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<html>
<head>


    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Link Buttons</title>

<style type="text/css">
/*margin and padding on body element
  can introduce errors in determining
  element position and are not recommended;
  we turn them off as a foundation for YUI
  CSS treatments. */
body {
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}
</style>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="yui_2.7.0b-lib/fonts/fonts-min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="yui_2.7.0b-lib/button/assets/skins/sam/button.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="yui_2.7.0b-lib/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="yui_2.7.0b-lib/element/element-min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="yui_2.7.0b-lib/button/button-min.js"></script>


<!--begin custom header content for this example-->
<style type="text/css">

    #button-examples div {

        border: 2px groove #ccc;
        margin: .5em;
        padding: .5em;

    }

    #button-examples h2 {
    
        border: none;
        margin: 0 0 .5em 0;
        padding: 0;
    
    }

    #linkbutton2 a,
    #linkbutton5 a {
    
        background: url(yui_2.7.0b-assets/button-assets/yahoo.gif) center center no-repeat;
        text-indent: -5em;
        overflow: hidden;
        padding: 0 1em;
        *margin-left: 5em;   /* IE only */
        _padding: 0 2.25em; /* IE 6 and IE 7 (Quirks Mode) */

    }

    #linkbutton3 a, 
    #linkbutton6 a {

        padding-left: 2.25em;
        background: url(yui_2.7.0b-assets/button-assets/yahoo.gif) 10% 50% no-repeat;
    
    }

</style>
<!--end custom header content for this example-->

</head>

<body class=" yui-skin-sam">


<h1>Link Buttons</h1>

<div class="exampleIntro">
  <p>This example demonstrates different ways to create a Button that functions like an HTML <code>&#60;a/&#62;</code> element.</p>      
</div>

<!--BEGIN SOURCE CODE FOR EXAMPLE  -->

<script type="text/javascript">

    YAHOO.example.init = function () {

        // "contentready" event handler for the "linkbuttonsfrommarkup" <div>

        YAHOO.util.Event.onContentReady("linkbuttonsfrommarkup", function() {

            // Create Buttons from existing markup
    
            var oLinkButton1 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("linkbutton1");
            var oLinkButton2 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("linkbutton2");
            var oLinkButton3 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("linkbutton3");  
        
        });


        // Create Buttons without using existing markup

        var oLinkButton4 = new YAHOO.widget.Button({ type: "link", id: "linkbutton4", label: "Yahoo!", href: "http://www.yahoo.com", container: "linkbuttonsfromjavascript" });
        var oLinkButton5 = new YAHOO.widget.Button({ type: "link", id: "linkbutton5", label: "Yahoo!", href: "http://www.yahoo.com", container: "linkbuttonsfromjavascript" });
        var oLinkButton6 = new YAHOO.widget.Button({ type: "link", id: "linkbutton6", label: "Yahoo!", href: "http://www.yahoo.com", container: "linkbuttonsfromjavascript" });

    } ();

</script>

<div id="button-examples">

    <div id="linkbuttonsfrommarkup">
        <h2>From Markup</h2>

        <a id="linkbutton1" href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a>
        <span id="linkbutton2" class="yui-button yui-link-button"><span class="first-child"><a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a></span></span>
        <span id="linkbutton3" class="yui-button yui-link-button"><em class="first-child"><a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a></em></span>

    </div>
    
    <div id="linkbuttonsfromjavascript">
        <h2>From JavaScript</h2>
    </div>

</div>
<!--END SOURCE CODE FOR EXAMPLE  -->

</body>
</html>
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