org.symbian.tools.wrttools.doc.WRTKit/html/WRTKit_Using_buttons-GUID-8b14cec9-92cc-4bde-83c2-ad0a30a84942.html
author Eugene Ostroukhov <eugeneo@symbian.org>
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:41:16 -0700
changeset 382 0a04e9d28d78
parent 230 7848c135d915
permissions -rw-r--r--
Bug 3014 - New Project Wizard Usability
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
230
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     2
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en">
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     3
<head>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     4
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     5
<meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2005" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     6
<meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2005" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     7
<meta content="concept" name="DC.Type" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     8
<meta name="DC.Title" content="Using buttons" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
     9
<meta scheme="URI" name="DC.Relation" content="WRTKit_Common_WRTKit_tasks-GUID-24870895-4449-4307-9a54-7c90f7b3905e.html" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    10
<meta content="XHTML" name="DC.Format" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    11
<meta content="GUID-8B14CEC9-92CC-4BDE-83C2-AD0A30A84942" name="DC.Identifier" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    12
<meta content="en" name="DC.Language" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    13
<link href="commonltr.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    14
<title>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    15
Using buttons</title>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    16
</head>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    17
<body id="GUID-8B14CEC9-92CC-4BDE-83C2-AD0A30A84942"><a name="GUID-8B14CEC9-92CC-4BDE-83C2-AD0A30A84942"><!-- --></a>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    18
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    19
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    20
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    21
    <h1 class="topictitle1">
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    22
Using buttons</h1>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    23
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    24
    <div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    25
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    26
        <p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    27
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    28
            You can let users trigger actions by placing a FormButton or 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    29
            NavigationButton control in a view. Use FormButtons for actions that 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    30
            start some process and NavigationButton controls for situations 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    31
            where pressing the button should take the viewer to another view.
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    32
        </p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    33
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    34
        <div class="fignone" id="GUID-8B14CEC9-92CC-4BDE-83C2-AD0A30A84942__GUID-B008BB2B-C5B2-446D-BCED-2824528CF7CC"><a name="GUID-8B14CEC9-92CC-4BDE-83C2-AD0A30A84942__GUID-B008BB2B-C5B2-446D-BCED-2824528CF7CC"><!-- --></a><span class="figcap">Figure 1. 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    35
FormButton controls</span>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    36
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    37
            
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    38
            <br /><img src="FormButton_Controls_Screenshot_1.png" /><br />
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    39
        </div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    40
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    41
        <p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    42
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    43
            You can find out when a button has been pressed by registering a 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    44
            callback function as an event listener to the button. The event type 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    45
            for button presses is "ActionPerformed". You can use whatever name 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    46
            you like for the callback function. The function is passed the event 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    47
            object as an argument. A typical callback function looks like this:
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    48
        </p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    49
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    50
<pre>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    51
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    52
// Callback function for button presses.
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    53
function buttonPressed(event) {
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    54
    // implement what happens when the button is pressed here
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    55
}
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    56
</pre>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    57
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    58
        <p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    59
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    60
            Creating a button, registering the event listener and adding the 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    61
            button to a view is demonstrated below. The example creates a 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    62
            FormButton:
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    63
        </p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    64
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    65
<pre>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    66
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    67
// create button
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    68
var button = new FormButton("button1", "Press me!");
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    69
button.addEventListener("ActionPerformed", buttonPressed);
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    70
exampleView.addControl(button);
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    71
</pre>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    72
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    73
        <p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    74
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    75
            Note that the example assumes that a view has already been created 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    76
            and that the "exampleView" variable refers to that view. "button1" 
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    77
            is a unique identifier for the button that allows it to be identified
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    78
            for example if several different controls are using a shared event
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    79
            listener function. The event listener function could examine the event
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    80
            object and check the identifier of the source control for the event.
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    81
        </p>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    82
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    83
    </div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    84
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    85
<div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    86
<div class="familylinks">
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    87
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="WRTKit_Common_WRTKit_tasks-GUID-24870895-4449-4307-9a54-7c90f7b3905e.html">Common WRTKit tasks</a></div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    88
</div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    89
</div>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    90
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    91
</body>
7848c135d915 Fixed 2046 - WRTKit Help. Renamed package for consistency.
tasneems@symbian.org
parents:
diff changeset
    92
</html>