JavaScript/jQuery Button Methods
beginUpdate()
Prevents the UI component from refreshing until the endUpdate() method is called.
The beginUpdate() and endUpdate() methods prevent the UI component from excessive updates when you are changing multiple UI component settings at once. After the beginUpdate() method is called, the UI component does not update its UI until the endUpdate() method is called.
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defaultOptions(rule)
defaultOptions is a static method that the UI component class supports. The following code demonstrates how to specify default properties for all instances of the Button UI component in an application executed on the desktop.
jQuery
DevExpress.ui.dxButton.defaultOptions({ device: { deviceType: "desktop" }, options: { // Here go the Button properties } });
Angular
import Button from "devextreme/ui/button"; // ... export class AppComponent { constructor () { Button.defaultOptions({ device: { deviceType: "desktop" }, options: { // Here go the Button properties } }); } }
Vue
<template> <div> <DxButton id="button1" /> <DxButton id="button2" /> </div> </template> <script> import DxButton from "devextreme-vue/button"; import Button from "devextreme/ui/button"; Button.defaultOptions({ device: { deviceType: "desktop" }, options: { // Here go the Button properties } }); export default { components: { DxButton } } </script>
React
import React, {useEffect} from "react"; import dxButton from "devextreme/ui/button"; import Button from "devextreme-react/button"; export default function App() { useEffect(() => { dxButton.defaultOptions({ device: { deviceType: "desktop" }, options: { // Here go the Button properties } }) }); return ( <div> <Button id="button1" /> <Button id="button2" /> </div> ) }
dispose()
After calling this method, remove the DOM element associated with the UI component:
$("#myButton").dxButton("dispose"); $("#myButton").remove();
Use this method only if the UI component was created with jQuery or pure JavaScript. In Angular, Vue, and React, use conditional rendering:
Angular
<dx-button ... *ngIf="condition"> </dx-button>
Vue
<template> <DxButton ... v-if="condition"> </DxButton> </template> <script> import DxButton from 'devextreme-vue/button'; export default { components: { DxButton } } </script>
React
import React from 'react'; import Button from 'devextreme-react/button'; function DxButton(props) { if (!props.shouldRender) { return null; } return ( <Button ... > </Button> ); } class App extends React.Component { render() { return ( <DxButton shouldRender="condition" /> ); } } export default App;
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getInstance(element)
getInstance is a static method that the UI component class supports. The following code demonstrates how to get the Button instance found in an element with the myButton
ID:
// Modular approach import Button from "devextreme/ui/button"; ... let element = document.getElementById("myButton"); let instance = Button.getInstance(element) as Button; // Non-modular approach let element = document.getElementById("myButton"); let instance = DevExpress.ui.dxButton.getInstance(element);
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registerKeyHandler(key, handler)
A handler. Accepts the keydown event as the argument. It is a EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.
The key argument accepts one of the following values:
- "backspace"
- "tab"
- "enter"
- "escape"
- "pageUp"
- "pageDown"
- "end"
- "home"
- "leftArrow"
- "upArrow"
- "rightArrow"
- "downArrow"
- "del"
- "space"
- "F"
- "A"
- "asterisk"
- "minus"
A custom handler for a key cancels the default handler for this key.