Action: Security Lock

 

 

 

 

Applies to:

Main Web

Description:

The security lock action is not a real action, it enables you to create a security icon on your interface, showing the user the security status of the content.

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: this action unlike other actions can only be triggered by a button object and makes the button a security icon for the Main Web.

 

Usage: a button with action Security lock and target Main Web, will display the icon you added under the "default" button state as default, and when the page is using a non-encrypted normal http-protocol. In case of encrypted communication (https-protocol), it will show the button icon added under "pressed".

 

The security button can't be pressed and only makes a general difference between "insecure" and "secure" sites. There is no special indication relating to the level of encryption (i.e. 128 bit or 64 bit encryption).

 

The mouse over hint will not show the level of encryption, nor will a click on the button open a security dialog. You may enter a single hint of your choice, which appears when the mouse is moved over the icon - independent from the level of encryption.

 

Hint: you find a ready-made security lock button with default graphics in the BrowserBob library.