Button Component - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

Button component

The Button component is a resizable rectangular user interface button. You can add a custom
icon to a button. You can also change the behavior of a button from push to toggle. A toggle
button stays pressed when clicked and returns to its up state when clicked again.
A button can be enabled or disabled in an application. In the disabled state, a button doesn't
receive mouse or keyboard input. An enabled button receives focus if you click it or tab to it.
Button parameters
The following are authoring parameters that you can set for each Button component instance in
the Property inspector or in the Component Inspector panel:
label
sets the value of the text on the button; the default value is Button.
icon
adds a custom icon to the button. The value is the linkage identifier of a movie clip or
graphic symbol in the library; there is no default value.
toggle
turns the button into a toggle switch. If true, the button remains in the down state when
pressed and returns to the up state when pressed again. If false
push button; the default value is false.
selected if the toggle parameter is true, this parameter specifies whether the button is pressed
(true) or released (false). The default value is false.
labelPlacement
one of four values: left, right, top, or bottom; the default value is right. For more information, see
Button.labelPlacement
You can write scripts to control these and additional options for Button components using
its properties, methods, and events. For more information, see "Button class" in the Flash
documentation.
Using styles with the Button component
You can set style properties to change the appearance of a button instance. If the name of a style
property ends in "Color", it is a color style property and behaves differently than non-color
style properties.
A Button component supports the following Halo styles:
Style
themeColor
color
disabledColor
fontFamily
fontSize
fontStyle
fontWeight
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orients the label text on the button in relation to the icon. This parameter can be
.
Description
The background of a component. This is the only color style that doesn't
inherit its value. Possible values are "haloGreen", "haloBlue", and
"haloOrange".
The text of a component label.
The disabled color for text.
The font name for text.
The point size for the font.
The font style: either "normal", or "italic".
The font weight: either "normal", or "bold".
the button behaves like a normal
,