Using Button Widgets

User Interface Programming: Using Widget Buttons

Using Button Widgets

Button widgets allow users to respond to "yes-or-no" type questions via the widget interface. While button widgets are generally fairly simple to understand and use, there are numerous options that allow you to fine-tune the appearance and behavior of buttons in your interface. This section discusses some useful ideas and techniques for using button widgets. See WIDGET_BUTTON for a complete description of the function used to create button widgets.

This section discusses the following topics:

Bitmap Button Labels

Tooltips

Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Buttons

Note
Menus also make use of button widgets. See Creating Menus for more information.

IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)