A Button Row widget puts a row of buttons on a dashboard. Think of the shortcuts at the top of a page: each button opens a link, a form or a new record, or runs a script. The buttons can also show as tiles with the icon above the label.

Here is the test: should viewers do something from the page, not only read it? If yes, add a Button Row. For a button inside a grid or board widget, use that widget's own Buttons section; see View-Based Widget Buttons.

Example: under the Hero on the Vendor risk overview sit three buttons. Log a finding creates a record in Findings with Status set to New. Request assessment opens the Vendor intake request form in a popup. Open register opens the saved view in the same tab.

The Button Row on the Vendor risk overview: Log a finding, Request assessment and Open register, each with an icon.

The row lands at full width with no header. Drag it by its handle to move it.

The General tab holds two sections: Heading and Buttons. Each button row opens the Button Settings popover.

Title is the widget's name, prefilled with "Button Row". Description is a switch, off to start; on, it adds a text box and the choice As A Tooltip or Below The Title.

The list of buttons in their order. It ships with three sample rows, SmartSuite, Features and Workflows, each a link to a SmartSuite page. Hover over a row for a trash icon and a gear; the gear or the row opens the button's settings. Select Add Button under the list to add a row. The buttons in the preview are live: selecting one opens its link.

The General tab with the three overview buttons in the list and Add Button below.

The popover opens beside the settings, with an X to close it. Its rows, in order:

Link to external URL adds URL (placeholder "Enter URL") and Open in, New Tab to start, with Same Tab or New Tab. Open register uses this with Same Tab.

Run a Script adds Execute, In a New Tab to start, with In a New Tab, In a Modal or On Click.

Create a Record adds Table, a Source Select that starts on the dashboard's own table, and Default Values with a Select Field control. The record is created when the viewer selects Save. The full steps are in Dashboard Button Action: Create a Record.

Open a Form adds Table, Form ("Select a Form") and Open in, Slider to start, with Popup, Slider, Full Screen or New Tab. Request assessment uses this with Popup.

The Button Settings popover for Request assessment, with Action set to Open a Form and Open in set to Popup.

The Style tab holds the Appearance section. Its rows change when the style is set to Card.

Style is Button or Card. Button is chosen to start.

Button Size is Auto or Balanced. Balanced is chosen to start; its helper reads "Sets all buttons to the same width, spanning the entire column". With Auto the helper reads "Up to 8 per row with a minimum width of 150px for each button". An Align row then appears with left, center and right icons, left to start.

Buttons per row is Automatic or a number from 7 down to 1. It shows with Balanced; Auto removes it. The overview uses Balanced with 3.

With Card, each button becomes a tile with the icon above the label. The tab shows Cards per row (Automatic to start) and no size row. A card's popover adds a Style row, Solid or Border (Border gives a white tile with colored text and border), and Show Tooltip becomes Show Description. The description, up to 200 characters, renders on the tile under the label.

The Style tab with Style set to Card and Cards per row set to Automatic, three tiles in the preview.

Solution Managers and members with Full Access add and change widgets on a public dashboard. The owner does so on a private one. Every member who can open the dashboard sees the buttons. See Dashboard Settings. A button does only what the viewer may do: a member who cannot create records in Findings does not get a working Log a finding.

In View mode a viewer selects a button. A URL opens in the tab you chose. A form opens in the popup, slider, full screen or new tab you chose. A new record opens prefilled and is created on Save. A script runs where you chose. Hover over a button and its tooltip shows in a dark bubble under it. With Ask for Confirmation on, a dialog opens first with your title and message, Cancel and the button label you set.

In Edit mode, hover over the widget and select Edit in the strip that appears above it. The modal reopens; open a row's gear to change a button, use the trash to delete one, change the style, then select Save Changes at the foot. Cancel after a change asks "Are you sure you want to exit without saving the changes you made?", with Exit Without Saving and Save Changes. The strip's More Options menu holds Minimize, Highlight Color, Duplicate Widget, Delete Widget and Collapsed by Default; see Managing Widgets.

Last verified 1 Nov 2026.