Button

Buttons allow users to perform an action.

Import

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import { Button, IconButton, LinkButton, LinkIconButton } from "@kobalte/pigment";

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import { Button, IconButton, LinkButton, LinkIconButton } from "@kobalte/pigment";

Button variants

Buttons come in multiple variants designed for specific use cases.

Solid primary button

The solid button variant with primary color is best suited for the most important action within an interface.

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<Button variant="solid" color="primary">
  Create survey
</Button>

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<Button variant="solid" color="primary">
  Create survey
</Button>

Soft primary button

The soft button variant with primary color can be used as an alternative for secondary actions.

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<Button variant="soft" color="primary">
  Export results
</Button>

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<Button variant="soft" color="primary">
  Export results
</Button>

Default button

The default variant is the most common button within an interface, use it for secondary actions or when all actions have the same level of importance.

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<Button>Copy</Button>
// Same as
<Button variant="default">Export</Button>

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<Button>Copy</Button>
// Same as
<Button variant="default">Export</Button>

Dashed button

The dashed variant can be used as a visual placeholder for insertion/creation actions.

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<Button variant="dashed" startDecorator={<AddIcon />}>
  Add new row
</Button>

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<Button variant="dashed" startDecorator={<AddIcon />}>
  Add new row
</Button>

Text button

text buttons are designed for least important actions within an interface.

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<Button variant="text">Cancel</Button>

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<Button variant="text">Cancel</Button>

Link (like) button

The link variant is used to render a button that looks like a link.

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<Button variant="link">Show more</Button>

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<Button variant="link">Show more</Button>

Destructive button

Use the solid or soft variant with the danger color to create a destructive button, commonly used to confirm a destructive/delete operation.

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<Button variant="solid" color="danger">
  Delete survey
</Button>
<Button variant="soft" color="danger">
  Remove answer
</Button>

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<Button variant="solid" color="danger">
  Delete survey
</Button>
<Button variant="soft" color="danger">
  Remove answer
</Button>

Status button

The solid and soft variant supports all Pigment semantic colors, allowing you to create status buttons.

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<For each={["solid", "soft"]}>
  {variant => (
    <div class="flex items-center gap-3">
      <For each={["primary", "neutral", "success", "info", "warning", "danger", "discovery"]}>
        {color => (
          <Button variant={variant} color={color} class="capitalize">
            {color}
          </Button>
        )}
      </For>
    </div>
  )}
</For>

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<For each={["solid", "soft"]}>
  {variant => (
    <div class="flex items-center gap-3">
      <For each={["primary", "neutral", "success", "info", "warning", "danger", "discovery"]}>
        {color => (
          <Button variant={variant} color={color} class="capitalize">
            {color}
          </Button>
        )}
      </For>
    </div>
  )}
</For>

These buttons woks well when paired with others status-related components like Alert or Badge.

Learn about the latest features.

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<Alert
  variant="soft"
  status="discovery"
  withDefaultStartDecorator
  endDecorator={
    <div class="flex items-center gap-2.5">
      <Button variant="soft" color="discovery" size="sm">
        Skip
      </Button>
      <Button variant="solid" color="discovery" size="sm">
        Take a tour
      </Button>
    </div>
  }
>
  <span class="font-semibold">Learn about the latest features.</span>
</Alert>

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<Alert
  variant="soft"
  status="discovery"
  withDefaultStartDecorator
  endDecorator={
    <div class="flex items-center gap-2.5">
      <Button variant="soft" color="discovery" size="sm">
        Skip
      </Button>
      <Button variant="solid" color="discovery" size="sm">
        Take a tour
      </Button>
    </div>
  }
>
  <span class="font-semibold">Learn about the latest features.</span>
</Alert>

Inverted button

The inverted variant supports all Pigment semantic colors and can be used to create a high contrast button on a vibrant surface.

New software update available.

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<Alert
  variant="solid"
  status="info"
  withDefaultStartDecorator
  endDecorator={
    <Button variant="inverted" color="info" size="sm">
      Install now
    </Button>
  }
>
  <span class="font-semibold">New software update available.</span>
</Alert>

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<Alert
  variant="solid"
  status="info"
  withDefaultStartDecorator
  endDecorator={
    <Button variant="inverted" color="info" size="sm">
      Install now
    </Button>
  }
>
  <span class="font-semibold">New software update available.</span>
</Alert>

Button sizes

The Button component comes in five sizes: xs, sm, md (default), lg and xl.

