arrows on the left of the toolbar area to expand or collapse the element toolbars (Figure and Figure).

Element Toolbar (Expanded)

Description of Element Toolbar (Expanded)

Element Toolbar (Collapsed)

Description of Element Toolbar (Collapsed)

Note:

The toolbars cannot be collapsed or expanded if Contributor has been set up to use the Ephox editor.

To use a toolbar function, place your cursor in the editing area where you would like to perform a task, such as formatting text, and then click the desired icon in the toolbar. Or, highlight the text first and then click an icon in the toolbar to format that text.

The element toolbars may offer the following functions, depending on the element type and what the site designer chose to make available: