Custom Button Creation from the Layout Editor in Zoho CRM

Custom Button Creation from Layout Editor in Zoho CRM

Buttons in Zoho CRM act as triggers that perform a specific action when clicked. Alongside the system buttons Zoho CRM includes for common actions, your organisation can create custom buttons tailored to your own needs, such as connecting CRM to a third-party application, linking different CRM modules together, or opening a contact's address directly in Google Maps with a single click.

Custom buttons are created and managed from the Buttons tab on the Module Customization page, where you can add a new button, define the action it performs, and edit or remove existing buttons as needed.

What's New: Managing Buttons Directly from the Layout Editor

Custom button management is now contextual, letting admins manage buttons directly from the element palette while customising a module's layout, rather than needing to switch over to a separate configuration screen. From within the layout editor, you can now:

  • Add buttons for each page individually: Create, Edit, and Details
  • Arrange buttons in your preferred order
  • Remove buttons you no longer need
  • Carry out other button-related customisation, all from within the module builder itself

Where Custom Buttons Can Appear

Custom buttons can be placed in several locations within a module. Inside a record, a button can appear in the top bar of the Create page, the Edit page, or the Details page. It can also be placed in a related list's header, where it functions as a Mass Action button that runs against whichever records are currently selected in that related list.

Note: If a button isn't currently available in a specific layout, it appears under the Unused section, rather than being hidden entirely, so it's easy to find and reintroduce later.

Changes to Button Ordering on the Records Page

Previously, custom buttons appeared one below the other in the order they were originally created, and users could reorder them individually as needed. Now, buttons on the Records page follow the order set in the layout editor instead. Users can still pin specific buttons and sort the pinned ones according to their own preference.

Migration note: Any custom buttons that a user had previously reordered under the old system are automatically converted into pinned buttons, preserving that user's existing preference under the new ordering model rather than resetting it.

Availability

This is available on Enterprise and Ultimate editions, across every module that already supports custom buttons.

What's Coming Next

  • Translation support for custom buttons
  • Custom buttons available as a field type that can be placed directly within sections
Need help? 1 Cloud Consultants can help you design and organise custom buttons across your Zoho CRM modules, including Mass Action buttons for related lists. Book a discovery call with 1 Cloud Consultants.