+++
description = "Clickable buttons"
title = "Button"
+++

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

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

## Usage

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

{{< tabs groupId="shortcode-parameter">}}
{{% tab name="shortcode" %}}

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

{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab name="partial" %}}

````go
{{ 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"
)}}
````

{{% /tab %}}
{{< /tabs >}}

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

### Parameter

| Name                  | Default         | Notes       |
|:----------------------|:----------------|:------------|
| **href**              | _&lt;empty&gt;_ | The destination URL for the button. If this parameter is not set, the button will do nothing but is still displayed as clickable. |
| **style**             | `transparent`   | The color scheme used to paint the button.<br><br>- by severity: `info`, `note`, `tip`, `warning`<br>- by brand color: `primary`, `secondary`<br>- by color: `blue`, `green`, `grey`, `orange`, `red`<br>- by special color: `default`, `transparent` |
| **icon**              | see notes       | [Font Awesome icon name]({{%relref "cont/icons#finding-an-icon" %}}) set to the left of the title. Depending on the **style** there may be a default icon. Any given value will overwrite the default.<br><br>- for severity styles: a nice matching icon for the severity<br>- for all other colors: _&lt;empty&gt;_<br><br>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 for the URL. This behaves similar to normal links. If the parameter is not given it defaults to:<br><br>- `_blank` for any address starting with `http://` or `https://`<br>- no specific value for all other links |
| _**&lt;content&gt;**_ | 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.<br><br>- for severity styles: the matching title for the severity<br>- for all other colors: _&lt;empty&gt;_<br><br>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

````go
{{%/* 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 */%}}
````

{{% 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 %}}


#### By Brand Colors

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

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

#### By Color

````go
{{%/* 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 */%}}
````

{{% 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 %}}

#### By Special Color

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

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

### Icon

#### To the Left

````go
{{%/* button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button */%}}
````

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

#### To the Right

````go
{{%/* button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" iconposition="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button */%}}
````

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

#### Override for Severity

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

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

### Target

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

### Other

#### Severity Style with all Defaults

````go
{{%/* button href="https://gohugo.io/" style="tip" %}}{{% /button */%}}
````

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

#### Button to internal page

````go
{{%/* button href="/" %}}Home{{% /button */%}}
````

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