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### Wizard

This element is used to construct a step-by-step wizard found in some applications to guide users through a task. It is used for a window with several steps contained on several pages. This element provides the header and buttons along the bottom, and also handles navigation between the pages. Each page should be constructed using a wizardpage. The pages are displayed in the order that they are placed in the wizard, unless you use the next and pageid attributes on the pages to change the sequence. The wizard will rendered in a manner suitable for the user's selected theme and platform.

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#### Attributes:

Attributes inherited from XUL Element

onwizardback

This should be set to code which is called when the user presses the Back button. Return true to allow the previous page to be displayed and false to disallow moving back a page. Use the canRewind property to indicate to the user (by disabling the Back button) that they cannot go back a page.

onwizardcancel

This should be set to code which is called when the user presses the Cancel button. Return true to allow the wizard to be cancelled, and close the wizard, or return false to prevent the wizard from being cancelled. Use the canCancel property to indicate to the user (by disabling the Cancel button) that they cannot cancel.

onwizardfinish

This should be set to code which is called when the user presses the Finish button, which would appear in place of the Next button on the last page of the wizard. Return true to allow the wizard to be closed, accepting any values entered on the pages, or return false to prevent the wizard from being closed. Use the canAdvance property to indicate to the user (by disabling the Finish button) that they cannot end the wizard.

onwizardnext

This should be set to code which is called when the user presses the Next button. Return true to allow the next page to be displayed and false to disallow moving to the next page. Use the canAdvance property to indicate to the user (by disabling the Next button) that they cannot go to the next page.

title

The title that appears at the top of the wizard. This is overriden by the label attribute on the individual pages.

#### Properties and Methods:

Properties and Methods inherited from XUL Element

advance ( pageID )

Call this function to go to the next page. It is equivalent to pressing the next button. The canAdvance property must be set to true for the page to be changed. The code in the onwizardnext attribute is called before the page is changed. You may supply as the argument to the advance function a page index to jump to. Supply null as the argument to go to the next page in sequence.

canAdvance

This property is set to true if the user can press the Next button to go to the next page. If this property is false, the user cannot navigate to the next page. You can modify this property to disable the Next button.

canRewind

This property is set to true if the user can press the Next button to go to the next page. If this property is false, the user cannot navigate to the next page. You can modify this property to disable the Next button.

cancel ( )

This function can be called to cancel the wizard and close it. The code in the onwizardcancel attribute is called before the wizard is cancelled.

currentPage

This property returns the wizardpage element that is currently displayed. You can modify this value to change the current page.

getButton ( type )

This method returns the wizard button of the specific type, which should be either "back", "next", "finish" or "cancel".

getPageById ( pageID )

Returns the wizardpage element corresponding to the specified page ID.

goTo ( pageID )

This function is used to change which page is currently displayed, specified by the argument pageID. The page will be changed regardless of the value of canAdvance or canRewind. The onwizardback and onwizardnext code is not called when using this function.

onFirstPage

This property is set to true if the user is on the first page, which may or may not be the first index.

onLastPage

This property is set to true if the user is on the last page of the wizard.

pageCount

This property holds the number of pages in the wizard.

pageIndex

This property returns the index of the currently selected page. You can change the selected page by modifying this property.

pageStep

This property returns the number of pages that the user has navigated through so far, meaning that the user would press the Back button this many times to go back to the beginning. This property is different than pageIndex, because pages are not necessarily navigated in order.

rewind ( )

Call this function to go back a page. It is equivalent to pressing the back button. The canRewind property must be set to true for the page to be changed. The code in the onwizardback attribute is called before the page is changed.

title

The title that appears at the top of the wizard. This is overriden by the label attribute on the individual pages.

wizardPages

This property holds the list of wizardpage elements in the wizard.

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