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Functional Buttons Collections

The eWebEditor control supports a variety of commands that can be used for editing the contents of the current document. These include commands to format the text; cut and paste; manage tables; links and images; and more. The eWebEditor toolbar is displayed on top of the control. The toolbar provides quick mouse access to all commands used in eWebEditor editor.

Toolbar of eWebEditor has over 100 functional buttons.

Note: If an option below is not visible or accessible in your editor, then your administrator may have disabled it.

The list below arranges the commands into groups according to their major function.

Icon Title Description
Edit Menu Menu for editing relative list of functional buttons
Undo
(Ctrl + Z)
Undo the last operation in the editor.
Redo
(Ctrl + Y)
Redo the last operation in the editor.
Cut
(Ctrl + X)
Copies the current selection to the clipboard and then deletes it.
Copy
(Ctrl + C)
Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Paste
(Ctrl + V)
Insert content from the clipboard into the editor at the selected position.
Paste as plain text Paste the plain text (no formatting) into the editor.
Paste from Word Paste the content copied form the Microsoft word and remove the web-unfriendly tags
Delete Deletes the current selection.
Remove Format Removes the formatting tags from the current selection.
Select All Selects the entire document.
Unselect Clears the current selection.
Find/Replace Find and replace the text in the editor's content area
Font Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of fonts
Bold Toggles the current selection between bold and nonbold.
Italic Toggles the current selection between italic and nonitalic.
Underline Toggles the current selection between underlined and not underlined.
Strikethrough strike through the selected text
Superscript Change the selected text to superscript.
Subscript Change the selected text to subscript.
Text Color change color of the selected text
Text Highlight highlight the selected text
Increase font size increase the font size of selected text
Decrease font size decrease the font size of selected text
Paragraph Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of paragraph
Left Justify Left-justifies the format block in which the current selection is located.
Center Justify Centers the format block in which the current selection is located.
Right Justify Right-justifies the format block in which the current selection is located.
Fully Justify Justify Full
Numbered List Toggles the text selection between an ordered list and a normal format block.
Bullet List Toggles the text selection between an unordered list and a normal format block.
Indent Increases the indent of the selected text by one indentation increment.
Outdent Decreases by one increment the indentation of the format block in which the current selection is located.
Break Insert the line break.
Insert Paragraph Overwrites a line break on the text selection.
Paragraph Attribute Set the attributes of previous selected paragraph
Component Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of HTML component
Insert/Modify Image Insert an image at the selected position in the editor and let you set its properties. Supports upload images and create thumbnail images.
Insert Flash Insert a flash animation at the selected position and let you set its properties.
Insert Media Insert a windows media object at the selected position and let you set its properties.
Insert Other File Insert a link to a document on the server (PDF,DOC, ZIP,etc.) at the selected position
Upload External File Upload all chaining resource files of non-local server in editing contents to local server
Insert/Modify Fieldset Insert/Modify fieldset
Insert/Modify Iframe Insert/Modify iframe
Insert Horizontal Rule Overwrites a horizontal line on the text selection.
Insert/Modify Marquee Insert/Modify Marquee
Insert/Modify Link Inserts a hyperlink on the current selection, or displays a dialog box enabling the user to specify a URL to insert as a hyperlink on the current selection.
Remove Link Remove the hyperlink from the selected content.
Image Hot Link Create or edit hot links of editing images
Anchor Add an anchor to the text on your page.
Object Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of object
Background Color Background color of the object in current selected area
Background Image Background image of the object in current selected area
Absolutely Position Fly text, pictures, tables... any element anywhere you want.
Move backwards Send an item one position back at a time. 
Bring forwards Bring an item one position forward at a time. 
Show Borders Toggle between displaying table and form guidelines and not showing any guidelines at all.
Quote Style Add quoted effect to current selected area
Code Style Add code effect to current selected area
Tool Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of some additive editing tools
Insert Special Characters Insert a special character from a predefined list.
Insert Excel Insert a blank EXCEL table
Insert Smiley Insert an emotion image at the selected position in the editor.
Insert/Modify WEBEQ Insert/Modify WEBEQ
Insert/Modify WordArt Insert/Modify WordArt
Insert today's date Insert the current date. The date format used is the date format configured on the client's machine.
Insert the current time Insert the current time. The time format used is the time format configured on the client's machine.
Form Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of forms
Insert Text Field Overwrites a text control on the text selection.
Insert Text Area Overwrites a multiline text input control on the text selection.
Insert Radio Button Overwrites a radio control on the text selection.
Insert Checkbox Overwrites a check box control on the text selection.
Insert Select Field Overwrites a drop-down selection control on the text selection.
Insert Button Overwrites a button control on the text selection.
Table Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of tables
Insert Table Insert a table into your web page.
Table Properties Edit table properties
Cell Properties Edit cell properties
Split Cell Split a cell into rows or columns
Row Properties Edit row properties
Insert Row Above Insert a row above the selected row.
Insert Row Below Insert a row below the selected row.
Merge Row Below Merge the current cell with the one below it.
Split Row Split a cell into rows
Delete Row Delete the selected row.
Insert Column Left Insert a column to the left of the selected cell.
Insert Column Right Insert a column to the right of the selected cell.
Merge Column Right Merge the current cell with the one to its right.
Split Column Split a cell into columns
Delete Column Delete the selected column.
File Menu Menu for relative list of functional buttons of editing-area control and affiliated functions
Refresh Empty the editing area
Source Mode Switch to source code editing mode
Edit Mode Switch to WYSIWYG editing mode
Plain Text Mode Switch to plain text editing mode
Preview Mode Switch to preview mode, Show a preview of the page being edited
Plus Size Increase the size of editing area
Minus Size Decrease the size of editing area
Print Prints the current page.
Zoom Menu Zoom menu
Maximize Editor Edit in full screen mode, maximizing your available space.
Save and Return Save editing contents in full screen and return to editor's state in none full screen.
About eWebEditor Displays about box for eWebEditor editor.
eWebEditor Site Go to eWebEditor Site

drop-down list

Font Sets the font for the current selection.
Font Size Sets the font size for the current selection.
Formatblock Sets the current block format tag.
Zoom dropdown Zoom dropdown