Button
<loomi-button> - a themeable, framework-agnostic button web component built with Lit.
The button renders as an HTML <button> by default. Its look is controlled with separate,
easy-to-combine attributes: type controls the style, color controls the palette, and
size, radius, outline, and border-width adjust the details. This is easier to mix
and match than one long variant string. All colors resolve through --loomi-* custom
properties, so the whole button can be re-skinned from your page with no rebuild.
Installation
Section titled “Installation”npm install @loomidev/button litimport "@loomidev/button"; // registers <loomi-button>Install lit alongside the component. @loomidev/theme (the shared design tokens) is
installed automatically.
Basic Usage
Section titled “Basic Usage”<loomi-button>Subscribe Now</loomi-button>
<!-- fill the container's width (label stays centered) --><loomi-button full-width>Continue</loomi-button>
<!-- uppercase the label --><loomi-button uppercase>Subscribe Now</loomi-button>
<!-- render as an <a> tag --><loomi-button tag="a" href="/pricing">Subscribe Now</loomi-button>Button Types
Section titled “Button Types”type picks the structure: primary is a bold fill, secondary is an outline (surface
fill, 1px border). With color unset, primary uses the primary palette and secondary
uses a neutral gray border with dark text. Setting color on a secondary button colors
its border and text, exactly like outline color="…" - it stays an outline.
<loomi-button>Primary Button</loomi-button><loomi-button outline>Primary Outline</loomi-button>
<loomi-button type="secondary">Secondary Button</loomi-button><loomi-button type="secondary" color="error">Error Secondary</loomi-button>Outline
Section titled “Outline”outline applies to primary (and colored) buttons only. A secondary button is already an outline, so type="secondary" needs no outline attribute - adding one changes nothing, and type="secondary" color="error" renders the same as outline color="error".
Secondary and outline buttons use a surface fill (white in light mode), a thin 1px border, and 6px default corners. Secondary uses a neutral gray border and dark text; colored outlines retain their palette border and text. Theme surface colors adapt in dark mode. Explicit radius presets and --loomi-control-radius overrides still apply.
<loomi-button outline color="error" radius="full">Error Outline</loomi-button><loomi-button type="secondary" radius="full">Secondary</loomi-button>
<!-- custom border width (default is 1) --><loomi-button outline border-width="2">Border 2</loomi-button>Available sizes: tiny, small, regular (default), medium, big.
<loomi-button size="tiny">Tiny</loomi-button><loomi-button size="small">Small</loomi-button><loomi-button>Regular (default)</loomi-button><loomi-button size="medium">Medium</loomi-button><loomi-button size="big">Big</loomi-button><loomi-button radius="none">None</loomi-button><loomi-button radius="small">Small</loomi-button><loomi-button radius="medium">Medium</loomi-button><loomi-button radius="full">Full</loomi-button>These are presets over the --loomi-control-radius / --loomi-pill-radius theme tokens.
radius="medium" (the default) follows your theme - set --loomi-control-radius and
every default button reshapes with it. none/small/full set an explicit corner that
overrides the theme, so a radius="small" button keeps its shape even under a global
radius override. See Theming.
Colors
Section titled “Colors”color overrides the palette independently of type. Useful for semantic actions that
shouldn’t use the brand colors (e.g. a destructive delete button).
<loomi-button color="error">Delete Account</loomi-button><loomi-button color="error" outline>Error Outline</loomi-button><loomi-button color="success">Confirm</loomi-button><loomi-button color="warning" outline>Proceed with Caution</loomi-button>Available colors: primary secondary info success error warning gray
Leaving
colorunset derives it fromtype:primary→ aprimaryfill,secondary→ the neutral secondary outline.colornever changes a secondary button’s structure, only its hue.
Set icon to a name from the built-in registry. Icons default to the left; add
icon-right to move them after the label. icon-right is ignored while a spinner is
showing.
<loomi-button icon="arrow-path">Refresh Page</loomi-button><loomi-button icon="arrow-small-right" icon-right>Next Chapter</loomi-button><loomi-button icon="trash" color="error" outline>Delete</loomi-button>Built-in icons (a subset of Heroicons outline): arrow-path, bell-alert,
lock-closed, arrow-right, arrow-small-right, chevron-right, check, plus,
trash, x-mark, magnifying-glass, paper-airplane.
