adding links to buttons

[Isomorphic]

What's the purpose here? Solely to populate the browser status bar with a link that cannot be copied/pasted until the user clicks the button? Why do this?

Are you talking about a link *in addition to* the button or tab title, or making the existing title into a link? If the latter, since you say you don't want to change current behavior, what would click do: both switch the tab and pop up a separate window?

[csillag]

Any idea about this?

The situation once again:

- most states of my application are addressable.
- if I enter (or modify) the address in the address bar, the app goes to the wanted state.
- if I navigate the app via the controls, the address in the address bar is refreshed accordingly.

- The only missing thing is to actually declare the link on the buttons (and other things) so that it can be displayed in the browser's status bar when the user hovers above the link, and in can be opened in a new window/tab.

Ideally, adding the link to the controls should not change the current behavior (because they already navigate where they should go), but if this is not possible, it's also OK if the behavior changes to jumping to the link - because as I have written, this is also supported by the framework, and does the same.

[csillag]

Hi all,

I would like to add links to various items (mostly IButtons and tabs) in my application. These links should not influence the current behavior; their only
function would be that they can be opened in a new window/tab.

To make it clear: I can already address the surfaces of my application; this works very nicely. I can also copy the current address from the address bar, and open it in a new window. The address follows the changes of application state.

What is missing is only the ability to display (and copy) links to the addresses where the various already existing and working navigation elements would direct the user.

So, how can I add a link target to an IButton (and tabs in a TabSet, and rows in a ListGrid and a TreeGrid :), without changing the behavior of it?

Thank you for your help!