Arena - blog

There are several websites where you can create buttons for Opera's toolbars. I used to have a page where you could get predefined buttons (much like on operawiki.info/CustomButtons, Tomu's page or Pesala's page) and where you could write your own button code. What I didn't have was the step in between: a form offering the user some guidance (see for example byberg's page or operawiki's official unofficial Custom Button & Command Creator). What I missed in existing tools was a connection between these three approaches: an experienced user may wish to write the button code directly from scratch, whereas someone who has never experimented with Opera's commands will probably need as much help as possible. But what do you do when you select a predefined button from one of the aforementioned pages, but want to change the image or the button text?

I have completely rewritten my button page to suit everyone's needs (well, that's what I hope it does ). It features the following:

1. Some 50 predefined buttons for those who don't want to or don't know how to make things more complicated.
   
2. A form with which one can build a button step by step or with which one can dissect one of the predefined buttons.
   
3. A text field in which an experienced user can enter the button code directly.

One of the things I spent most time on was to make the tool as flexible as possible. I wanted to make it possible to let the user switch between the sections mentioned above. For example, if someone selects a predefined button, he can then change what the button does or what it looks like in the second section. Or, if someone gets a button's code from another page, he can insert that into the code field (section 3) and then go to section 2 to make some adjustments.

I hope you find this new page useful - if you have any comments, just let me know.