Theming

The Button component is a single part component. All of the styling is applied directly to the button element.

To learn more about styling single part components, visit the Component Style page.

Theming properties

The properties that affect the theming of the Button component are:

• variant: The visual variant of the button. Defaults to solid.
• colorScheme: The color scheme of the button. Defaults to gray.
• size: The size of the button. Defaults to md.

Theming utilities

• defineStyle: a function used to create style objects.
• defineStyleConfig: a function used to define the style configuration for a single part component.

import { defineStyle, defineStyleConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react";

Customizing the default theme

import { defineStyle, defineStyleConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react";

const outline = defineStyle({
  border: "2px dashed", // change the appearance of the border
  borderRadius: 0, // remove the border radius
  fontWeight: "semibold", // change the font weight
});

export const buttonTheme = defineStyleConfig({
  variants: { outline },
});

After customizing the button theme, we can import it in our theme file and add it in the components property:

import { extendTheme } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import { buttonTheme } from "./components/button";

export const theme = extendTheme({
  components: { Button: buttonTheme },
});

This is a crucial step to make sure that any changes that we make to the button theme are applied.

Adding a custom size

Let's assume we want to include an extra large button size. Here's how we can do that:

import { defineStyle, defineStyleConfig } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const xl = defineStyle({
  fontSize: 'xl',
  px: '6',
  h: '16',
  borderRadius: 'md',
})

export const buttonTheme = defineStyleConfig({
  sizes: { xl },
})

// Now we can use the new `xl` size
<Button size="xl">...</Button>

Every time you're adding anything new to the theme, you'd need to run the CLI command to get proper autocomplete in your IDE. You can learn more about the CLI tool here.

Adding a custom variant

Let's assume we want to include a custom branded variant. Here's how we can do that:

import { defineStyle, defineStyleConfig } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const brandPrimary = defineStyle({
  background: 'orange.500',
  color: 'white',
  fontFamily: 'serif',
  fontWeight: 'normal',

  // let's also provide dark mode alternatives
  _dark: {
    background: 'orange.300',
    color: 'orange.800',
  }
})

export const buttonTheme = defineStyleConfig({
  variants: { brandPrimary },
})

// Now we can use the new `brandPrimary` variant
<Button variant="brandPrimary">...</Button>

Using a custom color scheme

Let's assume we want to use our own custom color scale based on our brand. We'd need to define the color scale first in the main theme file:

import { extendTheme } from '@chakra-ui/react'

export const theme = extendTheme({
  colors: {
    brand: {
      50: '#f7fafc',
      ...
      500: '#718096',
      ...
      900: '#171923',
    }
  }
})

Then, we can use the custom color scale as the color scheme for the button:

<Button colorScheme="brand">...</Button>

Changing the default properties

Let's assume we want to change the default size, variant or color scheme of every button in our app. Here's how we can do that:

import { defineStyleConfig } from '@chakra-ui/react'

export const buttonTheme = defineStyleConfig({
  defaultProps: {
    size: 'lg',
    variant: 'outline',
    colorScheme: 'brand',
  },
})

// This saves you time, instead of manually setting the size,
// variant and color scheme every time you use a button:
<Button size="lg" variant="outline" colorScheme="brand">...</Button>

Showcase

import { ChakraProvider, extendTheme } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import Button from "./button";
import { buttonTheme } from "./button-theme";

const theme = extendTheme({
  components: {
    Button: buttonTheme,
  }
});

const App = () => {
  return (
    <ChakraProvider theme={theme}>
      <Button />
    </ChakraProvider>
  );
}

export default App;