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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Configure the HTML toolbar

Configure which buttons are available on the HTML toolbar.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

  1. Update the toolbar options for your preferred HTML field editor.
htmlArea toolbar
  1. Navigate to the System properties [sys_properties] table by entering sys_properties.list in the application navigator.
  2. In the Name column, search for glide.ui.html.toolbar.
  3. Select the glide.ui.html.toolbar property.
TinyMCE
  1. Navigate to the System properties [sys_properties] table by entering sys_properties.list in the application navigator.
  2. In the Name column, search for glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar.
  3. Select the glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar property.

  1. In the Value field, enter or remove buttons for each toolbar as a space-separated list without commas.

    For the TinyMCE toolbar, all the toolbar buttons mentioned in the TinyMCE button options table are available in the glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar.valid_buttons. You can choose from the list found there and add it to the System properties [sys_properties] glide.ui.html.editor.toolbar. Use a vertical bar ("|") to add a section separator.

Button purposeAccepted button names
Formatting- aligncenter - alignjustify - alignleft - alignright - backcolor - blocks - blockquote - bold - bullist - editimage - fontfamily - fontsize - formatpainter - forecolor - help - indent - italic - ltr - newdocument - nonbreaking - numlist - outdent - pagebreak - removeformat - rtl - strikthrough - subscript - superscript - underline
Table functions- table - tableofcontents
Editing- copy - cut - paste - pastetext - redo - searchreplace - undo
Extended functions- a11ycheck - anchor - charmap - code - codesample - emoticons - fullscreen \(not supported by Internet Explorer\) - help - hr - editimage - insertdatetime - link - media - preview - print - unlink - visualblocks - visualchars
For the htmlArea toolbar, use the buttons listed in the htmlArea button options table. Use **separator** to add a section separator.
Button purposeAccepted button names
Formatting- bold - editimage - fontname - fontsize - forecolor - formatblock - formatpainter - help - hilitecolor - indent - insertorderedlist - insertunorderedlist - italic - justifycenter - justifyfull - justifyleft - justifyright - outdent - underline
Editing- copy - paste - undo
Extended functions- a11ycheck - createlink - editimage - help - htmlmode - inserthorizontalrule - insertimage - inserttable - insertvideo
  1. Select Update.

What to do next

See Change the TinyMCE default toolbar for more detailed information.