Command/button

\button

Summary

The command \button is used for creating buttons in interactive documents.

Settings

\button[...=...,...]{...}[...]
...=...,...	inherits from \setupbutton
{...}	text
[...]	reference

Option	Explanation
Besides a normal reference, the value can also be one of the special references for interaction like for example PreviousPage, NextPage, FirstPage, LastPage, ExitViewer, GotoPage, or page(pagenumber). See strc-ref.mkvi for the complete list.

Description

Creates a button in interactive documents.

Examples

Basic example to learn how to have button for Next/Previous Page and Backward/Stop/Forward

• \setuppapersize[A6]
  \setupinteraction [state=start]
  
  \setupbutton
    [background=color,
     foregroundcolor=white,
     foregroundstyle={\bfxx\tt},
     width=2em,
     frame=off,
     rulethickness=0pt,
     offset=0pt,
     toffset=0.1ex]
  
  \usesymbols[nav]
  \startsetups[doc:nav]
    \setupbutton[backgroundcolor=middlecyan]
    \button {\symbol[navigation 2][previouspage]}  [PreviousPage]
    \button {\symbol[navigation 2][nextpage]}      [NextPage]
    \hfill
    \setupbutton[backgroundcolor=middlemagenta]
    \button {\symbol[navigation 2][PreviousJump]}  [PreviousJump]
    \button {\symbol[navigation 2][CloseDocument]} [CloseDocument]
    \button {\symbol[navigation 2][NextJump]}      [NextJump]
  \stopsetups
  
  \setupfootertexts[\setup[doc:nav]]
  %\showframe
  
  \starttext
  \dorecurse {10} {%
  \startchapter[title={Chapter \recurselevel}]
    \input zapf
  \stopchapter}
  \stoptext
  

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See also

• \definebutton
• \setupbutton
• scrn-but.mkvi
• \menubutton
• \setupinteractionmenu
• References notes and floats/PDF navigation
• strc-ref.mkvi

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