Button

Description

Button is a push button control. Use Button to put a standard push button on a form. An important and frequently used component. For example, it may serve to save a record to the database.

Performs a predefined action or a script when you click on it.

Component properties

Property	Description
Action	Allows you to select a button action. More info.
Caption	Specifies the text string that labels the control.
Font → Color	Specifies the font color to use when displaying the text. Starting with Windows Vista, you cannot change the font color for a button.
Font → Name	Identifies the typeface of the font.
Font → Size	Specifies the height of the font in points.
Font → Style	Determines whether the font is normal, italic, underlined, bold, and so on.
Icon	Allows you to select an icon for the button.
Name	Specifies the name of the component.
Left	Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the left edge of a component relative to its parent.
Top	Specifies the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of a control, relative to its parent or containing control in pixels.
Width	Specifies the horizontal size of the control in pixels.
Height	Specifies the vertical size of the control in pixels.
Style	Allows you to select the style of the button.
TabOrder	Indicates the position of the control in its parent's tab order.
TabStop	Determines if the user can tab to a control.
Visible	Specifies whether the component appears onscreen.
Anchors	Specifies how the control is anchored to its parent. More info.

Additional properties

Property	Description
BiDiMode	Specifies the bi-directional mode for the component.
Cancel	Determines whether the button will be automatically pressed when the Escape key is pressed.
ComandLinkHint	Text displayed as hint below button caption for Command Link. It makes sense if the Style button property = bsCommandLink
Constraints	Specifies the size constraints for the component. It makes sense when using the Anchors property.
Cursor	Specifies the image used to represent the mouse pointer when it passes into the region covered by the component.
Enabled	Controls whether the component responds to mouse and keyboard events.
Hint	Hint contains the text string that appears when the user moves the mouse over the component. The hint will be shown if the ShowHint property = True
ImageAlignment	Alignment of image on button. It makes sense if the icon is selected in the Icon property.
ShowHint	Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the component. See also property Hint
WordWrap	Specifies whether the button text wraps to fit the width of the component.