Buttons are some of those things that are used over and over on a website. For this reason it makes sense to create a new component for it.
- Inside components create a new folder called button
- Inside the button folder create a new file called button.json
- Inside button.json add the following code:
{% tabs %} {% tab title="button.json" %}
{
"button": {
"text": "Hi, I'm a button",
"url": "",
"modifier": ""
}
}
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
We created an object called button
and added several properties or attributes such as text
, url
, and modifier
. By now we've seen this kind of data structure on other components.
- Inside the button folder create a new file called button.twig
- Inside
button.twig
add the following code:
{% tabs %} {% tab title="button.twig" %}
{% if button.url %}
<a href="{{ button.url }}" class="button{{ button.modifier ? ' ' ~ button.modifier }}">
{{ button.text }}
</a>
{% else %}
<button class="button{{ button.modifier ? ' ' ~ button.modifier }}">
{{ button.text }}
</button>
{% endif %}
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
- We've added some logic to the button to ensure we render the right HTML element based on the data we receive. For example, if a URL is passed, we use an
<a>
tag with the class of button, otherwise we use a<button>
tag. We always want to make sure we use proper semantic markup for accessibility and for the task at hand. An<a>
tag will allow us to link to another page or a section within the same page, whereas a<button>
element will allow us to perform an action such as submit content.
- Inside the
button
folder create a new file called button.scss - Inside
button.scss
add the following code:
{% tabs %} {% tab title="button.scss" %}
// Import site utilities
@import '../../global/utils/init';
.button {
background-color: $color-navy-blue;
border: 2px solid $color-navy-blue;
color: $color-white;
display: inline-block;
line-height: 1.3;
padding: 15px 40px;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
// Hover and focus states for base button
&:hover,
&:focus {
color: $color-white;
}
// Styles for white button with gray outline.
&.button--ghost {
background-color: transparent;
border: 2px solid $color-gray-dark;
color: $color-gray-dark;
padding: 8px 30px;
// Hover and focus styles for ghost button.
&:hover,
&:focus {
color: $color-gray-dark;
}
}
}
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
- Some basic css styles to make our button look decent. We can probably improve them but for now this will do.
Now that the Button component is done, let's compile the code so we can see it in Pattern Lab. If you already have Pattern Lab running you should see the new Button component. Otherwise, run the following command in your command line and press Return
npm run watch