What is @material/fab?
@material/fab is a Material Design implementation of the Floating Action Button (FAB) component. It provides a way to create floating action buttons that adhere to Material Design guidelines, offering a consistent and visually appealing user experience.
What are @material/fab's main functionalities?
Basic Floating Action Button
This code creates a basic floating action button with a 'favorite' icon. The button uses the 'mdc-fab' class to apply the Material Design styles.
<button class="mdc-fab" aria-label="Favorite">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon material-icons">favorite</span>
</button>
Mini Floating Action Button
This code creates a mini floating action button with an 'edit' icon. The 'mdc-fab--mini' class makes the button smaller than the standard FAB.
<button class="mdc-fab mdc-fab--mini" aria-label="Edit">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon material-icons">edit</span>
</button>
Extended Floating Action Button
This code creates an extended floating action button with an 'add' icon and a label. The 'mdc-fab--extended' class makes the button wider to accommodate the label.
<button class="mdc-fab mdc-fab--extended">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon material-icons">add</span>
<span class="mdc-fab__label">Add</span>
</button>
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Floating Action Button
A floating action button represents the primary action in an application.
Design & API Documentation
Installation
npm install --save @material/fab
Usage
Load Material Icons
We recommend you load Material Icons from Google Fonts
<head>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
HTML Structure
<button class="mdc-fab material-icons" aria-label="Favorite">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon">
favorite
</span>
</button>
CSS Classes
CSS Class | Description |
---|
mdc-fab | Mandatory, for the button element |
mdc-fab__icon | Mandatory, for the icon element |
mdc-fab--mini | Optional, modifies the FAB to a smaller size |
mdc-fab--exited | Optional, animates the FAB out of view. When this class is removed, the FAB will return to view. |
A note about :disabled
, No disabled styles are defined for FABs. The FAB promotes action, and should not be displayed in a disabled state. If you want to present a FAB that does not perform an action, you should also present an explanation to the user.
Absolutely Positioned
Developers must position MDC FAB as needed within their application's design.
<style>
.app-fab--absolute {
position: fixed;
bottom: 1rem;
right: 1rem;
}
@media(min-width: 1024px) {
.app-fab--absolute {
bottom: 1.5rem;
right: 1.5rem;
}
}
</style>
<button class="mdc-fab material-icons app-fab--absolute" aria-label="Favorite">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon">
favorite
</span>
</button>
Adding MDC Ripple
To add the ripple effect to an MDC FAB, attach a ripple instance to the
mdc-fab
element.
mdc.ripple.MDCRipple.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-fab'));
You can also do this declaratively when using the material-components-web package.
<button class="mdc-fab material-icons" aria-label="Favorite" data-mdc-auto-init="MDCRipple">
<span class="mdc-fab__icon">
favorite
</span>
</button>
MDC FAB is fully aware of MDC Ripple styles, so no DOM or CSS changes are required.
Sass Mixins
By default an MDC FAB will inherit its color from the theme. This mixin will override the color of the MDC FAB's container, but maintain accessibility standards for the ink and ripple. The mixin is intended for customizing an MDC FAB's color to a non-theme color.
mdc-fab-accessible($container-color)
Changes the FAB's container color to the given color, and updates the FAB's ink and ripple color to meet accessibility standards.
Advanced Sass Mixins
A note about advanced mixins, The following mixins are intended for advanced users. These mixins will override the color of the container, ink, or ripple. You can use all of them if you want to completely customize a FAB. Or you can use only one of them, e.g. if you only need to override the ripple color. It is up to you to pick container, ink, and ripple colors that work together, and meet accessibility standards.
Mixin | Description |
---|
mdc-fab-container-color($color) | Sets the container color to the given color |
mdc-fab-ink-color($color) | Sets the ink color to the given color |
mdc-fab-ripple($ripple-config) | Sets the ripple to the given ripple configuration |
Caveat: Edge and CSS Variables
In browsers that fully support CSS variables, the above mixins will hook up styles using CSS variables if a theme property is passed.
However, due to Edge's buggy CSS variable support, mdc-fab-container-color
will not honor CSS variables in Edge.
This means you will need to override FAB container styles manually for Edge if you are altering the affected CSS variables for theme properties (FAB uses secondary by default for the container fill color).