This article explains how to add and customize the button block in the drag and drop editor and the legacy editor.

This article is specifically about adding and customizing buttons, not creating links. For more information about how to create links, please refer to the following articles:

• Drag and Drop Editor: Links
• Legacy* Editor: Links

	In This Article
	Adding Buttons to a Drag and Drop Campaign Editing Buttons in a Drag and Drop Campaign Adding Buttons to a Legacy Campaign Editing Buttons in a Legacy Campaign Additional Resources

Adding Buttons to a Drag and Drop Campaign

1. Navigate to your Campaigns tab.
2. Open a saved drag and drop draft or click on the Create new campaign button to create a new campaign from scratch.
3. Click on the Button block in the right panel and drag it to the desired location in your mailing.
4. Click on the button to open the Button Properties panel and the blue text toolbar.

Editing Buttons in a Drag and Drop Campaign

To edit the text shown in the button, simply place your cursor inside the button, remove the placeholder text, and begin typing. The block settings and text formatting are controlled in two places. First, there's the blue text toolbar that is usually located just above or below the block. Second, there is the Button Properties panel, which is found on the right side of the editor.

✎	Note
	One of the options in the Button Properties panel is the "Button hover" section. Hover effects are supported by about 60% of email clients, with notable limitations in Microsoft Outlook on Windows. These effects may not function as intended in email clients that do not support them.

Text Toolbar

The blue text toolbar appears when the block is selected and typically hovers slightly above or below the block itself. It is not located in the panel on the right.

Starting from the top left, the text toolbar contains the following functions:

Setting	Function
Bold	Bold / unbold the selected text.
Italicize	Add / remove italics from the selected text.
Underline	Add / remove underline from the selected text.
Strikethrough	Add / remove strikethrough from the selected text.
Superscript	Make the selected text superscript.
Subscript	Make the selected text subscript.
Special character	Insert a special character.
Emoji picker	Insert an emoji.
Nonbreaking space	Insert a nonbreaking space.
Clear formatting	Remove formatting from the selected text.
Personalize	Insert personalization.

Button Properties

Here are the block settings that are found in the Button Properties panel.

Setting	Function
Link type	Controls the type of link behind the button. Click on the dropdown menu to choose from a webpage, email, telephone, or SMS link.
URL	Controls the URL behind the button.
Link file	Allows you to select a file from your document library to link behind the button.
Auto-width	Automatically adjusts the width of the button to fit your text. Switch this off to manually adjust the width of the button.
Font family	Click on the dropdown menu to choose a font.
Font weight	Click on the dropdown menu to choose a font weight.
Font size	Use the plus and minus signs to choose a font size.
Button color	Click on the color swatch to choose a button color or highlight the hex code and type in your own.
Text color	Click on the color swatch to choose a text color or highlight the hex code and type in your own.
Align	Controls whether the text is left, center, or right aligned.
Line height	Controls the amount of vertical space between each line of text.
Letter spacing	Changes the amount of space between each letter.
Text direction	Flips the orientation of the block so that you can type right-to-left instead of left-to-right.
Border radius	Use the plus and minus signs to adjust the button's border radius. The higher the number, the more rounded the corners will be.
Content padding	Controls the amount of space on all sides of the button. Use the plus and minus signs to adjust the padding to your liking or click on the More options toggle to adjust the padding for each side individually.
Border	Adjust the style, weight, and color of the button border. Click on the More options toggle to adjust the border for each side individually.
Button hover	Controls background color, text color, and border styles that activate when users hover over a button. Hover effects are not supported by all email clients, including Outlook.
Block padding	Controls the amount of space around the block. Use the plus and minus signs to adjust the padding to your liking or click on the More options toggle to adjust the padding for each side individually.
Hide on	Click on the desktop icon to hide the block on desktop devices. Click on the smartphone icon to hide the block on mobile devices.

Adding Buttons to a Legacy Campaign

1. Navigate to your Campaigns tab.
2. Open a saved legacy* draft or click on the Create new campaign button to choose a legacy* template.
3. Click on the Button block in the left panel and drag it over to your mailing.
4. As you drag the block over to your campaign, you will see yellow sections appear labeled "Drop here". These yellow drop spots will turn green as you hover over them, so you know where the content block will appear in the mailing.
5. Once you release the block, it will appear in the place you designated.

Editing Buttons in a Legacy Campaign

When you drop a button block into your legacy* campaign, a pop-up window will appear. Use the pop-up window to edit the following settings:

Setting	Function
Text	Controls the text that displays on the button.
Font family	Click on the dropdown menu to choose a font.
Bold	Bold / unbold the button text.
Italicize	Add / remove italics from the button text
Text color	Click on the color swatch to choose a text color or enter the hex code / RGB values in the dropdown window.
Link	Controls the URL behind the button.
Button size	Controls the size of the button.
Button shape	Controls the shape of the button.
Button position	Controls whether the button is left, center, or right aligned.
Fill color	Click on the color swatch to choose a button color or enter the hex code / RGB values in the dropdown window.

Additional Resources

• Drag and Drop Editor: Content Tab
• Drag and Drop Editor: Links
• Legacy Editor: Content Blocks
• Legacy Editor: Links

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*In April 2022, Emma's legacy editor was replaced with a new drag and drop editor. Accounts that existed prior to this change still have access to the legacy editor through their previously saved templates and campaigns, however new, from-scratch campaigns can only be created in the new drag and drop editor. Accounts that were created after this change only have access to the new drag and drop editor. Please refer to our new editor FAQ article for more information.