Generic button API

The Generic button API is used for enabling touch support for buttons.

An Avkon button is a generic button component specifically designed for touch support. The generic button component (CAknButton, defined in aknbutton.h) is used, for example, in a toolbar and a status pane. The button can contain text, an image, or both.

Buttons can have multiple states, and each of the states can have three different states according to user actions. The possible user-action states for the button states are:

• Normal

• Pressed down

• Dimmed

By default, the button has a frame, it responds to tap (press) event, has a latchable view in the pressed-down state, and has horizontally and vertically aligned text in it. Some default behavior can be changed with button flags or with the help of member functions.

To observe the buttons in your application, use the MCoeControlObserver observer interface.

Figure: Generic button used in a toolbar

For look and feel guidelines on the generic button component as part of a toolbar, see the toolbar UI component description.

For information on using the API, see Enabling touch support for buttons.

For the Generic button API classes and header files, see Classes and Definitions.