layout	post
title	Button-Type
description	button type
platform	js
control	Button
documentation	ug
api	/api/js/ejbutton

Button Type

Button is used as normal click able button, submitting form data, resetting the form data to its initial value. According to the usage of button, you can render the button in three types. Using the type property, you can easily render the button in following types.

List of Button types

Button Types	Description
button	The button is a click able button
submit	The button is a submit button (submits form-data)
reset	The button is a reset button (resets the form-data to its initial values)

The following steps explains you the details about rendering the Button with above mentioned button types.

In the HTML page, add the following button elements to configure Button widget.

{% highlight html %}

<button id="buttonType_button">button</button>
<br />
<br />
<button id="buttonType_submit">submit</button>
<br />
<br />
<button id="buttonType_reset">reset</button>

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight javascript %}

// Initialize the control in JavaScript
//type property is used to render different type of buttons
$(function () {
    $("#buttonType_button").ejButton({
        size: "mini",
        //this type specifies the normal click able button
        type: "button",
        showRoundedCorner: true
    });
    $("#buttonType_submit").ejButton({
        size: "mini",
        //this button is used to submit form data
        type: "submit",
        showRoundedCorner: true
    });
    $("#buttonType_reset").ejButton({
        size: "mini",
        //this button is used to reset the form data to its initial value
        type: "reset",
        showRoundedCorner: true
    });
});

{% endhighlight %}

Execute the above code to render the following output.