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Button Group

sl-button-group

Button groups can be used to group related buttons into sections.

Examples

Basic Button Group

Left Center Right 
<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button>Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button>Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button>Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button Left
  sl-button Center
  sl-button Right

Button Sizes

All button sizes are supported, but avoid mixing sizes within the same button group.

Left Center Right

Left Center Right

Left Center Right 
<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="small">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="small">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="small">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="medium">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="medium">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="medium">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="large">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="large">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="large">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="small" Left
  sl-button size="small" Center
  sl-button size="small" Right
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sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="medium" Left
  sl-button size="medium" Center
  sl-button size="medium" Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="large" Left
  sl-button size="large" Center
  sl-button size="large" Right

Theme Buttons

Theme buttons are supported through the button’s variant attribute.

Left Center Right

Left Center Right

Left Center Right

Left Center Right

Left Center Right 
<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button variant="primary">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="primary">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="primary">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button variant="success">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="success">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="success">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button variant="neutral">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="neutral">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="neutral">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button variant="warning">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="warning">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="warning">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button variant="danger">Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="danger">Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button variant="danger">Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button variant="primary" Left
  sl-button variant="primary" Center
  sl-button variant="primary" Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button variant="success" Left
  sl-button variant="success" Center
  sl-button variant="success" Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button variant="neutral" Left
  sl-button variant="neutral" Center
  sl-button variant="neutral" Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button variant="warning" Left
  sl-button variant="warning" Center
  sl-button variant="warning" Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button variant="danger" Left
  sl-button variant="danger" Center
  sl-button variant="danger" Right

Pill Buttons

Pill buttons are supported through the button’s pill attribute.

Left Center Right

Left Center Right

Left Center Right 
<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="small" pill>Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="small" pill>Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="small" pill>Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="medium" pill>Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="medium" pill>Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="medium" pill>Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

<br /><br />

<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-button size="large" pill>Left</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="large" pill>Center</sl-button>
  <sl-button size="large" pill>Right</sl-button>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="small" pill=true Left
  sl-button size="small" pill=true Center
  sl-button size="small" pill=true Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="medium" pill=true Left
  sl-button size="medium" pill=true Center
  sl-button size="medium" pill=true Right
br
br
sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-button size="large" pill=true Left
  sl-button size="large" pill=true Center
  sl-button size="large" pill=true Right

Dropdowns can be placed inside button groups as long as the trigger is an <sl-button> element.

Button Button Dropdown Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 
<sl-button-group label="Example Button Group">
  <sl-button>Button</sl-button>
  <sl-button>Button</sl-button>
  <sl-dropdown>
    <sl-button slot="trigger" caret>Dropdown</sl-button>
    <sl-menu>
      <sl-menu-item>Item 1</sl-menu-item>
      <sl-menu-item>Item 2</sl-menu-item>
      <sl-menu-item>Item 3</sl-menu-item>
    </sl-menu>
  </sl-dropdown>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Example Button Group"
  sl-button Button
  sl-button Button
  sl-dropdown
    sl-button slot="trigger" caret=true Dropdown
    sl-menu
      sl-menu-item Item 1
      sl-menu-item Item 2
      sl-menu-item Item 3

Split Buttons

Create a split button using a button and a dropdown. Use a visually hidden label to ensure the dropdown is accessible to users with assistive devices. Also use a no-pad-l class to remove extra padding from the caret button.

Save More options Save Save as… Save all 
<sl-button-group label="Example Button Group">
  <sl-button variant="primary">Save</sl-button>
  <sl-dropdown placement="bottom-end">
    <sl-button class="no-pad-l" slot="trigger" variant="primary" caret>
      <sl-visually-hidden>More options</sl-visually-hidden>
    </sl-button>
    <sl-menu>
      <sl-menu-item>Save</sl-menu-item>
      <sl-menu-item>Save as&hellip;</sl-menu-item>
      <sl-menu-item>Save all</sl-menu-item>
    </sl-menu>
  </sl-dropdown>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Example Button Group"
  sl-button variant="primary" Save
  sl-dropdown placement="bottom-end"
    sl-button.no-pad-l slot="trigger" variant="primary" caret=true
      sl-visually-hidden More options
    sl-menu
      sl-menu-item Save
      sl-menu-item Save as&hellip;
      sl-menu-item Save all

Tooltips in Button Groups

Buttons can be wrapped in tooltips to provide more detail when the user interacts with them.

Left Center Right 
<sl-button-group label="Alignment">
  <sl-tooltip content="I am on the left">
    <sl-button>Left</sl-button>
  </sl-tooltip>

  <sl-tooltip content="I am in the middle">
    <sl-button>Center</sl-button>
  </sl-tooltip>

  <sl-tooltip content="I am on the right">
    <sl-button>Right</sl-button>
  </sl-tooltip>
</sl-button-group>

sl-button-group label="Alignment"
  sl-tooltip content="I am on the left"
    sl-button Left
  sl-tooltip content="I am in the middle"
    sl-button Center
  sl-tooltip content="I am on the right"
    sl-button Right

Toolbar Example

Create interactive toolbars with button groups.

<div class="button-group-toolbar">
  <sl-button-group label="History">
    <sl-tooltip content="Undo">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="arrow-uturn-left" label="Undo"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
    <sl-tooltip content="Redo">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="arrow-uturn-right" label="Redo"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
  </sl-button-group>

  <sl-button-group label="Formatting">
    <sl-tooltip content="Bold">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="at-symbol" label="Bold"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
    <sl-tooltip content="Italic">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="bolt" label="Italic"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
    <sl-tooltip content="Underline">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="no-symbol" label="Underline"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
  </sl-button-group>

  <sl-button-group label="Alignment">
    <sl-tooltip content="Align Left">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="bars-3-bottom-left" label="Align Left"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
    <sl-tooltip content="Align Center">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="bars-3" label="Align Center"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
    <sl-tooltip content="Align Right">
      <sl-button><sl-icon name="bars-3-bottom-right" label="Align Right"></sl-icon></sl-button>
    </sl-tooltip>
  </sl-button-group>
</div>

<style>
  .button-group-toolbar sl-button-group:not(:last-of-type) {
    margin-right: var(--sl-spacing-x-small);
  }
</style>

div.button-group-toolbar
  sl-button-group label="History"
    sl-tooltip content="Undo"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="arrow-uturn-left" label="Undo"
    sl-tooltip content="Redo"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="arrow-uturn-right" label="Redo"
  sl-button-group label="Formatting"
    sl-tooltip content="Bold"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="at-symbol" label="Bold"
    sl-tooltip content="Italic"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="bolt" label="Italic"
    sl-tooltip content="Underline"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="no-symbol" label="Underline"
  sl-button-group label="Alignment"
    sl-tooltip content="Align Left"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="bars-3-bottom-left" label="Align Left"
    sl-tooltip content="Align Center"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="bars-3" label="Align Center"
    sl-tooltip content="Align Right"
      sl-button
        sl-icon name="bars-3-bottom-right" label="Align Right"

css:
  .button-group-toolbar sl-button-group:not(:last-of-type) {
    margin-right: var(--sl-spacing-x-small);
  }

Component Props

Property Default Details
label ''

string

A label to use for the button group. This won’t be displayed on the screen, but it will be announced by assistive devices when interacting with the control and is strongly recommended.

updateComplete A read-only promise that resolves when the component has finished updating.

Learn more about attributes and properties.

Slots

Name Details
(default) One or more <sl-button> elements to display in the button group.

Learn more about using slots.

CSS Parts

Name Description
base The component’s base wrapper.

Learn more about customizing CSS parts.