The Play/Edit Mode toolbar toggles between Play and Edit modes. You can test your button applet at any time by pressing the green play button. The red button will stop the button applet running and return you to edit mode.
The Main Toolbar
New Project
Creates an empty button project 200 by 200 pixels.
You can resize the button project by dragging the corners of the Button Editor window, and you can add buttons with New Text Button and New Bitmap Button.
Note that the tabs are grayed-out when you create a new project. This is because the button project contains zero buttons and there are no Button Properties available to display. As soon as you create an new button, the tabs will be re-enabled.
Save Project
Saves the current button project as a .1cb file.
Open Project
Opens an existing button project file (.1cb file).
New Text Button
Creates a new text button. The new button will be bevelled blue with white text by default. It will the default button size which is specified on the Button Layout Tab.
You can adjust the appearance of the new button after you created it.
New Bitmap Button
Creates a new button from a GIF or JPEG file. The button will be transparent by default, and all three button states will be set to the same bitmap.
Transparent buttons are explained in Advanced Button Properties.
Duplicate Button
Duplicates the currently selected button.
If you are specifying the position of each button, the new button will be placed on top of the current button and offset slightly to the right and down.
If buttons are arranged in a row or column, the new button will be inserted after the button you duplicated.
The new button will have the same name with a -n appended to the name, when n is a number.
Duplicate Button is handy for creating a group of buttons with a consistent look and feel. First create one button with the look you desire, then just duplicate it as many times as you like.
Move Button Up
Moves the the currently selected button towards the top of the button list.
If you have buttons stacked on top of each other, the button will move closer to the top of the stack.
If you have buttons arranged in a column or row, the button will move closer to the top of the column, or to the left of the row.
Move Button Down
Moves the the currently selected button towards the bottom of the button list.
If you have buttons stacked on top of each other, the button will move closer to the bottom of the stack.
If you have buttons arranged in a column or row, the button will move closer to the bottom of the column, or to the right of the row.
Delete Button
Deletes the currently selected button from the button project
Refresh Editor Window
Refreshes the Editor Window. Any bitmaps or sounds which have been modified outside of 1 Cool Button Tool will be reloaded.