Need more? Register your own - no slot or icon font required:
import { registerLoomiIcon } from "@loomidev/button";import { svg } from "lit";
registerLoomiIcon("star", svg`<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="..." />`);Circle
Section titled “Circle”Set circle to render a square, full-radius icon button - for icon-only buttons.
Drop the label content and give it an aria-label for the accessible name.
<loomi-button circle icon="trash" color="error" aria-label="Delete"></loomi-button><loomi-button circle icon="check" size="small" aria-label="Confirm"></loomi-button>circle overrides radius and hides any label text, so it’s only meant for icon
buttons.
Spinners
Section titled “Spinners”has-spinner includes a spinner (hidden by default). show-spinner makes it visible.
To toggle it on click, call the instance methods startSpinner() / stopSpinner().
<!-- visible immediately --><loomi-button has-spinner show-spinner>Saving…</loomi-button>
<!-- triggered on click --><loomi-button id="save" has-spinner>Save User</loomi-button><script type="module"> const btn = document.getElementById("save"); btn.addEventListener("click", () => { btn.startSpinner(); saveUser().finally(() => btn.stopSpinner()); });</script>Form Submission
Section titled “Form Submission”By default the button renders as <button type="button"> and won’t submit forms. Add
can-submit to render as <button type="submit">.
<loomi-button can-submit>Submit Form</loomi-button>Disabled
Section titled “Disabled”<loomi-button disabled>Disabled</loomi-button><loomi-button disabled type="secondary">Disabled Secondary</loomi-button><loomi-button disabled outline>Disabled Outline</loomi-button>Render as a link
Section titled “Render as a link”<loomi-button tag="a" href="https://example.com" icon="paper-airplane"> Open</loomi-button>When tag="a" and disabled is set, the href is removed and the link is taken out of
the tab order.
Focus Rings
Section titled “Focus Rings”<!-- hide the keyboard focus ring --><loomi-button show-focus-ring="false">No Focus Ring</loomi-button>Theming
Section titled “Theming”Override any palette slot from your page - no build step, no Tailwind:
:root { --loomi-primary-600: #16a34a; /* every primary button turns green */ --loomi-primary-700: #15803d;}Shape and density are themeable the same way, so the radius/size attributes stay as
per-instance presets while these set the global default:
:root { --loomi-control-radius: 0.25rem; /* default (radius="medium") buttons; also inputs, tags… */ --loomi-pill-radius: 9999px; /* radius="full" buttons */ --loomi-density: 0.9; /* scales every control's height + padding, not its font */}Precedence is per-instance attribute → :root token → built-in default: radius="small"
or size="big" on a specific button still wins over these global values.
See the root README for the full theming model.
Accessibility
Section titled “Accessibility”For the library-wide baseline, see Foundations - Accessibility.
Responsive behavior
Section titled “Responsive behavior”For the shared container and viewport rules, see Foundations - Responsive behavior.
Dark mode
Section titled “Dark mode”For theme activation, token overrides, and contrast guidance, see Foundations - Dark mode.
Attributes
Section titled “Attributes”| Attribute | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
type | primary | Structural variant. primary (fill) | secondary (outline; color tints border and text) |
color | (derived from type) | Palette override. See available colors above. |
size | regular | tiny | small | regular | medium | big. See Sizing. |
radius | medium | none | small | medium | full |
outline | false | Surface fill with colored border and text. Primary only; no effect on secondary. (boolean) |
circle | false | Square, full-radius icon button; overrides radius. (boolean) |
border-width | 1 | Secondary/outline border width. 1 | 2 |
icon | (blank) | Built-in or registered icon name. |
icon-right | false | Position the icon after the label. Ignored while spinning. (boolean) |
has-spinner | false | Include a spinner (hidden until shown). (boolean) |
show-spinner | false | Show the spinner. Only when has-spinner. (boolean) |
disabled | false | Disable the button. (boolean) |
tag | button | Element to render. button | a |
href | (blank) | Link target when tag="a". |
can-submit | false | Render as type="submit". (boolean) |
show-focus-ring | true | Show the keyboard focus ring. (boolean) |
full-width | false | Stretch to fill the container’s width, label centered. (boolean) |
uppercase | false | Uppercase the label. (boolean) |
name | (blank) | Optional name, reflected as an attribute for targeting. |
Properties & methods (JS)
Section titled “Properties & methods (JS)”| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| All attributes above | Available as camelCase properties (e.g. el.iconRight, el.hasSpinner). |
startSpinner() | Show the spinner (no-op unless has-spinner is set). |
stopSpinner() | Hide the spinner. |
For arbitrary content, use the named slots. (For known icon sets, prefer the icon
attribute above.)
