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This component utilizes Button from React-Bootstrap and extends it with an ability to add icons before and after button label, see below for usage example.
See React-Bootstrap for additional documentation.

Core Buttons

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.medium.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack gap={2} direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }>
      <Button variant="brand">Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="outline-brand">Outline Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="primary">Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="outline-primary">Outline Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="tertiary">Tertiary</Button>
    </Stack>
)}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.medium.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack gap={2} direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }>
      <Button variant="brand">Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="outline-brand">Outline Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="primary">Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="outline-primary">Outline Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="tertiary">Tertiary</Button>
    </Stack>
)}

Core Buttons (Inverse Pallete)

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.medium.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="bg-dark-700 p-4"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="inverse-brand">Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-outline-brand">Outline Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-primary">Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-outline-primary">Outline Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-tertiary">Tertiary</Button>
    </Stack>
)}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.medium.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="bg-dark-700 p-4"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="inverse-brand">Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-outline-brand">Outline Brand</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-primary">Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-outline-primary">Outline Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="inverse-tertiary">Tertiary</Button>
    </Stack>
)}

Utility Buttons

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="success">Success</Button>
        <Button variant="danger">Danger</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-success">Success</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-danger">Danger</Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="link">Link</Button>
        <Button variant="light">Light</Button>
        <Button variant="dark">Dark</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-light">Light</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-dark">Dark</Button>
      </Stack>
    </>
)}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="success">Success</Button>
        <Button variant="danger">Danger</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-success">Success</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-danger">Danger</Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="link">Link</Button>
        <Button variant="light">Light</Button>
        <Button variant="dark">Dark</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-light">Light</Button>
        <Button variant="outline-dark">Dark</Button>
      </Stack>
    </>
)}

Size

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="primary" size="lg">
          Large button
        </Button>
        <Button variant="outline-primary" size="lg">
          Large button
        </Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="primary" size="sm">
          Small button
        </Button>
        <Button variant="outline-primary" size="sm">
          Small button
        </Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="link" size="inline">Inline button</Button>
        <Button variant="link" size="inline">Inline button</Button>
      </Stack>
    </>
  )
}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="primary" size="lg">
          Large button
        </Button>
        <Button variant="outline-primary" size="lg">
          Large button
        </Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="primary" size="sm">
          Small button
        </Button>
        <Button variant="outline-primary" size="sm">
          Small button
        </Button>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        className="mb-2"
        gap={2}
        direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
      >
        <Button variant="link" size="inline">Inline button</Button>
        <Button variant="link" size="inline">Inline button</Button>
      </Stack>
    </>
  )
}

When to use the inline size

Use inline size buttons for when a button sits with a line of text.

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<p>
  <span className="mr-1">2 items selected.</span>
  <Button variant="link" size="inline" className="mr-1">Select all</Button>
  <Button variant="link" size="inline">Clear</Button>
</p>

<p>
  <span className="mr-1">2 items selected.</span>
  <Button variant="link" size="inline" className="mr-1">Select all</Button>
  <Button variant="link" size="inline">Clear</Button>
</p>

Block Buttons

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<>
  <Button variant="primary" size="lg" block>
    Block level button
  </Button>
  <Button variant="secondary" size="lg" block>
    Block level button
  </Button>
</>

<>
  <Button variant="primary" size="lg" block>
    Block level button
  </Button>
  <Button variant="secondary" size="lg" block>
    Block level button
  </Button>
</>

Disabled

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>Primary disabled</Button>
      <Button variant="secondary" disabled>Secondary disabled</Button>
      <Button as="a" href="https://edx.org" disabled>Link disabled</Button>
    </Stack>
    )
}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>Primary disabled</Button>
      <Button variant="secondary" disabled>Secondary disabled</Button>
      <Button as="a" href="https://edx.org" disabled>Link disabled</Button>
    </Stack>
    )
}

With empty href

For link to be disabled, it must have href defined with some value.

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button as="a" disabled>No href</Button>
      <Button as="a" href="" disabled>Empty string href</Button>
    </Stack>
  )
}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.extraSmall.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button as="a" disabled>No href</Button>
      <Button as="a" href="" disabled>Empty string href</Button>
    </Stack>
  )
}

With Icons before or after

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() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.large.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="brand" iconBefore={ArrowBack}>
        Brand
      </Button>
      <Button variant="outline-brand" iconAfter={ArrowDropDown}>
        Outline Brand
      </Button>
      <Button variant="primary" iconBefore={Remove} iconAfter={Add}>
        Primary
      </Button>
      <Button variant="outline-primary" iconBefore={Highlight}>
        Outline Primary
      </Button>
      <Button variant="tertiary" iconAfter={Add}>
        Tertiary
      </Button>
    </Stack>
  )
}

() => {
  const isExtraSmall = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: breakpoints.large.maxWidth });

  return (
    <Stack
      className="mb-2"
      gap={2}
      direction={ isExtraSmall ? "vertical" : "horizontal" }
    >
      <Button variant="brand" iconBefore={ArrowBack}>
        Brand
      </Button>
      <Button variant="outline-brand" iconAfter={ArrowDropDown}>
        Outline Brand
      </Button>
      <Button variant="primary" iconBefore={Remove} iconAfter={Add}>
        Primary
      </Button>
      <Button variant="outline-primary" iconBefore={Highlight}>
        Outline Primary
      </Button>
      <Button variant="tertiary" iconAfter={Add}>
        Tertiary
      </Button>
    </Stack>
  )
}

Stateful buttons

To implement loading state using a Button component, the StatefulButton component is available for use.
This specialized component is designed to seamlessly manage and display boot states, providing a more efficient and user-friendly experience.

Theme Variables#

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Props API#

Button Props API

This is a pass through component from React-Bootstrap, see original props documentation here.

className string
Specifies class name to apply to the button
disabled bool
Disables the Button, preventing mouse events, even if the underlying component is an <a> element
Defaultfalse
children node
Specifies the text that is displayed within the button.
onClick func
A function that would specify what the button should do when the onClick event is triggered. For example, the button could launch a Modal. The default is an empty function.
onKeyDown func
A function that would specify what the button should do when the onKeyDown event is triggered. For example, this could handle using the Escape key to trigger the button's action. The default is an empty function.
type string
Used to set the type attribute on the button tag. The default type is button.
variant string
Specifies variant to use. Can be on of the base variants: primary, secondary, success, danger, warning, info, dark, light, link
as well as one of the customized variants (= base variant prefixed with inverse-, outline- or inverse-outline-)
iconBefore PropTypes.elementType as Requireable<React.ComponentType>
An icon component to render. Example import of a Paragon icon component: import { Check } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
iconAfter PropTypes.elementType as Requireable<React.ComponentType>
An icon component to render. Example import of a Paragon icon component: import { Check } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';

Usage Insights#

Button

	Project Name	Paragon Version	Instance Count
	edx-ora2	21.13.1	2
	edx-platform	2.6.4	38
	frontend-app-account	22.10.0	21
	frontend-app-admin-portal	21.13.1	161
	frontend-app-authn	22.11.2	5
	frontend-app-communications	22.7.0	6
	frontend-app-course-authoring	22.8.1	207
	teams	22.8.1	3
	frontend-app-discussions	22.7.0	24
	frontend-app-ecommerce	20.46.3	3
	frontend-app-enterprise-public-catalog	21.13.1	7
	frontend-app-gradebook	22.8.1	9
	frontend-app-learner-dashboard	22.9.0	22
	frontend-app-learner-portal-enterprise	21.13.1	68
	frontend-app-learner-portal-programs	21.13.1	2
	frontend-app-learner-record	22.10.0	12
	frontend-app-learning	22.10.0	45
	frontend-app-library-authoring	21.11.3	30
	frontend-app-ora-grading	21.11.3	17
	frontend-app-payment	22.9.0	3
	frontend-app-profile	22.10.0	3
	frontend-app-publisher	21.13.1	1
	frontend-app-support-tools	21.13.1	48
	frontend-component-header-edx	21.13.1	6
	frontend-component-header	22.10.0	2
	catalog-search	21.13.1	5
	frontend-learner-portal-base	12.2.0	1
	frontend-lib-special-exams	22.7.0	23
	frontend-platform	22.8.1	1
	prospectus	20.46.2	35
	studio-frontend	3.4.8	14

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Contents

Core Buttons
Core Buttons (Inverse Pallete)
Utility Buttons
Size
- When to use the inline size
Block Buttons
Stateful buttons
Theme Variables
Props API
Usage Insights