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This extension is a widget to create Vista-like form buttons.

Currently, it supports these button types:

• Submit button
• Save button
• Reset button
• Cancel button.

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Documentation ¶

Requirements ¶

• Yii 1.0 or above

Installation ¶

• Extract the release file under protected/extensions

Usage ¶

• Load the extension:

Yii::import('application.extensions.button.DDButton');

Use the widget in a form view.

Form Definition ¶

• Add an id to the form tag being created using beginForm():

<?php echo CHtml::beginForm(
   array(
      $update?'update':'create',
      'id'=>$model->id
   ),
   'POST',
   array(
      'id'=>'PostForm'
   )
); ?>

Save button ¶

• In a view file:

<?php $this->widget( 'application.extensions.button.DDButton',
   array(
       'title'=>$update ? 'Save':'Create',
       'linkTitle'=>$update ? 'Save this record' : 'Create this record',
       'formID' => 'PostForm',
       'buttonType' => 'save'
)); ?>

Reset Button ¶

<?php $this->widget( 'application.extensions.button.DDButton',
   array(
       'title'=>'Reset',
       'linkTitle'=>'Reset the form data',
       'formID' => 'PostForm',
       'buttonType' => 'reset',
       'confirm' => 'Really reset this form?'
)); ?>

Cancel button ¶

<?php $this->widget( 'application.extensions.button.DDButton',
   array(
       'title'=>'Cancel',
       'linkTitle'=>'Cancel editing, back to list',
       'formID' => 'PostForm',
       'buttonType' => 'cancel',
       'url' => array('post/admin')
)); ?>

Change Log ¶

August 20, 2010 - V0.2 ¶

• Button type 'cancel' now also uses 'confirm'
• Minor CSS changes on button link hover

April 5, 2010 ¶

• Added bits to documentation

April 1, 2010 ¶

• Initial release.