NAME

Jifty::Web::Form::Link - Creates a state-preserving HTML link

DESCRIPTION

Describes an HTML link that may be AJAX-enabled. Most of the computation of this comes from Jifty::Web::Form::Clickable, which generates Jifty::Web::Form::Links.

accessors

Link adds "url" and "escape_label" to the list of possible accessors and mutators, in addition to those offered by "accessors" in Jifty::Web::Form::Element.

new PARAMHASH

Creates a new Jifty::Web::Form::Link object. Possible arguments to the "PARAMHASH" are:

url (optional): The URL of the link; defaults to the current URL.
tooltip: Additional information about the link.
target: Target of the link. Mostly useful when specified as "_blank" to open a new window or as the name of a already existing window.
escape_label: HTML escape the label and tooltip? Defaults to true
anything from Jifty::Web::Form::Element: Any parameter which "new" in Jifty::Web::Form::Element can take.

url [URL]

Gets or sets the URL that the link links to.

as_string

Returns the string of the link, including any necessary javascript.

render

Render the string of the link, including any necessary javascript.