JavaScript Examples Bible - UserWorks Technologies

Chapter 8 ✦ Button Objects (Chapter 24)
name
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Example
See the example for the form property earlier in this chapter for a practical
application of the name property.
value
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Example
In the following excerpt, the statement toggles the label of a button from “Play”
to “Stop” (except in NN/Mac through version 4):
var btn = document.forms[0].controlButton
btn.value = (btn.value == “Play”) ? “Stop” : “Play”
Methods
click()
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Example
The following statement demonstrates how to script a click action on a button
form control named sender:
document.forms[0].sender.click()
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document.formObject.buttonObject.click()