[#action-button-layout]
= Layout

Each action appears in the OliveTin web interface as a button card. The screenshot below shows three buttons in different states so you can see each part of the layout.

image::action_buttons/layout/layout.png[]

== Action title

The **title** comes from the action's `title` field in `config.yaml`. It is shown at the bottom of the button and is also used as the tooltip when you hover over the button.

== Icon

The large glyph in the centre of the button is the action **icon**. You set this with the `icon` field on the action.

If you do not set `icon`, OliveTin uses the default action icon. See xref:action_customization/icons.adoc[Icons] for Unicode, Iconify, and image options.

== On-click indicator

The small icon in the **top-right corner** of the button is the **on-click indicator**. It shows what happens when the action starts — for example, opening an execution dialog, an argument form, or action history.

The indicator is controlled by the action's `onclick` setting (legacy name: `popupOnStart`). See xref:action_execution/ondemand.adoc[Execute on click] for the available options.

You can hide these indicators globally with `showNavigateOnStartIcons: false` in `config.yaml`.

== Running and queued indicators

When an action is already running or waiting in a queue, OliveTin shows a small circle in the **top-left corner** of the button:

* **Green** — the action has a running execution
* **Blue** — the action has an execution waiting in a queue

These indicators appear when concurrency or xref:action_customization/concurrency.adoc[action groups] limit how many executions can run at once. They disappear when the execution finishes.

In the screenshot above, **Long task** is running and **Backup job** is queued.

== See also

* xref:action_buttons/create_your_first.adoc[Create your first action]
* xref:action_customization/intro.adoc[Action customization]
