Class wtAnchor

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class wtAnchor

extends wtWidget

A wtAnchor can be used in two ways:

It can be used as a traditional HTML anchor (i.e. a hyperlink) by setting a href attribute to it via setHref()
Or, it can be used as a text-only button by setting an event handler to it via setHandler()
Defined in wt_widget.js

Constructor Detail

wtAnchor

wtAnchor(<wtWidget|DOM_Node> _parent, <String> _desc)

Constructs a text-only link which can be used to invoke event handlers or act as simple hyperlinks.

Parameters:
_parent - The parent container for adding this widget to. Can also be a DOM node or null.
_desc - The caption text of the anchor

base

Object base(<wtWidget> _parent, <String> _tagName)

Constructs a widget based on a DOM node

Parameters:
_parent - The container widget to add this widget to. Can also be a DOM node like document.body. Fill in null if you don't want to immediately add this widget to a container.
_tagName - The new DOM node's HTML tag

isEnabled

Boolean isEnabled()

Tells whether the anchor is currently enabled or not

Returns:
Whether the anchor is currently enabled or not

resetHandler

void resetHandler()

Removes the click handler of the anchor

resetHref

void resetHref()

Removes the href attribute of the anchor

setEnabled

void setEnabled(<Boolean> yes)

Sets whether the anchor is enabled or not. A disabled anchor appears grayed and is unresponsive to user events such as clicks and mouse overs.

Parameters:
yes - Whether the anchor is enabled or not

setHandler

void setHandler(<Function> handler)

Sets the click handler of the anchor for use as a text-only button

Parameters:
handler - The click handler. Input arguments of the handler follow the universal event handler format in WT Toolkit.

See:
- wtObject.connect()

setHref

void setHref(<String> href)

Sets the href attribute of the anchor for use as a traditional hyperlink

Parameters:
href - A valid URL