The Button control

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Overview of Button control
Control in a window or in a page (static or dynamic page)
Buttons in a window
Button control in a window
Buttons in a page
Creating a button control
Examples

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The Button control

Overview of Button control

Control in a window or in a page (static or dynamic page)

The Button control allows the user or the Web user to run a specific action via a mouse click.

Versions 15 and later

This type of control is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 15

This type of control is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 16 and later

This type of control is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This type of control is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

Versions 17 and later

This type of control is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This type of control is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This type of control is now available for the Android Widget windows.

This type of control is now available for the applications in Windows Store Apps mode.

New in version 18

This type of control is now available for the Android Widget windows.

This type of control is now available for the applications in Windows Store Apps mode.

This type of control is now available for the Android Widget windows.

This type of control is now available for the applications in Windows Store Apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This type of control is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This type of control is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Buttons in a window

Button control in a window

The Button control allows the user to run a specific action via a mouse click.

A button can include:

text,
image,
text and image.

WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile include several possibilities for customizing the buttons, their styles or their effect.

You can:

define the type of button. Each type of button is used to perform a specific action.
create On/Off buttons.
define images to illustrate the button or customize its shape. See Images and buttons for more details.
create animated buttons. See Images and buttons for more details.

Buttons in a page

Creating a button control

To create a Button control:

In the window or page editor, click (or select "Insert .. Control .. Button").On the "Creation" pane, in the "Usual controls" group, click .
Click the position where the control will be created in the window or page. The control appears in creation mode.

Tip: You also have the ability to create a "preset" button control by clicking the arrow found on the right of the

icon. The list of available buttons (with their preview in the skin template of the project) is displayed. All you have to do is click the requested button to create it in the editor.Tip: You also have the ability to create a "preset" Button control by expanding "Button". The list of available buttons (with their preview in the skin template of the project) is displayed. All you have to do is click the requested button to create it in the editor.

To display the control characteristics, select "Description" from the popup menu of control.

Examples

Several examples of Button controls are available. These button controls are accessible from the "Wizards, Examples and Components" pane:

Click the "Controls" button.
Select "Buttons" in the list.
The list of buttons is displayed.

Several examples of Button controls are available. These button controls are accessible from the "Preset controls" pane:

Click the "Controls" button.
Select "Button" in the list.
The list of buttons is displayed.

All you have to do is Drag and Drop the button to the current window or page in order to include it in this window or page.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): The Button control

[ + ] Using a Button control

Unit examples (WEBDEV): Displaying a popup menu

[ + ] This example presents the display of a "popup menu" when a click is performed on a button.