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<Button size="xs">Button</Button>
<Button size="sm">Button</Button>
<Button size="md">Button</Button>
<Button size="lg">Button</Button>
<Button size="xl">Button</Button>

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<Button size="xs">Button</Button>
<Button size="sm">Button</Button>
<Button size="md">Button</Button>
<Button size="lg">Button</Button>
<Button size="xl">Button</Button>

Button decorators

The startDecorator and endDecorator props allows to add left and right icons to a button.

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<Button startDecorator={<ClipboardIcon />}>Copy to clipboard</Button>
<Button endDecorator={<ArrowNarrowRightIcon />}>Next</Button>

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<Button startDecorator={<ClipboardIcon />}>Copy to clipboard</Button>
<Button endDecorator={<ArrowNarrowRightIcon />}>Next</Button>

If you want to create your own icon components check out the Icon documentation.

Full width button

Use the fullWith prop to make the button fill all available width.

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<Button fullWidth>Create Survey</Button>

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<Button fullWidth>Create Survey</Button>

Disabled state

Use the disabled prop to disable interaction with the button.

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<Button variant="solid" disabled>Solid</Button>
<Button variant="soft" disabled>Soft</Button>
<Button variant="default" disabled>Default</Button>
<Button variant="dashed" disabled>Dashed</Button>
<Button variant="text" disabled>Text</Button>
<Button variant="link" disabled>Link</Button>

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<Button variant="solid" disabled>Solid</Button>
<Button variant="soft" disabled>Soft</Button>
<Button variant="default" disabled>Default</Button>
<Button variant="dashed" disabled>Dashed</Button>
<Button variant="text" disabled>Text</Button>
<Button variant="link" disabled>Link</Button>

Loading state

Use the loading prop to indicate a busy button.

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<Button variant="solid" loading>Solid</Button>
<Button variant="soft" loading>Soft</Button>
<Button variant="default" loading>Default</Button>
<Button variant="dashed" loading>Dashed</Button>
<Button variant="text" loading>Text</Button>
<Button variant="link" loading>Link</Button>

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<Button variant="solid" loading>Solid</Button>
<Button variant="soft" loading>Soft</Button>
<Button variant="default" loading>Default</Button>
<Button variant="dashed" loading>Dashed</Button>
<Button variant="text" loading>Text</Button>
<Button variant="link" loading>Link</Button>

Loading indicator

By default, a loading button show a spinner and leave the button's width unchanged. Use the loadingIndicator prop to replace it with a custom indicator.

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<Button loading loadingIndicator={<BeatLoaderIcon />}>
  Export results
</Button>

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<Button loading loadingIndicator={<BeatLoaderIcon />}>
  Export results
</Button>

Loading placement

The loadingPlacement prop is used to define the placement of the button's loading indicator and supports the following values:

center (default): The loading indicator replaces the button's content when in the loading state.
start: The loading indicator replaces the startDecorator when in the loading state.
end: The loading indicator replaces the endDecorator when in the loading state.

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<Button loading loadingPlacement="start">
  Export results
</Button>
<Button variant="solid" loading loadingPlacement="end">
  Create survey
</Button>

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<Button loading loadingPlacement="start">
  Export results
</Button>
<Button variant="solid" loading loadingPlacement="end">
  Create survey
</Button>

IconButton

The IconButton component renders a square button with an icon and no text content. In this case an aria-label is required to keep the button accessible.

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<IconButton aria-label="Delete">
  <TrashIcon />
</IconButton>

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<IconButton aria-label="Delete">
  <TrashIcon />
</IconButton>

LinkButton

Use the LinkButton or LinkIconButton if you need the style of a button with the functionality of a link.

Open on GitHub

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<LinkButton href="https://github.com/kobaltedev/pigment" target="_blank">
  Open on GitHub
</LinkButton>
<LinkIconButton
  href="https://github.com/kobaltedev/pigment"
  target="_blank"
  aria-label="Open on GitHub"
>
  <GitHubIcon />
</LinkIconButton>

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<LinkButton href="https://github.com/kobaltedev/pigment" target="_blank">
  Open on GitHub
</LinkButton>
<LinkIconButton
  href="https://github.com/kobaltedev/pigment"
  target="_blank"
  aria-label="Open on GitHub"
>
  <GitHubIcon />
</LinkIconButton>

If you want to use the Link component from the @solidjs/router package, use the asChild prop paired with the As component to change the rendered element.

