Button Group

Basic Example

Wrap a series of buttons with .btn in .btn-group.

<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Basic example">
  <button type="button" class="btn">Left</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn">Middle</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn">Right</button>
</div>

A button group can also be used with links, as an alternative to the .nav navigation components.

<div class="btn-group">
  <a href="#" class="btn btn-outline-info active" aria-current="page">Active link</a>
  <a href="#" class="btn btn-outline-info">Link</a>
  <a href="#" class="btn btn-outline-info">Link</a>
</div>

Mixed Styles

<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Basic example">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-warning">Left</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Middle</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-success">Right</button>
</div>

Outline Styles

<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Basic example">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info">Left</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info">Middle</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info">Right</button>
</div>

Checkbox and Radio Button Groups

Button groups can also be a great way to associate checkbox and radio input button controls together.

<div class="btn-group">
  <div class="btn-check">
    <input id="radio2-0" type="radio" name="radio2" class="btn-check-input" checked>
    <label for="radio2-0" class="btn btn-outline-info">Radio 1</label>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-check">
    <input id="radio2-1" type="radio" name="radio2" class="btn-check-input">
    <label for="radio2-1" class="btn btn-outline-info">Radio 2</label>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-check">
    <input id="radio2-2" type="radio" name="radio2" class="btn-check-input" disabled>
    <label for="radio2-2" class="btn btn-outline-info">Radio 3</label>
  </div>
</div>

Button Toolbar

Combine sets of button groups into button toolbars for more complex components. Use utility classes as needed to space out groups, buttons, and more.

<div class="btn-toolbar mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
  <div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
    <button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="Second group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">5</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">6</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">7</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Third group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">8</button>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="btn-toolbar flex-between" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
  <div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
    <button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="Second group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">5</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">6</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">7</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Third group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">8</button>
  </div>
</div>

With Input Groups

Mix input groups with button groups in your toolbars. Similar to the example above, you may need some utilities classes to space things out.

<div class="btn-toolbar mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
  <div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
    <button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
  </div>
  <div class="input-group">
    <span class="input-group-text" id="btnGroupAddon">@</span>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Input group example" aria-label="Input group example" aria-describedby="btnGroupAddon">
  </div>
</div>

<div class="btn-toolbar flex-between mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
  <div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="First group">
    <button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
    <button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
  </div>
  <div class="input-group">
    <span class="input-group-text" id="btnGroupAddon2">@</span>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Input group example" aria-label="Input group example" aria-describedby="btnGroupAddon2">
  </div>
</div>

Sizing

Instead of applying button sizing classes to every button in a group, just add .btn-group-* to each .btn-group, including each one when nesting multiple groups.

<div class="btn-group btn-group-xlarge" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-large" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-small" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-xsmall" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>

Nesting

Place a .btn-group within another .btn-group when you want dropdown menus mixed with a series of buttons. You can add .btn-group-end to the toggle button to keep its border-radius from being reset.

<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Button group with nested dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn">2</button>

  <div class="btn-group" role="group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-group-end" data-cfw="dropdown">
      Dropdown
      <span class="caret" aria-hidden="true"></span>
    </button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Dropdown link</a></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Dropdown link</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

Vertical Variation

Make a set of buttons appear vertically stacked rather than horizontally. Split button dropdowns are not supported here.

<div class="btn-group-vertical">
  ...
</div>

Tooltips and Popovers

Due to their specific implementation (and some other components), a bit of special casing is required for tooltips and popovers within button groups. You'll have to specify the option container: 'body' to avoid unwanted side effects (such as the element growing wider and/or losing its rounded corners when the tooltip or popover is triggered).

<div class="btn-toolbar" role="group" aria-label="Toolbar with tooltip buttons">
  <div class="btn-group me-1">
    <button type="button" class="btn" data-cfw="tooltip" data-cfw-tooltip-title="I have a long sentence to be crushed inside a tooltip.">Tooltip</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group">
    <button type="button" class="btn" data-cfw="tooltip" data-cfw-tooltip-title="I have a long sentence that is not crushed because this tooltip uses the container option." data-cfw-tooltip-container="body">Tooltip container</button>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="btn-toolbar" role="group" aria-label="Toolbar with popover buttons">
  <div class="btn-group me-1">
    <button type="button" class="btn" data-cfw="popover" data-cfw-popover-title="Popover title" data-cfw-popover-content="I have a long sentence to be crushed inside a popover.">Popover</button>
  </div>
  <div class="btn-group">
    <button type="button" class="btn" data-cfw="popover" data-cfw-popover-title="Popover title" data-cfw-popover-content="I have a long sentence that is not crushed because this popover uses the container option." data-cfw-popover-container="body">Popover container</button>
  </div>
</div>

Accessibility

Ensure correct role and provide a label

In order for assistive technologies (such as screen readers) to convey that a series of buttons is grouped, an appropriate role attribute needs to be provided. For button groups, this would be role="group", while toolbars should have a role="toolbar".

In addition, groups and toolbars should be given an explicit label, as most assistive technologies will otherwise not announce them, despite the presence of the correct role attribute. In the examples provided here, we use aria-label, but alternatives such as aria-labelledby can also be used.

SASS Reference

Variables

The available Customization options, or Sass variables, that can be customized for the button group component.

Mixins

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