Button Group

A container that groups related buttons together with consistent styling.

Installation

pnpm dlx shadcn-vue@latest add button-group 

Usage

vue
<script setup lang="ts"> import {  ButtonGroup,  ButtonGroupSeparator,  ButtonGroupText, } from '@/components/ui/button-group' </script>  <template>  <ButtonGroup>  <Button>Button 1</Button>  <Button>Button 2</Button>  </ButtonGroup> </template>

Accessibility

  • The ButtonGroup component has the role attribute set to group.
  • Use Tab to navigate between the buttons in the group.
  • Use aria-label or aria-labelledby to label the button group.
vue
<template>  <ButtonGroup aria-label="Button group">  <Button>Button 1</Button>  <Button>Button 2</Button>  </ButtonGroup> </template>

ButtonGroup vs ToggleGroup

  • Use the ButtonGroup component when you want to group buttons that perform an action.
  • Use the ToggleGroup component when you want to group buttons that toggle a state.

Examples

Orientation

Set the orientation prop to change the button group layout.

Size

Control the size of buttons using the size prop on individual buttons.

Nested

<ButtonGroup> components to create button groups with spacing.

Separator

The ButtonGroupSeparator component visually divides buttons within a group.

Buttons with variant outline do not need a separator since they have a border. For other variants, a separator is recommended to improve the visual hierarchy.

Split

Create a split button group by adding two buttons separated by a ButtonGroupSeparator.

Input

Wrap an Input component with buttons.

Input Group

Wrap an InputGroup component to create complex input layouts.

Create a split button group with a DropdownMenu component.

Select

Pair with a Select component.

Popover

Use with a Popover component.

API Reference

ButtonGroup

The ButtonGroup component is a container that groups related buttons together with consistent styling.

PropTypeDefault
orientation"horizontal" | "vertical""horizontal"
vue
<template>  <ButtonGroup>  <Button>Button 1</Button>  <Button>Button 2</Button>  </ButtonGroup> </template>

Nest multiple button groups to create complex layouts with spacing. See the nested example for more details.

vue
<template>  <ButtonGroup>  <ButtonGroup />  <ButtonGroup />  </ButtonGroup> </template>

ButtonGroupSeparator

The ButtonGroupSeparator component visually divides buttons within a group.

PropTypeDefault
orientation"horizontal" | "vertical"vertical
vue
<template>  <ButtonGroup>  <Button>Button 1</Button>  <ButtonGroupSeparator />  <Button>Button 2</Button>  </ButtonGroup> </template>

ButtonGroupText

Use this component to display text within a button group.

PropTypeDefault
as-childbooleanfalse
vue
<template>  <ButtonGroup>  <ButtonGroupText>Text</ButtonGroupText>  <Button>Button</Button>  </ButtonGroup> </template>

Use the as-child prop to render a custom component as the text, for example a label.

vue
<script setup lang="ts"> import { ButtonGroupText } from '@/components/ui/button-group' import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label' </script>  <template>  <ButtonGroup>  <ButtonGroupText as-child>  <Label html-for="name">Text</Label>  </ButtonGroupText>  <Input id="name" placeholder="Type something here..." />  </ButtonGroup> </template>
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