JSButton
Extends
JSComponentProperties Summarized
Enables a component to stick to a specific side of form and/or to grow or shrink when a window is resized.
CSS position is a replacement for anchoring system making it more intuitive to place a component.
Flag that enables or disables merging of data inside components using tags (placeholders).
The format that should be applied when displaying data(using dataProviderID) in the label/button.
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Properties Detailed
anchors
Enables a component to stick to a specific side of form and/or to grow or shrink when a window is resized.
If opposite anchors are activated then the component with grow or shrink with the window. For example if Top and Bottom are activated, then the component will grow/shrink when the window is vertically resized. If Left and Right are activated then the component will grow/shrink when the window is horizontally resized.
If opposite anchors are not activated, then the component will keep a constant distance from the sides of the window which correspond to the activated anchors.
Type Number
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background
The background color of the component.
Type String
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borderType
The type, color and style of border of the component.
Type String
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cssPosition
CSS position is a replacement for anchoring system making it more intuitive to place a component. CSS position should be set on form, an absolute position form can either work with anchoring or with css position. This is only working in NGClient.
Type CSSPosition
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dataProviderID
The dataprovider of the component.
Type String
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displaysTags
Flag that enables or disables merging of data inside components using tags (placeholders). Tags (or placeholders) are words surrounded by %% on each side. There are data tags and standard tags. Data tags consist in names of dataproviders surrounded by %%. Standard tags are a set of predefined tags that are made available by the system.
See the "Merging data" section for more details about tags.
The default value of this flag is "false", that is merging of data is disabled by default.
Type Boolean
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enabled
The enable state of the component, default true.
Type Boolean
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fontType
The font type of the component.
Type String
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foreground
The foreground color of the component.
Type String
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formIndex
The Z index of this component. If two components overlap, then the component with higher Z index is displayed above the component with lower Z index.
Type Number
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format
The format that should be applied when displaying data(using dataProviderID) in the label/button. Some examples are "#%", "dd-MM-yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy", etc.
Type String
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groupID
A String representing a group ID for this component. If several components have the same group ID then they belong to the same group of components. Using the group itself, all components can be disabled/enabled or made invisible/visible. The group id should be a javascript compatible identifier to allow access of the group in scripting.
Type String
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height
The height in pixels of the component.
Type Number
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horizontalAlignment
Horizontal alignment of the text inside the component. Can be one of LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT.
Note that this property does not refer to the horizontal alignment of the component inside the form.
Type Number
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iconType
Icon shown on a button.
Type String
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imageMedia
The image Media object that should be displayed inside the component.
Type JSMedia
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labelFor
Some components can be set to be labels of other components. This is useful in two situations. In table view mode it is used for constructing the header of the table. In record view mode, by setting mnemonics on the label, keyboard shortcuts can be used to set the focus to fields.
Type String
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margin
The margins of the component. They are specified in this order, separated by commas: top, left, bottom, right.
Type String
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mediaOptions
Options to scale the image Media object that is displayed inside the component. Can be set to one or a combination of CROP, REDUCE, ENLARGE and KEEPASPECT.
REDUCE will scale down the image if the component is smaller than the image. REDUCE combined with KEEPASPECT will reduce the image, but keep its aspect ratio. This is useful when the component has other proportions than the image.
ENLARGE will scale up the image if the component is larger than the image. ENLARGE combined with KEEPASPECT will scale up the image while keeping its aspect ratio.
CROP will leave the image at its original size. If the component is smaller than the image this will result in only a part of the image showing up.
Type Number
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mnemonic
The keyboard shortcut that activates this component. A letter must be specified, and the actual shortcut will be combination of ALT + the specified letter.
This property can be used in two ways. Normally the keyboard shortcut activates the onClick event of the component. But if the "labelFor" property is set for the component, then the keyboard shortcut will move the focus to the component whose label this component is.
Type String
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name
The name of the component. Through this name it can also accessed in methods. Must be a valid javascript name. (no - in the name or start with number)
Type String
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onAction
The method that is executed when the component is clicked.
