BUTTON XHTML Element

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4/8/2010

This defines a container that creates a button using the rich HTML between the tags. This is an inline element and requires a closing tag.

Using this Element

There are some common properties and collections that apply to all the elements of the document object model, see Common Properties, Methods and Collections for the HTML Elements in Internet Explorer Mobile.

This element can be used within a web page with attributes.

This element can be used within scripts where it will have properties, events and methods.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Attribute	Value	Description
CLASS		Associates the element with a CSS style.
DISABLED		Indicates that this element is disabled and unavailable.
ID		Uniquely identifies the element within a document.
STYLE		Provides the definition of the CSS styles used for this element.
TYPE		Declares the type of the button.
	button	Creates a simple push button with no pre-defined behavior.
	reset	Creates a reset button.
	submit	Creates a submit button. This is the default value for this attribute..
VALUE	String	Specifies the button control text value. This text sent to the server when the button's click event occurs.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Property	Type	Access	Comments
disabled	boolean	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Smartphone 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 software or later.
type	string	Read Only	Always returns a button.
value	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the value of the button object.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Event	Comment
onblur	Occurs when an element loses focus either by the pointing device or by keypad navigation.
onclick	This event fires when the user selects the button element. Note the event only fires if the user does a pen down while on the button and a pen up over the same button. You can specify special handler for this event.
onfocus	Occurs when an element receives focus either by the pointing device or by keypad navigation.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Method	Arguments	Comments
blur		Syntax: `button.blur()` Causes the onblur event to fire.
click		Syntax: `button.click()` Simulates clicking the button causing the onclick event to fire.
focus		Syntax: `button.focus()` Sets focus to the button.
getAttribute	option	Syntax: `vAttrValue=button.getAttribute(sAttrName[,iFlags])` Returns the value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not present then a NULL is returned. sAttrName is a String containing the name of the attribute. iFlags is an integer that specifies one or more of the following: 0 (Default) Performs a property search that is not case-sensitive, and returns an interpolated value if the property is found. 1 Performs a case-sensitive property search. To find a match, the uppercase and lowercase letters in sAttrName must exactly match those in the attribute name. 2 Returns the value exactly as it was set in script or in the source document.

Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile 6 and later