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title: Button
lang: en-US
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# Button

Commonly used button.

## Basic usage

:::demo Use `type`, `plain`, `round` and `circle` to define Button's style.

button/basic

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## Disabled Button

The `disabled` attribute determines if the button is disabled.

:::demo Use `disabled` attribute to determine whether a button is disabled. It accepts a `Boolean` value.

button/disabled

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## Text Button

Buttons without border and background.

:::demo

button/text

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## Icon Button

Use icons to add more meaning to Button. You can use icon alone to save some space, or use it with text.

:::demo Use the `icon` attribute to add icon. You can find the icon list in Element Plus icon component. Adding icons to the right side of the text is achievable with an `<i>` tag. Custom icons can be used as well.

button/icon

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## Button Group

Displayed as a button group, can be used to group a series of similar operations.

:::demo Use tag `<el-button-group>` to group your buttons.

button/group

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## Loading Button

Click the button to load data, then the button displays a loading state.

Set `loading` attribute to `true` to display loading state.

:::tip

You can use the `loading` slot or `loadingIcon` to customize your loading component

ps: `loading` slot has higher priority than loadingIcon

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:::demo

button/loading

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## Sizes

Besides default size, Button component provides three additional sizes for you to choose among different scenarios.

:::demo Use attribute `size` to set additional sizes with `large`, `small`.

button/size

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## Custom Color <el-tag>beta</el-tag>

You can custom button color.

We will calculate hover color & active color automatically.

:::demo

button/custom

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## Button Attributes

| Attribute         | Description                                                 | Type               | Accepted Values                                    | Default |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| size              | button size                                                 | string             | large / default /small                             | —       |
| type              | button type                                                 | string             | primary / success / warning / danger / info / text | —       |
| plain             | determine whether it's a plain button                       | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| round             | determine whether it's a round button                       | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| circle            | determine whether it's a circle button                      | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| loading           | determine whether it's loading                              | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| loading-icon      | customize loading icon component                            | string / Component | —                                                  | Loading |
| disabled          | disable the button                                          | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| icon              | icon component                                              | string / Component | —                                                  | —       |
| autofocus         | same as native button's `autofocus`                         | boolean            | —                                                  | false   |
| native-type       | same as native button's `type`                              | string             | button / submit / reset                            | button  |
| auto-insert-space | automatically insert a space between two chinese characters | boolean            |                                                    | —       |

## Button Slots

| Name    | Description                 |
| ------- | --------------------------- |
| —       | customize default content   |
| loading | customize loading component |
| icon    | customize icon component    |

## Button-Group Attributes

| Attribute | Description                                      | Type   | Accepted Values       | Default |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | --------------------- | ------- |
| size      | control the size of buttons in this button-group | string | same as button's size | —       |
| type      | control the type of buttons in this button-group | string | same as button's type | —       |

## Button-Group Slots

| Name | Description                    | Subtags |
| ---- | ------------------------------ | ------- |
| -    | customize button group content | Button  |