Back to home

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<LinkButton asChild>
  <As component={Link} href="/" target="_blank">
    Back to home
  </As>
</LinkButton>

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<LinkButton asChild>
  <As component={Link} href="/" target="_blank">
    Back to home
  </As>
</LinkButton>

API Reference

Button

Component identifier

The name Button can be used when providing default props and slot classes in the theme.

Props

Prop	Description
variant	`"solid" \| "soft" \| "inverted" \| "default" \| "dashed" \| "text" \| "link"` default: `default` The visual style of the button.
color	`"primary" \| "neutral" \| "success" \| "info" \| "warning" \| "danger" \| "discovery"` default: `primary` The color of the button.
size	`"xs" \| "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "xl"` default: `md` The size of the button.
startDecorator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show before the button content.
endDecorator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show after the button content.
loadingIndicator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show when the button is in loading state.
loadingPlacement	`"center" \| "start" \| "end"` default: `center` The placement of the loading indicator when the button is in a loading state.
loading	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is in loading state.
disabled	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is disabled.
fullWith	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button should take all available width.
slotClasses	`Partial<Record<ButtonSlots, string>>` Addiitonal CSS classes to be passed to the component slots.

Slots

Name	CSS selector	Rendered element	Description
root	`.pg-button-root`	`button`	Root element
startDecorator	`.pg-button-start-decorator`	`span`	Start decorator
endDecorator	`.pg-button-end-decorator`	`span`	End decorator
loadingIndicator	`.pg-button-loading-indicator`	`span`	Loading indicator

IconButton

Component identifier

IconButton uses the Button theme configuration.

Props

Prop	Description
aria-label	`"string"` An accessible label for the button.
variant	`"solid" \| "soft" \| "inverted" \| "default" \| "dashed" \| "text" \| "link"` default: `default` The visual style of the button.
color	`"primary" \| "neutral" \| "success" \| "info" \| "warning" \| "danger" \| "discovery"` default: `primary` The color of the button.
size	`"xs" \| "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "xl"` default: `md` The size of the button.
loadingIndicator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show when the button is in loading state.
loading	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is in loading state.
disabled	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is disabled.
fullWith	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button should take all available width.
slotClasses	`Partial<Record<IconButtonSlots, string>>` Addiitonal CSS classes to be passed to the component slots.

Slots

Name	CSS selector	Rendered element	Description
root	`.pg-button-root`	`button`	Root element
loadingIndicator	`.pg-button-loading-indicator`	`span`	Loading indicator

LinkButton

Component identifier

The name LinkButton can be used when providing default props and slot classes in the theme.

Props

Prop	Description
variant	`"solid" \| "soft" \| "inverted" \| "default" \| "dashed" \| "text" \| "link"` default: `default` The visual style of the button.
color	`"primary" \| "neutral" \| "success" \| "info" \| "warning" \| "danger" \| "discovery"` default: `primary` The color of the button.
size	`"xs" \| "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "xl"` default: `md` The size of the button.
startDecorator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show before the button content.
endDecorator	`JSX.Element \| (() => JSX.Element)` The icon to show after the button content.
disabled	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is disabled.
fullWith	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button should take all available width.
slotClasses	`Partial<Record<LinkButtonSlots, string>>` Addiitonal CSS classes to be passed to the component slots.

Slots

Name	CSS selector	Rendered element	Description
root	`.pg-link-button-root`	`a`	Root element
startDecorator	`.pg-link-button-start-decorator`	`span`	Start decorator
endDecorator	`.pg-link-button-end-decorator`	`span`	End decorator

LinkIconButton

Component identifier

LinkIconButton uses the LinkButton theme configuration.

Props

Prop	Description
aria-label	`"string"` An accessible label for the button.
variant	`"solid" \| "soft" \| "inverted" \| "default" \| "dashed" \| "text" \| "link"` default: `default` The visual style of the button.
color	`"primary" \| "neutral" \| "success" \| "info" \| "warning" \| "danger" \| "discovery"` default: `primary` The color of the button.
size	`"xs" \| "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" \| "xl"` default: `md` The size of the button.
disabled	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button is disabled.
fullWith	`boolean` default: `false` Whether the button should take all available width.
slotClasses	`Partial<Record<LinkIconButtonSlots, string>>` Addiitonal CSS classes to be passed to the component slots.

Slots

Name	CSS selector	Rendered element	Description
root	`.pg-link-button-root`	`a`	Root element