Button

in namespace DotVVM.BusinessPack.Controls

Renders the HTML button that is able to trigger a postback.

Usage & Scenarios

Inherits the built-in Button control with a DotVVM Business Pack visual style.

Sample 1: Basic Usage

The Button control has the Text property that specifies the text displayed on the button.

Using the Click event, you can specify which method in the viewmodel will be called when the button is clicked.

<bp:Button Text="Click me!"
           Click="{command: Click()}" />

<p>Clicks count: {{value: ClicksCount}}</p>
using DotVVM.Framework.ViewModel;

namespace DotvvmWeb.Views.Docs.Controls.businesspack.Button.sample1
{
    public class ViewModel : DotvvmViewModelBase
    {
        public int ClicksCount { get; set; }

        public void Click()
        {
            ClicksCount++;
        }
    }
}

Sample 2: Disable or Hide the Button

To disable or enable the button, use the Enabled property.

It's also possible to hide the button completely by using the Visible property.

<p>Show button is enabled only when Hide button is visible.</p>

<bp:Button Text="Show Button"
           Enabled="{value: IsEnabled}"
           Click="{command: ShowButton()}" />

<bp:Button Text="Hide Button"
           Visible="{value: IsVisible}"
           Click="{command: HideButton()}" />
using DotVVM.Framework.ViewModel;

namespace DotvvmWeb.Views.Docs.Controls.businesspack.Button.sample2
{
    public class ViewModel : DotvvmViewModelBase
    {
        public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
        public bool IsVisible { get; set; } = true;

        public void ShowButton()
        {
            IsEnabled = false;
            IsVisible = true;
        }

        public void HideButton()
        {
            IsVisible = false;
            IsEnabled = true;
        }
    }
}

Sample 3: Button Types

The Button control has the ButtonTagName property which specifies the tag rendered by the button. You can also choose whether it is a submit button or a normal button using the IsSubmitButton property.

The Type of the button cen be set to Primary, Secondary, Success, Info, Warning and Danger. It will change the color and visual style.

<bp:Button Text="Button"
           ButtonTagName="button"
           Type="Info" />

<br />

<bp:Button Text="Input Button"
           ButtonTagName="input" />

<br />

<bp:Button Text="Submit Button"
           IsSubmitButton="true"
           Type="Primary" />

Sample 4: Image in the Button

The <button> tag supports more than just a text in the button. Instead of using the Text property, you can put the content inside the element.

<bp:Button ButtonTagName="button">
    <bp:Icon Icon="Star"></bp:Icon>   
    <span>Custom Button with Icon<span/>
</bp:Button>

Properties

Name Type Description Notes Default Value
property icon AutoFocus Boolean Gets or sets whether the control should have focus when page loads or when a dialog is opened. The default value is false.
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
False
property icon ButtonTagName ButtonTagName
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
input
property icon Enabled Boolean
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
False
property icon IsSubmitButton Boolean
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
False
property icon TabIndex Int32 Gets or sets the order in which the control is reachable in sequential keyboard navigation. The default value is 0 which means the document order.
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
0
property icon Text String
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
property icon Type ButtonType? Gets or sets the type (color) of the Button.
attribute
inner element
static value
bindable
default
null

Events

Name Type Description
event icon Click Command

HTML produced by the control

Depending on the ButtonTagName property, the control renders one of these HTML elements:

<input type="submit" value="Text" />
<button type="submit">Text</button>