Change Button Text

Button text can be changed globally (that is, for all uses of the button in an interview) or individually (that is, on a per-button basis).

Tip: You can use attribute substitution in button text.

To change the text used for the buttons in an interview globally:

1. On the Interview tab, click the Styles button.
2. In the Styles dialog box, select the Strings tab.
3. For the setting you want to change, double-click in the Text field.
4. Change the text as required.
5. Click OK.

The button settings that can be changed globally are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Button text settings

Name	Description	Default Text	Interview version
next-button-text	The text used for the next screen button	Next	Both
back-button-text	The text used for the back screen button	Back	Both
submit-button-text	The text used for the submit screen button	Submit	Both
add-button-text	The text used for the add entity instances button	Add New Instance	Both
add-button-text-short	The short text used for the add entity instances button	Add	Both
upload-add-button-text	The text used for the add upload button	Add	Latest
upload-delete-button-text	The text used for the delete upload button	Delete	Latest
signature-button-clear-text	The text used for the button used to clear a signature control	Clear	Both
checkpoint-resume-button	The text used for the button to resume an interview from a saved checkpoint	Continue	Both
checkpoint-button-restart-text	The text used for the button to restart an interview on the checkpoint resume screen. Note that if checkpoint-button-restart-text is an empty string, then the restart button will not be displayed on the checkpoint resume screen. If the value of checkpoint-button-restart-text is set to something other than an empty string, then the restart button will be displayed on the checkpoint resume screen.		Latest
exit-button-text	The text used for the exit screen button	Exit	Latest
restart-button-text	The text used for the restart screen button	Restart	Latest
expired-session-button-text	The text used for the button shown when an interview session has expired	Exit Interview	Latest
timeout-warning-button-text	The text used for the button shown when warning an interview is going to timeout	Keep Working	Latest
confirm-navigate-ok-button-text	The text used for the proceed button shown when confirming the user's navigation away from a screen containing errors	Yes	Latest
confirm-navigate-cancel-button-text	The text used for the cancel button shown when confirming the user's navigation away from a screen containing errors	No	Latest
preseed-warnings-screen-button	The text used for the button on the screen showing pre-seeded data warnings	Continue	August 2016

Note: When the screen width is narrow, the next button will change to be > and the back button will change to be <. The exception to this is when the next and back button are placed in the navigation strip, in which case when the screen width is narrow, the buttons keep their defined text but are moved to the top right position on screen.

To change the text of buttons individually:

1. On the Interview tab, select the button in the screen layout view.
   
2. Click the button once to enable edit mode.
   
   
   
3. Type the new text for the button. Press Enter. The button in the screen layout view is updated to show the new text.
   
   

Clicking the reset button when the button text is in edit mode in the screen layout view enables you to reset the button text to the default or global text for the button.

Note: To change the text used to represent attribute values on Boolean input controls, such as 'Yes', 'No', 'Uncertain' and 'Unknown', see Change the Text Strings for Boolean Attribute Values. The clear button text for signature controls cannot be edited on an individual basis for August 2016 version interviews.