Button

The button shortcode displays a clickable button with adjustable color, title and icon.

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Usage

While the examples are using shortcodes with named parameter you are free to also call this shortcode from your own partials.

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="warning" icon="dragon" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}

{{ partial "shortcodes/button.html" (dict
    "context" .
    "href" "https://gohugo.io/"
    "content" "Get Hugo"
)}}
{{ partial "shortcodes/button.html" (dict
  "context" .
  "href" "https://gohugo.io/"
  "style" "warning"
  "icon" "dragon"
  "content" "Get Hugo"
)}}

Once the button is clicked, it opens another browser tab for the given URL.

Parameter

Name Default Notes
href <empty> Either the destination URL for the button or JavaScript code to be executed on click. If this parameter is not set, the button will do nothing but is still displayed as clickable.

- if starting with javascript: all following text will be executed in your browser
- every other string will be interpreted as URL
style transparent The color scheme used to paint the button.

- by severity: info, note, tip, warning
- by brand color: primary, secondary
- by color: blue, green, grey, orange, red
- by special color: default, transparent
icon see notes Font Awesome icon name set to the left of the title. Depending on the style there may be a default icon. Any given value will overwrite the default.

- for severity styles: a nice matching icon for the severity
- for all other colors: <empty>

If you want no icon for a severity style, you have to set this parameter to " " (a non empty string filled with spaces)
iconposition left Places the icon to the left or right of the title.
target see notes The destination frame/window if href is an URL. Otherwise the parameter is not used. This behaves similar to normal links. If the parameter is not given it defaults to:

- the setting of externalLinkTarget or _blank if not set, for any address starting with http:// or https://
- no specific value for all other links
type see notes The button type if href is JavaScript. Otherwise the parameter is not used. If the parameter is not given it defaults to button
<content> see notes Arbitrary text for the button title. Depending on the style there may be a default title. Any given value will overwrite the default.

- for severity styles: the matching title for the severity
- for all other colors: <empty>

If you want no title for a severity style, you have to set this parameter to " " (a non empty string filled with spaces)

Examples

Style

By Severity

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="info" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="note" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="tip" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="warning" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}

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By Brand Colors

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="primary" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="secondary" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}

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By Color

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="blue" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="green" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="grey" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="orange" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="red" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}

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By Special Color

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="default" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="transparent" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}

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Icon

To the Left

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
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To the Right

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" iconposition="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
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Override for Severity

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="dragon" style="warning" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
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Target

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" target="_self" %}}Get Hugo in same window{{% /button %}}
{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" %}}Get Hugo in new Window/Frame (default){{% /button %}}

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Other

Severity Style with All Defaults

{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="tip" %}}{{% /button %}}
Tip

Button to Internal Page

{{% button href="/" %}}Home{{% /button %}}
Home

Button with JavaScript Action

If your JavaScript action does not change the focus afterwards, make sure to call this.blur() in the end to unselect the button.

{{% button style="primary" icon="bullhorn" href="javascript:alert('Hello world!');this.blur();" %}}Shout it out{{% /button %}}

Button within a form Element

To use native HTML elements in your Markdown, add this in your config.toml

[markup.goldmark.renderer]
    unsafe = true

<form action="../../search.html" method="get">
  <input name="search-by-detail" class="search-by" type="search">
  {{% button type="submit" style="secondary" icon="search" %}}Search{{% /button %}}
</form>