Using buttons
Buttons allow the user to trigger actions, such as opening another view or running business logic in a server function. They were introduced previously in this chapter, when we discussed the form header, but they can also be added anywhere in form and list views.
Buttons support the following attributes:
string
is the button text label, or the HTMLalt
text when an icon is used.type
is the type of action to perform. Possible values includeobject
, to call a Python method, oraction
, to run a window action.name
identifies the specific action to perform, according to the chosen type: either a model method name or the database ID of a window action to run. The%(<xmlid>)d
formula can be used to translate an XML ID into the necessary database ID when the view is being loaded.args
is used whentype="object"
is used to pass additional parameters to the method call.context
sets the values on the context. This could be used in the...