ButtonPrimitive

To implement ButtonPrimitive component into your project you’ll need to add the import:

import ButtonPrimitive from "@kiwicom/orbit-components/lib/primitives/ButtonPrimitive";

After adding import into your project you can use it simply like:

<ButtonPrimitive>Hello!</ButtonPrimitive>

Props

Table below contains all types of the props available in ButtonPrimitive component.

Name	Type	Default	Description
asComponent	`string \\| React.Element`	`"button"`	The component used for the root node.
ariaControls	`string`		Id of the element the button controls.
ariaExpanded	`boolean`		Tells screen reader the controlled element from `ariaControls` is expanded.
arialCurrent	`string`		Indicates whether the element represents the current item within within a container or set of related elements.
background	`string`		The background of the ButtonPrimitive on initial state.
backgroundHover	`string`		The background of the ButtonPrimitive on hover state.
backgroundActive	`string`		The background of the ButtonPrimitive on active state.
backgroundFocus	`string`		The background of the ButtonPrimitive on focus state.
boxShadow	`string`		The box-shadow of the ButtonPrimitive on initial state.
boxShadowHover	`string`		The box-shadow of the ButtonPrimitive on hover state.
boxShadowActive	`string`		The box-shadow of the ButtonPrimitive on active state.
boxShadowFocus	`string`		The box-shadow of the ButtonPrimitive on focus state.
children	`React.Node`		The content of the ButtonPrimitive. See Functional specs.
centered	`boolean`	`false`	Can only be used when `fullWidth` is true and if `iconLeft` and/or `iconRight` are defined. If `centered` prop is `true`, the Button will center everything.
circled	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the ButtonPrimitive will have circular shape.
contentAlign	`string`	`center`	The justify-content of inner container that wraps icons and the children.
contentWidth	`string`		The with of inner container that wraps the children.
dataTest	`string`		Optional prop for testing purposes.
id	`string`		Set `id` for `ButtonPrimitive`
download	`boolean \\| string`		Can only be used when `href` is defined. Adds the `download` attribute to the the anchor element.
disabled	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the ButtonPrimitive will be disabled.
external	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the ButtonPrimitive opens link in a new tab. See Functional specs
fontSize	`string`		The font-size of the ButtonPrimitive.
fontWeight	`string`		The font-weight of the ButtonPrimitive.
foreground	`string`		The color of the text inside ButtonPrimitive on initial state.
foregroundHover	`string`		The color of the text inside ButtonPrimitive on hover state.
foregroundFocus	`string`		The color of the text inside ButtonPrimitive on active state.
foregroundActive	`string`		The color of the text inside ButtonPrimitive on focus state.
fullWidth	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the ButtonPrimitive will grow up to the full width of its container.
height	`string`		The height of the ButtonPrimitive.
href	`string`		The URL of the link to open when ButtonPrimitive is clicked. See Functional specs
iconLeft	`React.Node`		The displayed icon on the left.
iconRight	`React.Node`		The displayed icon on the right.
icons	`Icons`		Object property for passing down settings for icons inside the ButtonPrimitive.
loading	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the loading glyph will be displayed and ButtonPrimitive will be disabled.
onClick	`event => void \\| Promise`		Function for handling onClick event.
padding	`string`		The inner padding of the ButtonPrimitive.
rel	`string`		Specifies the rel of an element. See Functional specs
role	`string`		Specifies the role of an element.
spaceAfter	`enum`		Additional `margin-bottom` after component.
submit	`boolean`	`false`	If `true`, the ButtonPrimitive will have `type="submit"` attribute, otherwise `type="button"`.
title	`string`		Adds `aria-label`.
tabIndex	`string \\| number`	`"0"`	Specifies the tab order of an element.
width	`string`		The width of the ButtonPrimitive. Can be any string - `100px`, `20%`.

enum

spaceAfter
`"none"`
`"smallest"`
`"small"`
`"normal"`
`"medium"`
`"large"`
`"largest"`

Icons

icons is special object property of ButtonPrimitive where you can pass settings that belongs to icons that is possible to use inside this component.

Name	Type	Description
width	`string`	The width of icons inside the ButtonPrimitive.
height	`string`	The height of icons inside the ButtonPrimitive.
leftMargin	`string`	The margin of the left icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.
rightMargin	`string`	The margin of the left icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.
foreground	`string`	The color of the icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.
foregroundHover	`string`	The color of the icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.
foregroundFocus	`string`	The color of the icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.
foregroundActive	`string`	The color of the icon inside the ButtonPrimitive.

Functional specs

When the external is specified, noopener value will be automatically added to attribute rel for security reason.

By passing the href prop into Button, it will render into a element. If you pass asComponent prop it will override this logic.

If you want to render Icon only ButtonPrimitive, you just need to let children prop empty and set up any icon you want to use.

If you want to use the asComponent prop then YourComponent should accept at least className. Otherwise it won’t be rendered with proper styling, e.g.:
```
const YourComponent = props => <div {...props} />
<ButtonPrimitive asComponent={YourComponent}>Title</ButtonPrimitive>
```
If you specify the children of YourComponent component, it will override the children prop of ButtonPrimitive component, e.g.:
```
const YourComponent = props => <div {...props}>YourComponent</div>;
```

Accessibility

A button is mainly used for indicating an action, submitting a data, opening a modal etc. If you want to use ButtonPrimitive for navigation consider using a <TextLink> for that.

Use ariaControls prop to add aria-controls attribute to establish the relationship between button and element which is controlled by it. aria-controls works only with a unique id of an element.
Use ariaExpands prop to add aria-expands to indicate screenreaders, that element controlled by button through ariaControls is expanded or not.
Use disabled prop to indicate users that button is inactive and they can’t interact with it.
Use role and tabIndex when you are rendering Button to non-actionable HTML element as div or span. However, this should be done only in edge-cases as it is anti-pattern behavior.
Use title to add aria-label when you need to add extra information to screen readers or there is no children presented to be used as label.