Buttons

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A modern, customizable button shortcode with gradient styling, icons, and smart link handling.

Basic Usage

The above buttons are created with:

{{< button url="/contact" >}}Contact Us{{< /button >}}

{{< button url="https://example.com" new_tab="true" style="secondary" >}}Visit External Site{{< /button >}}

Style Variants

Primary (Default)

{{< button url="#" style="primary" >}}Primary Button{{< /button >}}

Secondary

{{< button url="#" style="secondary" >}}Secondary Button{{< /button >}}

Outline

{{< button url="#" style="outline" >}}Outline Button{{< /button >}}

Ghost

{{< button url="#" style="ghost" >}}Ghost Button{{< /button >}}

Sizes

Small

Medium (Default)

Large

Extra Large

{{< button url="#" size="sm" >}}Small Button{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" size="md" >}}Medium Button{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" size="lg" >}}Large Button{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" size="xl" >}}Extra Large{{< /button >}}

Alignment

Left (Default)

Center

{{< button url="#" align="left" >}}Left Aligned{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" align="center" >}}Center Aligned{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" align="right" >}}Right Aligned{{< /button >}}

With Icons

Icon Before Text

Icon After Text

{{< button url="#" icon="arrow-down-tray" >}}Download{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" icon="arrow-right" icon_position="right" >}}Continue{{< /button >}}

Rounded Corners

Small Radius

Medium Radius (Default)

Large Radius

Pill Shape

{{< button url="#" rounded="sm" >}}Small Radius{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" rounded="md" >}}Medium Radius{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" rounded="lg" >}}Large Radius{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="#" rounded="full" >}}Pill Button{{< /button >}}

Advanced Examples

Call-to-Action Button

{{< button url="/signup" style="primary" size="lg" align="center" icon="rocket-launch" >}}Get Started Today{{< /button >}}
{{< button url="https://github.com/hugo-blox/kit" new_tab="true" style="outline" icon="arrow-top-right-on-square" icon_position="right" >}}View on GitHub{{< /button >}}

Download Button

{{< button url="/files/document.pdf" style="secondary" icon="document-arrow-down" rounded="full" >}}Download PDF{{< /button >}}

Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
urlstring#Required. Button destination URL (internal or external)
textstringInner contentButton text (overrides shortcode content)
new_tabbooleanfalseWhether to open link in new tab
stylestringprimaryButton style: primary, secondary, outline, ghost
sizestringmdButton size: sm, md, lg, xl
alignstringleftButton alignment: left, center, right
iconstring-Icon name from Hero Icons
icon_positionstringleftIcon position: left, right
roundedstringmdBorder radius: sm, md, lg, xl, full
disabledbooleanfalseWhether button should be disabled

Security Features

The button shortcode automatically handles security for external links:

  • External links get rel="noreferrer" attribute
  • External links opening in new tab get rel="noopener noreferrer"
  • Internal links opening in new tab get rel="noopener"

This ensures safe navigation while maintaining functionality.

Accessibility

The button shortcode includes built-in accessibility features:

  • Proper role="button" attribute
  • aria-label support
  • Keyboard focus indicators
  • High contrast focus rings
  • Disabled state handling
Zhifeng Cheng
Authors
PhD in Geography

I am a PhD graduate at the WorldPop, University of Southampton. My research focuses on how environmental and policy changes shape human behaviours and population health, bridging geospatial data sciences, computational social science, econometrics, and public health.

My current work focuses on three themes: 1) Spatiotemporal population dynamics, mapping monthly, daily, to hourly population distribution by integrating mobile phone positioning and geospatial data. 2) Human behaviours and disease dynamics, drawing on social media and digital traces data to examine how human mobility and health behaviours shape infectious disease transmission, and how health interventions affect mental well-being. 3) Human mobility and climate change, which investigates the impacts of climate and environmental exposure, including floods, tropical cyclones, and wildfires, on human mobility and population health.