button

md-button

md-button is an HTML <button> or <a> tag enhanced with styling and animation to match the spec of a Material Design button.

Button types

There are four types of buttons:

1. Flat buttons - md-button
   • Rectangular button
   • Defaults to white background
   • No box shadow
2. Raised buttons - md-raised-button
   • Rectangular button
   • Defaults to white background
   • Box shadow applied
3. Floating Action Buttons (FABs) - md-fab
   • Circular button
   • Defaults background to "accent" palette defined in theme
   • Box shadow applied
   • 56 by 56 px
4. Mini Floating Action Buttons (Mini FABs) - md-mini-fab
   • Circular button
   • Defaults background to "accent" palette defined in theme
   • Box shadow applied
   • 40 by 40 px

Each is an attribute directive that you can add to a button or a tag. You can provide custom content to the button by inserting it between the tags, as you would with a normal button.

Example:

<button md-button>FLAT</button>
<button md-raised-button>RAISED</button>
<button md-fab>
   <i class="material-icons md-24">add</i>
</button>
<button md-mini-fab>
   <i class="material-icons md-24">add</i>
</button>

Output:

Theming

All button types can be themed to match your "primary" palette, your "accent" palette, or your "warn" palette using the color attribute. Simply pass in the palette name.

In flat buttons, the palette chosen will affect the text color, while in other buttons, it affects the background.

Example:

<button md-raised-button color="primary">PRIMARY</button>
<button md-raised-button color="accent">ACCENT</button>
<button md-raised-button color="warn">WARN</button>

Output:

Disabling

You can disable any button type through the native disabled property. You can add it directly, or bind it to a property on your component class.

<button md-button disabled>off</button>
<button md-raised-button [disabled]="isDisabled">off</button>
<button md-mini-fab [disabled]="isDisabled">check circle</button>

Output:

Accessibility

• In high contrast mode, a strong border is added to the button to make it easier to see.
• Button focus events originating from the keyboard will retain focus styles, while button focus events from the mouse will not.
• As md-button is added to an existing button or a tag, it enjoys all the accessibility natively built into these elements.

Upcoming work

We will also be adding ink ripples to buttons in an upcoming milestone.

API Summary

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
color	`"primary"	"accent"
disabled	boolean	Whether or not the button is disabled