Okay, so the ButtonField
isn't very interesting by itself but working with a ButtonField
is going to be a little more complicated and involved than it was with the text fields, and in that respect, they are more interesting. Now a ButtonField
, is in many ways, the least used field in the system. If you look at the existing applications that come with the handheld, such as Mail and Address Book, they don't use a ButtonField
at all.
In general, you shouldn't use button fields on a screen with other fields. Anything you might want to do with a button can, and should, be done through a menu item. This is the style that has been set forth by BlackBerry in the existing applications.
So why even have a ButtonField
if you are recommended to not use it? One word, Dialogs.
Pop-up dialogs typically do use buttons to dismiss the dialog. In fact, for dialogs one should not use menu items at all. If something is so complicated that it cannot be done with a few buttons, it is too complicated for...