Semantics
A labelled group with real buttons and optional separators or text.
Forms and selection · stable · MIT
Button Group
Related native buttons joined by quiet shared material.
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Behavior contract
Semantics before surface
Keyboard
Tab reaches each enabled button.
System support
Light and dark themes, logical RTL layout, reduced motion, responsive content, and forwarded public refs.
Source-derived reference
Anatomy and public API
Exported anatomy
These public React parts are read directly from the canonical source during the documentation build.
GummyButtonGroupGummyButtonGroupSeparatorGummyButtonGroupText
Prop contracts
GummyButtonGroupProps
Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & { label: string; orientation?: "horizontal" | "vertical"; attached?: boolean; }
GummyButtonGroupTextProps
Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLSpanElement>
Troubleshooting
Check behavior before surface.
- If the material is missing, confirm the registry-installed shared and component CSS files are imported once.
- If interaction differs, preserve this contract: Tab reaches each enabled button.
- If assistive output differs, preserve this semantic foundation: A labelled group with real buttons and optional separators or text.
- If dark, RTL, or reduced-motion behavior is missing, verify the nearest theme, direction, and media-query boundaries rather than adding page-local overrides.
Implementation decisions
When to use Button Group
Use a button group when actions are closely related and benefit from shared placement; unrelated primary decisions should remain separate. Labels must describe each result without depending on icon recognition or position. Decide how focus and wrapping behave at small widths, and keep destructive actions visually and semantically distinct. Test loading, disabled, permission-denied, and partial-success states so grouped controls do not imply an action completed.
Live product source
Inspect the canonical states
The Component Lab exercises real source across default, focus, disabled, responsive, dark, reduced-motion, and RTL contexts.
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Try Button Group in context
Load the real component preview when you are ready to interact with its responsive, theme, and direction controls.
Editable source
Read before you install
Canonical Base UI or native source
The registry payload stays off the initial page request.