Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

button — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

The button object is a form control generated with an INPUT element whose TYPE attribute is set to "button". This element is similar to, but differs from, the BUTTON element. For details on the distinctions, see the BUTTON HTML element description in Chapter 8.

HTML Equivalent

<INPUT TYPE="button">

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

IE

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

[window.]document.all. elementID

Properties

accessKey	form	offsetHeight	outerText	tabIndex
className	id	offsetLeft	parentElement	tagName
dataFld	isTextEdit	offsetParent	parentTextEdit	title
dataSrc	lang	offsetTop	recordNumber	type
disabled	language	offsetWidth	sourceIndex	value
document	name	outerHTML	style

Methods

blur( )	getAttribute( )	removeAttribute( )
click( )	handleEvent( )	scrollIntoView( )
contains( )	insertAdjacentHTML( )	setAttribute( )
focus( )	insertAdjacentText( )

Collections/Arrays

all[]

children[]

filters[]

Event Handler Properties

Handler	NN	IE	DOM
onafterupdate	n/a	4	n/a
onbeforeupdate	n/a	4	n/a
onblur	n/a	4	n/a
onchange	n/a	4	n/a
onclick	3	4	n/a
ondblclick	n/a	4	n/a
onerrorupdate	n/a	4	n/a
onfilterchange	n/a	4	n/a
onfocus	n/a	4	n/a
onhelp	n/a	4	n/a