How to create bootstrap buttons

Today, We will learn how to create bootstrap buttons. We will use Bootstrap custom button styles for actions in forms, dialogs, and more. Includes support for a handful of contextual variations, sizes, states, and more. Read more: How to create Bootstrap Jumbotron and where to use

When using button classes on <a> elements that are used to trigger in-page functionality (like collapsing content), rather than linking to new pages or sections within the current page, these links should be given a role=”button” to appropriately convey their purpose to assistive technologies such as screen readers.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Button Styles</h2>
  <button type="button" class="btn">Basic</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Primary</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Secondary</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-success">Success</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-info">Info</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-warning">Warning</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Danger</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-dark">Dark</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-light">Light</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>      
</div>

</body>
</html>
Bootstrap button

The button classes can be used on <a><button>, or <input> elements:

<a href="#" class="btn btn-info" role="button">Link Button</a>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">Button</button>
<input type="button" class="btn btn-info" value="Input Button">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-info" value="Submit Button">

Bootstrap Button Outline

Bootstrap 4 provides eight outline/bordered buttons:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Button Outline</h2>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary">Primary</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Secondary</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-success">Success</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-info">Info</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-warning">Warning</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-danger">Danger</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-dark">Dark</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-light text-dark">Light</button>
</div>

</body>
</html>
Bootstrap button outline

Bootstrap Button Sizes

Use the .btn-lg class for large buttons or .btn-sm class for small buttons:

<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Large</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Default</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Small</button>
Bootstrap button size

Bootstrap Active/Disabled Buttons

A button can be set to an active (appear pressed) or a disabled (unclickable) state:

The class .active makes a button appear pressed, and the disabled the attribute makes a button unclickable. Note that <a> elements do not support the disabled attribute and must therefore use the .disabled class to make it visually appear disabled.

<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary active">Active Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" disabled>Disabled Primary</button>
<a href="#" class="btn btn-primary disabled">Disabled Link</a>

Bootstrap Spinner Buttons

You can also add “spinners” to a button

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Spinner Buttons</h2>
  <p>Add spinners to buttons:</p>
                                        
  <button class="btn btn-primary">
    <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm"></span>
  </button>

  <button class="btn btn-primary">
    <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm"></span>
    Loading..
  </button>
  
  <button class="btn btn-primary" disabled>
    <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm"></span>
    Loading..
  </button>
  
  <button class="btn btn-primary" disabled>
    <span class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm"></span>
    Loading..
  </button>
</div>

</body>
</html>
Bootstrap spiner button

One thought on “How to create bootstrap buttons

Leave a Reply