# Button basics

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## Button basics

- Basics
- Options
- Methods
- Events

The following options apply to all buttons:

`corners` boolean

  default: true

  Applies the theme button border-radius if set to true. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-corners="false"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ corners: "false" });

  No rounded corners
`icon` string

  default: null

  Applies an icon from the icon set. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-icon="star"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ icon: "star" });

  Star icon
`iconpos` string

  default: "left"

  Positions the icon in the button. Possible values: left, right, top, bottom, none, notext. The notext value will display an icon-only button with no text feedback. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-iconpos="left"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ iconpos: "right" });

  Star icon
`iconshadow` boolean

  default: true

  Applies the theme shadow to the button's icon if set to true. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-iconshadow="false"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ iconshadow: "false" });

  No icon shadow
`inline` boolean

  default: null (false)

  If set to true, this will make the button act like an inline button so the width is determined by the button's text. By default, this is null (false) so the button is full width, regardless of the feedback content. Possible values: true, false. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-inline="true"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ inline: "true" });

  Inline
`mini` boolean

  default: null (false)

  If set to true, this will display a more compact version of the button that uses less vertical height. Possible values: true, false. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-mini="true"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ mini: "true" });

  Inline
`shadow` boolean

  default: true

  Applies the drop shadow style to the button if set to true. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-shadow="false"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ shadow: "false" });

  No button shadow
`theme` string

  default: null, inherited from parent

  Sets the color scheme (swatch) for all instances of this widget. It accepts a single letter from a-z that maps to the swatches included in your theme. By default, it will inherit the same swatch color as it's parent container if not explicitly set. This option is also exposed as a data attribute: `data-theme="a"`

      $('a').buttonMarkup({ theme: "a" });

  Theme A

The following option applies only to form buttons, which are automatically initialized by the framework:

`initSelector` CSS selector string

  default: "button, [type='button'], [type='submit'], [type='reset'], [type='image']"

  This is used to define the selectors (element types, data roles, etc.) that will automatically be initialized as form buttons. To change which elements are initialized, bind this option to the mobileinit event:

      $( document ).bind( "mobileinit", function(){
         $.mobile.button.prototype.options.initSelector = ".myButtons";
      });

### More in this section

- Buttons
- Button basics
- Button icons
- Inline buttons
- Grouped buttons
- Theming buttons