The button widget displays an HTML `<button>` element that can perform a combination optional actions when clicked:
* Dispatch a user defined [[widget message|WidgetMessages]]
* Trigger a user defined [[popup|PopupMechanism]]
* Assign new text to a specified tiddler
! Content and Attributes
The content of the `<$button>` widget is displayed within the button.
|!Attribute |!Description |
|message |The name of the [[widget message|WidgetMessages]] to send when the button is clicked |
|param |The optional parameter to the message |
|set |The title of a tiddler to which a new value will be assigned |
|setTo |The new value to assign to the tiddler identified in the `set` attribute |
|popup |Title of a state tiddler for a popup that is toggled when the button is clicked |
|class |An optional CSS class name to be assigned to the HTML element |
|style |An optional CSS style attribute to be assigned to the HTML element |
|selectedClass |An optional additional CSS class to be assigned if the popup is triggered or the tiddler specified in `set` already has the value specified in `setTo` |