Ribbon controls
The following controls appear in either the main screen ribbon, in a ribbon of one or more dialogs, or in both.
| Icon | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Insert a piece of text and its abbreviation at the current cursor location, or provide an abbreviation for the selected text. | |
| Add item to my favorites | Add a bookmark pointing to the currently selected item in the list, or the current item open in this dialog. | |
| Anchor | Insert, edit or remove an anchor at the current cursor position. For more information, refer to Format area fields | |
| Blueprint Hierarchy | Show the Blueprint hierarchy of which the current Publication is a part, and the status of the currently selected item in it (shared, localized or local item). | |
| (Bold) | Make text bold. | |
| (Bullet list) | Make a bullet list. | |
| (Center) | Center text. | |
| Character | Insert a special character at the current cursor position. | |
| Check in | Check in your changes to create a new version of the current item. | |
| Check out | Check out the current item for editing. | |
| Check spelling | Check the spelling of text in the current dialog. | |
| Classify | Add a Keyword association to one or more Content Manager item(s). | |
| Compare | Compare two versions of an item. | |
| (none) | Current elements | Select an HTML element that encloses the current cursor position. This control is especially useful to select tables. |
| Delete | Delete the currently selected item in the content area. | |
| Finish Activity | Release the current item, which you had previously started activity on, so that it enters the next workflow state. | |
| History | Show all previous versions of the current item in a list. | |
| Horizontal line | Insert a horizontal line at the current cursor position. | |
| Hyperlink | Insert or edit a link to a Component or to an external resource. For more information, refer to Inserting hyperlinks in a format area. | |
| Image | Open a dialog to insert an image at the current cursor position. For more information, see Inserting a managed image in a format area. | |
| (Indent) | Indent text. | |
| (Italic) | Make text italic. | |
| (Left-align) | Left-align text. | |
| Load images | Display images in a Format Area (they are not loaded by default, in order to optimize performance). | |
| Localize | Create a local copy of a shared BluePrint item. | |
| New Category | Create a new Category. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Component | Create a new Component. | |
| New Component Template | Create a new Component Template. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Custom Page | Create a new Custom Page. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Folder | Create a new Folder. | |
| New Group | Create a new Group of users. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Keyword | Create a new Keyword. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Multimedia Component | Create a new Multimedia Component. | |
| New Multimedia Type | Add a new Multimedia Type. For more information, refer to the implementer's documentation portal. | |
| New Page | Create a new Page. | |
| New Page Template | Create a new Page Template.1 | |
| New Publication | Create a new Publication.1 | |
| New Publication Target | Create a new Publication Target.1 | |
| New Schema | Create a new Schema. 1 | |
| New Structure Group | Create a new Structure Groups. | |
| New Target Group | Create a new Target Group. | |
| New Target Type | Create a new Target Type. | |
| New Template Building Block | Create a new Template Building Block.1 | |
| New User | Create a new User. 1 | |
| New Virtual Folder | Create a new Virtual Folder. For more information, refer to Search Folders | |
| (Numbered list) | Create a numbered list. | |
| Open | Open the currently selected item in the content area. If the item is a Multimedia Component, this will show the item's properties rather than its binary content. | |
| Open approval status list | Show the various approval statuses.1 | |
| Open with WebDAV | Open the currently selected item as a WebDAV item. If the item is a Multimedia Component, this will open the binary item in the software application associated with it. (Note that any changes you make in the external application will not be reflected in SDL Tridion Sites.) If the item is not a Multimedia Component, the XML of the item is displayed. | |
| Preview | Preview the currently selected item. | |
| Properties | Show the properties of the current item. | |
| Publishing queue | See the status of items that were submitted for publishing. | |
| Publish | Submit the current item to be published to one or more destinations. | |
| Reclassify | Replace a Keyword association in one or more Content Manager items(s). | |
| Redo | Redo the last undone edit action. | |
| (Right-align) | Right-align text. | |
| Save | Save the current item without closing the dialog. | |
| Save and close | Save the current item and then close the dialog. | |
| Save and new | Save the current item, close the dialog and open a new, empty dialog to create a new item of the same type. | |
(none) | Section type | Insert a header, paragraph marker or HTML <div> element. |
| Send item link by e-mail | Open an e-mail using your default e-mail client containing a link to the currently selected item in the list, or the item currently open in this dialog. | |
| Set language | Mark selected text as being in a specific language. | |
| Start Activity | Place an exclusive lock on the current item, which has been assigned to your user Group through workflow. | |
| Start Activity and Open | Start Activity on the current item (see above) and open it in a dialog for editing. | |
| Table | Open a dialog to insert a new table at the current cursor position, or to format the currently selected table. For more information, refer to Formatting tables in a Format Area. | |
| Translate | Submit the current item to be translated. | |
| Unclassify | Remove a Keyword association from one or more Content Manager item(s). | |
| (Underline) | Underline text. | |
| Undo | Undo the last edit action | |
| Undo check-out | Undo a previous check-out of the current item. | |
| (Unindent) | Unindent text. | |
| Unlocalize | Permanently delete a previously created local copy of a shared BluePrint item. | |
| Unpublish | Remove a previously published item from one or more of the destinations to which it was published. | |
| Validate | Validate the HTML in the current Format Area field. | |
| Where Used | Show which dependencies this item has in relation to other items: which items use it, which items it uses, and so on. |