Button property clauses¶

All button clauses are optional.

Certain property clauses can be defined at group level. See Button group property clauses.

label = “text” label_font = “text” label_bgc = rgb_value label_fgc = rgb_value label_pen = integer	Screen heading. Font for the label. Label background colour. Label foreground colour. Pen for the label. See Button label.
caption = “text” caption_pen = integer	Text for help caption. Pen for display of help caption. See Button caption.
width = integer height = integer	Width of button in pixels or columns. Height of button in pixels or rows. See Button size.
field = field_id	Button linked field.
palette = integer	Palette number.
style = flags	Style flags.
transparent = rgb_value	Transparent colour.
image = “text”	Filename of graphic image.
tooltip = “text”	Text for tooltip.
event = func_id help = func_id event_enable = flags	Event function. Help function. Enabled events. See Button events and functions; The event _enable clause.
checked_value = “text” unchecked_value = “text”	Value to be assigned when a multi-button is checked or unchecked. See Button value clauses.

Run time only
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->xcreate = int_expression [[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->ycreate = int_expression	Co-ordinates at which the button is created. See Position (initial).
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->checked = TRUE\|FALSE	Checked/unchecked state. See Button checked clause.
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->tab_order = int_expression	Position in the parent window’s tab sequence. See Tab order.

Run time read-only
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->state &	Current state.
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->window_handle	Operating system handle.
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->xorig = [[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->yorig =	The original creation co-ordinates of the button. See Position (initial).
[[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->xposn = [[window_id.]group_id.]button_id->yposn =	Current co-ordinates. See Position (current).

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Buttons