Type JSMethod
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onDoubleClick
The method that is executed when the component is double clicked.
Type JSMethod
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onRender
The method that is executed when the component is rendered.
Type JSMethod
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onRightClick
The method that is executed when the component is right clicked.
Type JSMethod
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rolloverCursor
The cursor that is shown as the mouse is rolled over the component. Possible options are DEFAULT and HAND. Note that roll over cursor is not supported in Smart client for list view and tableview forms.
Type Number
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rolloverImageMedia
The roll over image Media object used. It will only work if a property image is also used. When the mouse is moved over the component, this image Media will be displayed. When the mouse is moved out of the component, whatever text or image was being initially displayed will be restored. Note that roll over image is not supported in Smart client for list view and tableview forms.
Type JSMedia
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rotation
The rotation of the element. You can choose 0, 90, 180, or 270 and the label is rotated accordingly. This property also applies to buttons and images.
Type Number
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showClick
When set, the element will show the clicked state when selected. Applies to labels and buttons and images only.
Type Boolean
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showFocus
When set the text of an element will showfocus when selected. Applies to labels and buttons only. The text property for the element MUST be filled in first.
NOTE: The TAB key may also be used to select the element, depending on the operating system being used and the selected LAF.
Type Boolean
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styleClass
The name of the style class that should be applied to this component.
When defining style classes for specific component types, their names must be prefixed according to the type of the component. For example in order to define a class names 'fancy' for fields, in the style definition the class must be named 'field.fancy'. If it would be intended for labels, then it would be named 'label.fancy'. When specifying the class name for a component, the prefix is dropped however. Thus the field or the label will have its styleClass property set to 'fancy' only.
Type String
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tabSeq
An index that specifies the position of the component in the tab sequence. The components are put into the tab sequence in increasing order of this property. A value of 0 means to use the default mechanism of building the tab sequence (based on their location on the form). A value of -2 means to remove the component from the tab sequence.
Type Number
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text
The text that is displayed inside the component.
Type String
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toolTipText
The text displayed when hovering over the component with a mouse cursor. NOTE: HTML should be used for multi-line tooltips; you can also use any valid HTML tags to format tooltip text. For example: <html>This includesbolded text and <font color='blue'>BLUE</font> text as well.</html>
Type String
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transparent
Flag that tells if the component is transparent or not.
The default value is "false", that is the components are not transparent.
Type Boolean
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verticalAlignment
The vertical alignment of the text inside the component. Can be one of TOP, CENTER or BOTTOM.
Note that this property does not refer to the vertical alignment of the component inside the form.
Type Number
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visible
The visible property of the component, default true.
Type Boolean
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width
The width in pixels of the component.
Type Number
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x
The x coordinate of the component on the form.
Type Number
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y
The y coordinate of the component on the form.
Type Number
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Methods Detailed
getAttribute(name)
Get the value of an attribute of the element.
Parameters
String name the name of the attribute
Returns: Object
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getAttributes()
Returns the attribute names of an element.
Returns: Array
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getComment()
Returns the comment of this component.
Returns: String
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getDesignTimeProperty(key)
Get a design-time property of an element.
Parameters
String key the name of the property
Returns: Object
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getDesignTimePropertyNames()
Get the design-time properties of an element.
Returns: Array
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getFormName()
Returns the name of the form. (may be empty string as well)
Returns: String The name of the form.
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getUUID()
Returns the UUID of this component.
Returns: UUID
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putDesignTimeProperty(key, value)
Set a design-time property of an element. Value should be primitive data (string, boolean or number). Complex values should be stringified before call.
Parameters
Returns: Object
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removeAttribute(name)
Remove the attribute of an element.
Parameters
String name the name of the attribute
Returns: String the deleted attribute value
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removeDesignTimeProperty(key)
Clear a design-time property of an element.
Parameters
String key the name of the property
Returns: Object
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setAttribute(name, value)
Set the attribute value of an element.
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Returns: void
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