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 .

A single character key that "clicks" the button from the keyboard. The browser and operating system determine whether the user must press a modifier key (e.g., Ctrl, Alt, or Command) with the access key to "click" the button. In IE 4/Windows, the Alt key is required, and the key is not case sensitive. Not working in IE 4/Mac.

Used with IE 4 data binding to associate a remote data source column name to a button object's value property. A DATASRC attribute must also be set for the element. Setting both the dataFld and dataSrc properties to empty strings breaks the binding between element and data source.

Used with IE 4 data binding to specify the name of the remote ODBC data source (such as an Oracle or SQL Server database) to be associated with the element. Content from the data source is specified via the DATAFLD attribute. Setting both the dataFld and dataSrc properties to empty strings breaks the binding between element and data source.

Whether the element is available for user interaction. When set to true, the element cannot receive focus or be modified by the user. It is also not submitted with the form.

Returns a reference to the FORM element that contains the current element (if any). This property is most often passed as a parameter for an event handler, using the this keyword to refer to the current form control.

The identifier associated with the form control. The value of this property is submitted as one-half of the name/value pair when the form is submitted to the server. Names are hidden from user view, since control labels are assigned via other means, depending on the control type. Form control names may also be used by script references to the objects.

Used with data binding, returns an integer representing the record within the data set that generated the element (i.e., an element whose content is filled via data binding). Values of this property can be used to extract a specific record from an Active Data Objects (ADO) record set (see recordset property).

A number that indicates the sequence of this element within the tabbing order of all focusable elements in the document. Tabbing order follows a strict set of rules. Elements that have values other than zero assigned to their tabIndex properties are first in line when a user starts tabbing in a page. Focus starts with the element with the lowest tabIndex value and proceeds in order to the highest value, regardless of physical location on the page or in the document. If two elements have the same tabIndex values, the element that comes earlier in the document receives focus first. Next come all elements that either don't support the tabIndex property or have the value set to zero. These elements receive focus in the order in which they appear in the document. A value of -1 removes the element from tabbing order altogether.

Note that the Macintosh user interface does not provide for giving focus to elements other than text and password INPUT fields.

Returns the type of form control element. The value is returned in all lowercase letters. It may be necessary to cycle through all form elements in search of specific types to do some processing on (e.g., emptying all form controls of type "text" while leaving other controls untouched).

This is the rare time that the value property controls the label of a form control: the text that appears on the button. A button input element is not submitted with the form.

Removes focus from the current element and fires an onBlur event (in IE). No other element necessarily receives focus as a result.

Gives focus to the current element and fires the onFocus event (in IE). If another element property objects had focus at the time, it receives an onBlur event.

handleEvent(event)

Instructs the object to accept and process the event whose specifications are passed as the parameter to the method. The object must have an event handler for the event type to process the event.