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Ashbourne & District

Buttons

Linking to/from a button

When you select a Button from the block editor one button appears, together with the Button Toolbar.

A single-button toolbar gives the following options from left to right:

  • Select the parent Buttons block
  • You can choose a variety of Button styles - either fill or outline, as shown below:
  • Drag block handle
  • Move up (left) and down (right), only available if multiple buttons are present
  • Change a button’s justification (left, centre, right, or equal space between)
  • Change vertical alignment (top, middle, bottom, or stretch to fill). This is useful if one button has multiple lines of text.
  • Change text alignment (left, centre, right)
  • Add a link
  • Bold, Italics, and more text formatting options
  • More options, including deletion.

The text and associated link can be added as follows:

  • Add the required text
  • Select the button, the toolbar will appear above it.
    • Select the Link icon in the toolbar.
    • Search for an existing page on your site or type/paste a URL. (https://www.example.com)
    • Select Enter to confirm the link

Adding additional Buttons

Adding additional buttons requires the selection of the parent block at the far left of the Toolbar, and then selecting: +