Buttons
Buttons help people initiate actions, from sending an email, to sharing a document, to liking a post.
There are five types of common buttons: elevated, filled, filled tonal, outlined, and text.
Interactive Demo
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Types
Link to “Types”Usage
Link to “Usage”Buttons have label text that describes the action that will occur if a user taps a button.
<md-outlined-button>Back</md-outlined-button>
<md-filled-button>Complete</md-filled-button>Icon
Link to “Icon”An icon may optionally be added to a button to help communicate the button's action and help draw attention.
<md-filled-tonal-button>
Send
<svg slot="icon" viewBox="0 0 48 48"><path d="M6 40V8l38 16Zm3-4.65L36.2 24 9 12.5v8.4L21.1 24 9 27Zm0 0V12.5 27Z"/></svg>
</md-filled-tonal-button>
<md-text-button trailing-icon>
Open
<svg slot="icon" viewBox="0 0 48 48"><path d="M9 42q-1.2 0-2.1-.9Q6 40.2 6 39V9q0-1.2.9-2.1Q7.8 6 9 6h13.95v3H9v30h30V25.05h3V39q0 1.2-.9 2.1-.9.9-2.1.9Zm10.1-10.95L17 28.9 36.9 9H25.95V6H42v16.05h-3v-10.9Z"/></svg>
</md-text-button>Accessibility
Link to “Accessibility”Add an aria-label attribute to buttons whose labels need a more descriptive label.
<md-elevated-button aria-label="Add a new contact">Add</md-elevated-button>Focusable and disabled
Link to “Focusable and disabled”By default, disabled buttons are not focusable with the keyboard, while "soft-disabled" buttons are. Some use cases encourage focusability of disabled toolbar items to increase their discoverability.
See the ARIA guidelines on focusability of disabled controls for guidance on when this is recommended.
<div role="toolbar">
<md-text-button>Copy</md-text-button>
<md-text-button>Cut</md-text-button>
<!--
This button is disabled but kept focusable to improve its discoverability
in the toolbar.
-->
<md-text-button soft-disabled>Paste</md-text-button>
</div>Elevated button
Link to “Elevated button”Elevated buttons are essentially filled tonal buttons with a shadow. To prevent shadow creep, only use them when absolutely necessary, such as when the button requires visual separation from a patterned background.
<md-elevated-button>Elevated</md-elevated-button>Filled button
Link to “Filled button”Filled buttons have the most visual impact after the FAB, and should be used for important, final actions that complete a flow, like Save, Join now, or Confirm.
<md-filled-button>Filled</md-filled-button>Filled tonal button
Link to “Filled tonal button”A filled tonal button is an alternative middle ground between filled and outlined buttons. They're useful in contexts where a lower-priority button requires slightly more emphasis than an outline would give, such as "Next" in an onboarding flow.
<md-filled-tonal-button>Tonal</md-filled-tonal-button>Outlined button
Link to “Outlined button”Outlined buttons are medium-emphasis buttons. They contain actions that are important, but aren’t the primary action in an app.
<md-outlined-button>Outlined</md-outlined-button>Text button
Link to “Text button”Text buttons are used for the lowest priority actions, especially when presenting multiple options.
<md-text-button>Text</md-text-button>Theming
Link to “Theming”Button supports Material theming and can be customized in terms of color, typography, and shape.
Elevated button tokens
Link to “Elevated button tokens”| Token | Default value |
|---|---|
--md-elevated-button-container-color | --md-sys-color-surface |
--md-elevated-button-container-shape | --md-sys-shape-corner-full |
--md-elevated-button-label-text-color | --md-sys-color-on-surface |
--md-elevated-button-label-text-font | --md-sys-typescale-label-large-font |
Elevated button example
Link to “Elevated button example”<style>
:root {
--md-elevated-button-container-shape: 0px;
--md-elevated-button-label-text-font: system-ui;
--md-sys-color-surface-container-low: #FAFDFC;
--md-sys-color-primary: #191C1C;
}
</style>
<md-elevated-button>Elevated</md-elevated-button>Filled button tokens
Link to “Filled button tokens”| Token | Default value |
|---|---|
--md-filled-button-container-color | --md-sys-color-primary |
--md-filled-button-container-shape | --md-sys-shape-corner-full |
--md-filled-button-label-text-color | --md-sys-color-on-primary |
--md-filled-button-label-text-font | --md-sys-typescale-label-large-font |
Filled button example
Link to “Filled button example”<style>
:root {
--md-filled-button-container-shape: 0px;
--md-filled-button-label-text-font: system-ui;
--md-sys-color-primary: #006A6A;
--md-sys-color-on-primary: #FFFFFF;
}
</style>
<md-filled-button>Filled</md-filled-button>Filled tonal button tokens
Link to “Filled tonal button tokens”| Token | Default value |
|---|---|
--md-filled-tonal-button-container-color | --md-sys-color-secondary-container |
--md-filled-tonal-button-container-shape | --md-sys-shape-corner-full |
--md-filled-tonal-button-label-text-color | --md-sys-color-on-secondary-container |
--md-filled-tonal-button-label-text-font | --md-sys-typescale-label-large-font |
Filled tonal button example
Link to “Filled tonal button example”<style>
:root {
--md-filled-tonal-button-container-shape: 0px;
--md-filled-tonal-button-label-text-font: system-ui;
--md-sys-color-secondary-container: #CCE8E7;
--md-sys-color-on-secondary-container: #051F1F;
}
</style>
<md-filled-tonal-button>Tonal</md-filled-tonal-button>Outlined button tokens
Link to “Outlined button tokens”| Token | Default value |
|---|---|
--md-outlined-button-outline-color | --md-sys-color-outline |
--md-outlined-button-container-shape | --md-sys-shape-corner-full |
--md-outlined-button-label-text-color | --md-sys-color-primary |
--md-outlined-button-label-text-font | --md-sys-typescale-label-large-font |
Outlined button example
Link to “Outlined button example”<style>
:root {
--md-outlined-button-container-shape: 0px;
--md-outlined-button-label-text-font: system-ui;
