Class yii\bootstrap4\ButtonGroup

Inheritanceyii\bootstrap4\ButtonGroup » yii\bootstrap4\Widget » yii\base\Widget
Uses Traitsyii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait

ButtonGroup renders a button group bootstrap component.

For example,

// a button group with items configuration
echo ButtonGroup::widget([
    'buttons' => [
        ['label' => 'A'],
        ['label' => 'B'],
        ['label' => 'C', 'visible' => false],
    ]
]);

// button group with an item as a string
echo ButtonGroup::widget([
    'buttons' => [
        Button::widget(['label' => 'A']),
        ['label' => 'B'],
    ]
]);

Pressing on the button should be handled via JavaScript. See the following for details:

See also:

Public Properties

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PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined By
$buttons array List of buttons. yii\bootstrap4\ButtonGroup
$clientEvents array The event handlers for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin. yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$clientOptions array The options for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin. yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$encodeLabels boolean Whether to HTML-encode the button labels. yii\bootstrap4\ButtonGroup
$options array The HTML attributes for the widget container tag. yii\bootstrap4\Widget

Protected Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
registerClientEvents() Registers JS event handlers that are listed in $clientEvents. yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
registerPlugin() Registers a specific Bootstrap plugin and the related events yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapWidgetTrait
renderButtons() Generates the buttons that compound the group as specified on $buttons. yii\bootstrap4\ButtonGroup

Property Details

$buttons public property

List of buttons. Each array element represents a single button which can be specified as a string or an array of the following structure:

  • label: string, required, the button label.
  • options: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the button.
  • visible: bool, optional, whether this button is visible. Defaults to true.
public array $buttons = []
$encodeLabels public property

Whether to HTML-encode the button labels.

public boolean $encodeLabels true

Method Details

init() public method

Initializes the widget.

This method will register the bootstrap asset bundle. If you override this method, make sure you call the parent implementation first.

public void init ( )
renderButtons() protected method

Generates the buttons that compound the group as specified on $buttons.

protected string renderButtons ( )
return string

The rendering result.

throws Exception
run() public method

public void run ( )
throws Exception