HREF Buttons

More and more web sites are using bitmaps or html forms to create buttons that open a specified URL when pressed. Although these techniques often present a visually pleasing button, there are limitations.

The bitmap button does not move when pressed, unlike standard buttons in many operating systems.
The form button does move, however some browsers, specifically Netscape, do not update the status bar with the address of the URL the button is linked to.

I have created Java(tm) replacements for both methods that will move and will update the status bar when the mouse moves over them.

Buttons created using HREFButton will appear as standard java buttons as rendered by your OS, will display a URL in the status bar when the mouse is moved over them and will open the URL when the button is pressed.

This is an example of an HREFButton. [Java required]

Buttons created using HREFiButton are drawn using two bitmaps provide by the web site author, one for normal state and one for the pressed state. They will display a URL in the status bar when the mouse is moved over them and will open the URL when the button is pressed.

This is an example of an HREFiButton. [Java required]

For details on obtaining and using the above applets or using the HREFButtons as components in another Java(tm) applet, please see the details page.

Last Updated: June 23, 1996