import { Meta, Story, Primary, Controls } from "@storybook/addon-docs"; import * as stories from "./icon-button.stories"; # Icon Button Icon buttons are used when no text accompanies the button. It consists of an icon that may be updated to any icon in the `bwi-font`, a `title` attribute, and an `aria-label`. The most common use of the icon button is in the banner, toast, and modal components as a close button. It can also be found in tables as the 3 dot option menu, or on navigation list items when there are options that need to be collapsed into a menu. Similar to the main button components, spacing between multiple icon buttons should be .5rem. ## Usage Icon buttons can be found in other components such as: the [banner](?path=/docs/component-library-banner--docs) [dialog](?path=/docs/component-library-dialogs--docs), and [table](?path=/docs/component-library-table--docs). ## Styles There are 4 common styles for button main, muted, contrast, and danger. The other styles follow the button component styles. ### Main Used for general icon buttons appearing on the theme’s main `background` ### Muted Used for low emphasis icon buttons appearing on the theme’s main `background` ### Contrast Used on a theme’s colored or contrasting backgrounds such as in the navigation or on toasts and banners. ### Danger Danger is used for “trash” actions throughout the experience, most commonly in the bottom right of the dialog component. ### Primary Used in place of the main button component if no text is used. This allows the button to display square. ### Secondary Used in place of the main button component if no text is used. This allows the button to display square. ### Light Used on a background that is dark in both light theme and dark theme. Example: end user navigation styles. **Note:** Main and contrast styles appear on backgrounds where using `primary-700` as a focus indicator does not meet WCAG graphic contrast guidelines. ## Sizes There are 2 sizes for the icon button: `small` and `default`. Default is typically used for most instances. Small is used if the implementation needs a variant with less padding around the icon, such as in the navigation component. ### Small ### Default ## Accessibility Follow guidelines outlined in the [Button docs](?path=/docs/component-library-button--doc) Always use the `appA11yTitle` directive set to a string that describes the action of the icon-button. This will auto assign the same string to the `title` and `aria-label` attributes. `aria-label` allows assistive technology to announce the action the button takes to the users. `title` attribute provides a user with the browser tool tip if they do not understand what the icon is indicating.