<loomi-button> <img slot="prefix" src="/avatar.png" width="16" height="16" alt="" /> Profile <span slot="suffix">▾</span></loomi-button>| Slot | Description |
|---|---|
| (default) | The button label. |
prefix | Content rendered before the icon/label. |
suffix | Content rendered after the label. |
Events
Section titled “Events”The native click event is composed and crosses the shadow boundary, so you listen for
it exactly as you would on a normal button:
<loomi-button onclick="alert('you clicked me')">Click Me</loomi-button>Clicks are suppressed while the button is disabled.
CSS Parts
Section titled “CSS Parts”| Part | Description |
|---|---|
button | The underlying <button> / <a> element. |
Full Example
Section titled “Full Example”<loomi-button type="secondary" size="big" name="btn-subscribe" has-spinner tag="a" href="/subscribe" border-width="2" show-focus-ring="false" radius="medium" icon="lock-closed"> Subscribe</loomi-button>Framework integration
Section titled “Framework integration”<loomi-button> is a standard custom element, so the browser can use it in plain HTML, Blade, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Astro, and most other frameworks. The important beginner rule is: install the package, import it once before the tag is rendered, then write the Loomi tag in your template.
Where to run commands
Section titled “Where to run commands”Run install commands from the app where you want to use this component. That means the folder that contains that app’s package.json. Do not run these install commands from packages/button unless you are editing LoomiUI itself.
cd /path/to/your-appnpm install @loomidev/button litIf you are contributing to LoomiUI itself, first move to the top-level components folder. That is where the main package.json for all packages lives, and pnpm --filter ... commands should be run from there:
cd /path/to/your-copy-of-loomiui/componentspnpm --filter @loomidev/button buildpnpm --filter @loomidev/button typecheckChoose your framework
Section titled “Choose your framework”Use the CDN version for prototypes, documentation pages, or a quick reproduction. The import map tells the browser where to find Lit, which Loomi components use internally.
<script type="importmap"> { "imports": { "lit": "https://esm.sh/lit@3.3.3", "lit/": "https://esm.sh/lit@3.3.3/" } }</script><script type="module" src="https://esm.sh/@loomidev/button"></script>
<loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button>In Vite, Webpack, Parcel, Rollup, or a framework build pipeline, install the package and import it once in your main app JavaScript file. After that, you can use the Loomi tag anywhere in your app.
import "@loomidev/button";Run the install command from your Laravel project root, then import the component in resources/js/app.js. If your project uses Laravel Vite, npm run dev and npm run build should also be run from the Laravel project root.
cd /path/to/your-laravel-appnpm install @loomidev/button litnpm run devimport "@loomidev/button";<loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button>React can render Loomi tags directly. If you are on React 18, or if you need to pass arrays, objects, or functions, use a ref and assign those values after the component mounts.
import "@loomidev/button";
export function LoomiExample() { return ( <loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button> );}If TypeScript does not recognize the Loomi tag in JSX, add it to your app’s JSX type declarations.
Import the package in the component that uses it, or once in your main Vue file. Vue templates can use Loomi tags directly. For arrays, objects, or functions, pass the value as a JavaScript property instead of as plain text.
<script setup>import "@loomidev/button";</script>
<template> <loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button></template>If Vue warns that the tag is an unknown component, configure compilerOptions.isCustomElement for tags that start with loomi- in your Vite or Vue config.
Import the package once and tell Angular to allow custom HTML tags with CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA. For NgModule apps, add the schema to the module instead of the standalone component.
import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, Component } from "@angular/core";import "@loomidev/button";
@Component({ selector: "app-root", standalone: true, schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA], template: ` <loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button> `,})export class AppComponent {}Svelte can import the package inside a component script. Astro can import it in the frontmatter of the page or layout where the tag appears.
<script> import "@loomidev/button";</script>
<loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button>---import "@loomidev/button";---
<loomi-button color="primary" icon="check">Save changes</loomi-button>Server-side rendering notes
Section titled “Server-side rendering notes”Frameworks such as Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, and Astro sometimes render HTML on the server before browser-only code runs. If your framework complains, move the Loomi import to client-side code. In Next.js, that usually means a component with "use client"; in Nuxt, it often means a .client.ts plugin.
Dependencies
Section titled “Dependencies”@loomidev/core@loomidev/icons@loomidev/theme