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View Helpers

buttonTag()

buttonTag() — returns string

Available in: controller Category: General Form Functions

Builds and returns a string containing a button form control.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
contentstringnoSave changesContent to display inside the button.
typestringnosubmitThe type for the button: button, reset, or submit.
valuestringnosaveThe value of the button when submitted.
imagestringnoFile name of the image file to use in the button form control.
prependstringnoString to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendstringnoString to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
encodeanynotrueWhen set to true, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to attributes to only encode attribute values and not tag content.
<!--- View Code --->
#startFormTag(action="something")#
    <!--- Form Controls go here --->
    #buttonTag(content="Submit this form", value="save")#
#endFormTag()#