• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• STYLE
• CONSTRUCTOR
  • $entry = Tickit::Widget::Button->new( %args )
• ACCESSORS
  • $label = $button->label
  • $button->set_label( $label )
  • $on_click = $button->on_click
  • $button->set_on_click( $on_click )
  • $button->click
  • $align = $button->align
  • $button->set_align( $align )
  • $valign = $button->valign
  • $button->set_valign( $valign )
• AUTHOR

NAME

Tickit::Widget::Button - a widget displaying a clickable button

SYNOPSIS

 use Tickit;
 use Tickit::Widget::Button;

 my $button = Tickit::Widget::Button->new(
    label => "Click Me!",
    on_click => sub {
       my ( $self ) = @_;

       # Do something!
    },
 );

 Tickit->new( root => $button )->run;

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a widget which displays a clickable area with a label. When the area is clicked, a callback is invoked.

STYLE

The default style pen is used as the widget pen. The following style keys are used:

linetype => STRING

What kind of border to draw around the button; one of

 none single double thick

marker_left => STRING

A two-character string to place just before the button label

marker_right => STRING

A two-character string to place just after the button label

The following style tags are used:

:active

Set when the mouse is being held over the button, before it is released

The following style actions are used:

click

The main action to activate the on_click handler.

CONSTRUCTOR

$entry = Tickit::Widget::Button->new( %args )

Constructs a new Tickit::Widget::Button object.

Takes the following named arguments:

label => STR

Text to display in the button area

on_click => CODE

Optional. Callback function to invoke when the button is clicked.

ACCESSORS

$label = $button->label

$button->set_label( $label )

Return or set the text to display in the button area.

$on_click = $button->on_click

$button->set_on_click( $on_click )

Return or set the CODE reference to be called when the button area is clicked.

 $on_click->( $button )

$button->click

Behave as if the button has been clicked; running its on_click handler. This is provided for convenience of activating its handler programatically via other parts of code.

$align = $button->align

$button->set_align( $align )

$valign = $button->valign

$button->set_valign( $valign )

Accessors for the horizontal and vertical alignment of the label text within the button area. See also Tickit::WidgetRole::Alignable.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>

                    cpanm Tickit::Widget::Button

                    perl -MCPAN -e shell
                    install Tickit::Widget::Button