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Styles for displaying content with some of the most commonly used HTML elements, including normalization, typography, images, tables, buttons, forms, and more.

Buttons

Use Figuration's custom button styles for actions in forms, dialogs, and more. Includes support for a handful of contextual variations, sizes, states, and more.

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Examples

Figuration includes a few predefined button styles, each serving its own semantic purpose.

Conveying Meaning to Assistive Technologies

Please refer to the Accessiblity notes about conveying meaning with color.

<!-- Base button style -->
<button type="button" class="btn">Default</button>

<!-- Provides extra visual weight and identifies the primary action in a set of buttons -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Primary</button>

<!-- Secondary button context-->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Secondary</button>

<!-- Indicates a successful or positive action -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">Success</button>

<!-- Contextual button for informational alert messages -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">Info</button>

<!-- Indicates caution should be taken with this action -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning">Warning</button>

<!-- Indicates a dangerous or potentially negative action -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Danger</button>

<!-- Deemphasize a button by making it look like a link while maintaining button behavior -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>

Button Tags

The .btn classes are designed to be used with the <button> element. However, you can also use these classes on <a> or <input> elements (though some browsers may apply a slightly different rendering).

When using button classes on <a> elements that are used to trigger in-page functionality (like collapsing content), rather than linking to new pages or sections within the current page, these links should be given a role="button" to appropriately convey their purpose to assistive technologies such as screen readers.

Link
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Link</a>
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Button</button>
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="button" value="Input">
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit">
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="reset" value="Reset">

Outline Buttons

In need of a button, but not the hefty background colors they bring? Replace the default modifier classes with the .btn-outline-* ones to remove all background images and colors on any button.

<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-success">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-warning">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-danger">Danger</button>

Sizes

Fancy larger or smaller buttons? Add .btn-xs, .btn-sm, .btn-lg, or .btn-xl for additional sizes.

<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-xl">Extra Large button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-xl">Extra Large button</button>
</p>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Large button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-lg">Large button</button>
</p>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Default button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">Default button</button>
</p>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Small button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm">Small button</button>
</p>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs">Extra small button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-xs">Extra small button</button>
</p>

Create block level buttons—those that span the full width of a parent—by adding .btn-block.

<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block">Large Block level button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success btn-sm btn-block">Small Block level button</button>

Active State

Buttons will appear pressed (with a darker background, darker border, and inset shadow) when active. There's no need to add a class to <button>s as they use a pseudo-class. However, you can still force the same active appearance with .active (and include the aria-pressed="true" attribute) should you need to replicate the state programmatically.

Standard Buttons:

Outline Buttons:

<strong>Standard Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn active">Default</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary active">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary active">Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success active">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info active">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning active">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger active">Danger</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link active">Link</button>
</p>

<strong>Outline Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary active">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary active">Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-success active">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info active">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-warning active">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-danger active">Danger</button>
</p>

Disabled State

Make buttons look inactive by adding the disabled boolean attribute to any <button> element.

Standard Buttons:

Outline Buttons:

<strong>Standard Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn" disabled>Default</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" disabled>Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" disabled>Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success" disabled>Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info" disabled>Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" disabled>Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" disabled>Danger</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link" disabled>Link</button>
</p>

<strong>Outline Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary" disabled>Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" disabled>Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-success" disabled>Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info" disabled>Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-warning" disabled>Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-danger" disabled>Danger</button>
</p>

Disabled buttons using the <a> element behave a bit different:

Disabling Anchors

Please refer to the Accessiblity notes about disabled anchors.

Anchor Standard Buttons:

Default Primary Secondary Success Info Warning Danger Link

Anchor Outline Buttons:

Primary Secondary Success Info Warning Danger

<strong>Anchor Standard Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn disabled" aria-disabled="true">Default</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-primary disabled" aria-disabled="true">Primary</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-secondary disabled" aria-disabled="true">Secondary</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-success disabled" aria-disabled="true">Success</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-info disabled" aria-disabled="true">Info</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-warning disabled" aria-disabled="true">Warning</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-danger disabled" aria-disabled="true">Danger</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-link disabled" aria-disabled="true">Link</a>
</p>

<strong>Anchor Outline Buttons:</strong>
<p>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary disabled" aria-disabled="true">Primary</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary disabled" aria-disabled="true">Secondary</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-success disabled" aria-disabled="true">Success</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-info disabled" aria-disabled="true">Info</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-warning disabled" aria-disabled="true">Warning</a>
<a href="#" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-danger disabled" aria-disabled="true">Danger</a>
</p>