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title: "Home page Button Bar and Link Bar widgets"
slug: "home-page-button-bar-and-link-bar-widgets"
updated: 2026-06-01T14:56:49Z
published: 2026-06-01T14:56:49Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/home-page-button-bar-and-link-bar-widgets"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Home page Button Bar and Link Bar widgets

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> This article is about home page widgets. For dashboards, go to the [Dashboard widgets](/v1/docs/dashboard-widgets) article.

Button Bar and Link Bar widgets are very similar. Both provide ways to allow your users to perform actions, such as opening a web page or creating a new record.

## Create a Button Bar or Link Bar widget

To create a Button Bar or Link Bar widget, edit the app Home page. Drag the Button Bar widget or Link Bar widget from the Widget Gallery on to the home page.

![Widget Gallery panel showing Button Bar and Link Bar widgets available for dragging onto the home page](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/4572827397524.png)

## Add buttons to a Button Bar widget, or links to a Link Bar widget

To add a button to a Button Bar widget, select **New Button**. To add a link to a Link Bar widget, select **New Link**.

## Configure the button or link bar

To configure the button or link bar, select the **Settings** icon (![Settings icon](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/4572819522196.png)) in the upper right corner of the bar.

## Customize button and link titles

To customize each button or link, hover over the button/link, then select the right arrow icon on the right side of the button.

## Customize button and link destinations

To change the destination of a button or link, select the **Customize** icon (![Customize icon](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/25340173527572.png)). This will open the Customization dialog.

### New record

A New Record button or link allows the user to add a record to an existing table within the app.

### Report

A Report button or link takes the user to that report's page. To select the report, select the **Report** dropdown.

### Page

A Page button or link takes the user to another page. To choose which page, select the **Page** dropdown and select the page name.

### URL

A URL button or link takes the user to a specific URL. To create a URL button or link, enter the URL in the **URL** field.

## Remove a button or link

To remove a button, select the right arrow icon on the right side of the button, then select the red **Delete** icon (![Delete icon](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/4572819678356.png)).

## Rearrange buttons and links

You may find you want to change the order in which your buttons appear. To move a button to a new location on the Button Bar, drag and drop the button to its new location.

## Save your widget

Select **Save** on the Page bar to save all your changes.