--md-sys-color-primary: #006A6A;
--md-sys-color-outline: #6F7979;
}
</style>
<md-outlined-button>Outlined</md-outlined-button>Text button tokens
Link to “Text button tokens”| Token | Default value |
|---|---|
--md-text-button-label-text-color | --md-sys-color-primary |
--md-text-button-label-text-font | --md-sys-typescale-label-large-font |
Text button example
Link to “Text button example”<style>
:root {
--md-text-button-label-text-font: system-ui;
--md-sys-color-primary: #006A6A;
}
</style>
<md-text-button>Text</md-text-button>MdElevatedButton <md-elevated-button>
Link to “MdElevatedButton <md-elevated-button>” Properties
Link to “Properties”| Property | Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
disabled | disabled | boolean | false | Whether or not the button is disabled. |
softDisabled | soft-disabled | boolean | false | Whether the button is "soft-disabled" (disabled but still focusable). |
href | href | string | '' | The URL that the link button points to. |
target | target | string | '' | Where to display the linked href URL for a link button. Common options include _blank to open in a new tab. |
trailingIcon | trailing-icon | boolean | false | Whether to render the icon at the inline end of the label rather than the inline start. Note: Link buttons cannot have trailing icons. |
hasIcon | has-icon | boolean | false | Whether to display the icon or not. |
type | type | string | 'submit' | The default behavior of the button. May be "button", "reset", or "submit" (default). |
value | value | string | '' | The value added to a form with the button's name when the button submits a form. |
name | string | undefined | ||
form | HTMLFormElement | undefined |
MdFilledButton <md-filled-button>
Link to “MdFilledButton <md-filled-button>” Properties
Link to “Properties”| Property | Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
disabled | disabled | boolean | false | Whether or not the button is disabled. |
href | href | string | '' | The URL that the link button points to. |
target | target | string | '' | Where to display the linked href URL for a link button. Common options include _blank to open in a new tab. |
trailingIcon | trailing-icon | boolean | false | Whether to render the icon at the inline end of the label rather than the inline start. Note: Link buttons cannot have trailing icons. |
hasIcon | has-icon | boolean | false | Whether to display the icon or not. |
type | type | string | 'submit' | The default behavior of the button. May be "button", "reset", or "submit" (default). |
value | value | string | '' | The value added to a form with the button's name when the button submits a form. |
name | string | undefined | ||
form | HTMLFormElement | undefined |
MdFilledTonalButton <md-filled-tonal-button>
Link to “MdFilledTonalButton <md-filled-tonal-button>” Properties
Link to “Properties”| Property | Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
disabled | disabled | boolean | false | Whether or not the button is disabled. |
href | href | string | '' | The URL that the link button points to. |
target | target | string | '' | Where to display the linked href URL for a link button. Common options include _blank to open in a new tab. |
trailingIcon | trailing-icon | boolean | false | Whether to render the icon at the inline end of the label rather than the inline start. Note: Link buttons cannot have trailing icons. |
hasIcon | has-icon | boolean | false | Whether to display the icon or not. |
type | type | string | 'submit' | The default behavior of the button. May be "button", "reset", or "submit" (default). |
value | value | string | '' | The value added to a form with the button's name when the button submits a form. |
name | string | undefined | ||
form | HTMLFormElement | undefined |
MdOutlinedButton <md-outlined-button>
Link to “MdOutlinedButton <md-outlined-button>” Properties
Link to “Properties”| Property | Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
disabled | disabled | boolean | false | Whether or not the button is disabled. |
href | href | string | '' | The URL that the link button points to. |
target | target | string | '' | Where to display the linked href URL for a link button. Common options include _blank to open in a new tab. |
trailingIcon | trailing-icon | boolean | false | Whether to render the icon at the inline end of the label rather than the inline start. Note: Link buttons cannot have trailing icons. |
hasIcon | has-icon | boolean | false | Whether to display the icon or not. |
type | type | string | 'submit' | The default behavior of the button. May be "button", "reset", or "submit" (default). |
value | value | string | '' | The value added to a form with the button's name when the button submits a form. |
name | string | undefined | ||
form | HTMLFormElement | undefined |
MdTextButton <md-text-button>
Link to “MdTextButton <md-text-button>” Properties
Link to “Properties”| Property | Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
disabled | disabled | boolean | false | Whether or not the button is disabled. |
href | href | string | '' | The URL that the link button points to. |
target | target | string | '' | Where to display the linked href URL for a link button. Common options include _blank to open in a new tab. |
trailingIcon | trailing-icon | boolean | false | Whether to render the icon at the inline end of the label rather than the inline start. Note: Link buttons cannot have trailing icons. |
hasIcon | has-icon | boolean | false | Whether to display the icon or not. |
type | type | string | 'submit' | The default behavior of the button. May be "button", "reset", or "submit" (default). |
value | value | string | '' | The value added to a form with the button's name when the button submits a form. |
name | string | undefined | ||
form | HTMLFormElement | undefined |