Button

A clickable trigger for form submits, toolbars, and destructive confirms — with thick borders and a shadow it presses into on click.

import { ArrowUpIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

The button triggers an action — submit, confirm, delete. Built on the Base UI Button component and styled to the neobrutalist recipe: thick borders, a hard offset shadow, and an active press that pushes the button into it.

Reach for it when:

Form submits and primary CTAs — default carries the main action; secondary and outline for everything beside it.
Toolbars and icon actions — the icon sizes make square buttons; ButtonGroup lines them up into segmented rows.
Destructive confirms — destructive for delete and remove, usually behind a dialog.

Installation


pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/button.json
npx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/button.json
yarn dlx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/button.json
bunx --bun shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/button.json

Install the following dependencies:


pnpm add @base-ui/react
npm install @base-ui/react
yarn add @base-ui/react
bun add @base-ui/react

Copy and paste the following code into your project.

components/ui/button.tsx

import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const buttonVariants = cva(
  cn(
    "group/button font-head font-medium inline-flex cursor-pointer items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded whitespace-nowrap select-none transition-all duration-200",
    "disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-60",
    "focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-primary aria-invalid:border-destructive",
    // Icons keep their own size; we only set a default when none is given so
    // Neobrutalism's h-4/size-4 icons aren't overridden.
    "[&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4"
  ),
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default:
          "border-2 border-black bg-primary text-primary-foreground shadow-md transition duration-200 hover:-translate-x-0.5 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:bg-primary-hover hover:shadow-lg active:translate-x-1 active:translate-y-1 active:shadow-none",
        secondary:
          "border-2 border-black bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground shadow-md transition duration-200 hover:-translate-x-0.5 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:bg-secondary-hover hover:shadow-lg active:translate-x-1 active:translate-y-1 active:shadow-none",
        destructive:
          "border-2 border-black bg-destructive text-destructive-foreground shadow-md transition duration-200 hover:-translate-x-0.5 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:bg-destructive/90 hover:shadow-lg active:translate-x-1 active:translate-y-1 active:shadow-none",
        outline:
          "border-2 bg-transparent shadow-md transition duration-200 hover:-translate-x-0.5 hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-lg active:translate-x-1 active:translate-y-1 active:shadow-none",
        ghost: "bg-transparent hover:bg-accent",
        link: "bg-transparent hover:underline",
      },
      size: {
        default: "px-4 py-1.5 text-base",
        xs: "px-2 py-0.5 text-xs",
        sm: "px-3 py-1 text-sm",
        lg: "px-6 py-2 text-base lg:px-8 lg:py-3 lg:text-lg",
        icon: "p-2",
        "icon-xs": "p-1",
        "icon-sm": "p-1.5",
        "icon-lg": "p-3",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
      size: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Button({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  size = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"button"> &
  VariantProps<typeof buttonVariants> & {
    asChild?: boolean
  }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "button"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="button"
      data-variant={variant}
      data-size={size}
      className={cn(buttonVariants({ variant, size, className }))}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Button, buttonVariants }

Update the import paths to match your project setup.

Usage

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

<Button variant="outline">Button</Button>

Cursor

Tailwind v4 switched from cursor: pointer to cursor: default for the button component.

If you want to keep the cursor: pointer behavior, add the following code to your CSS file:

You can also enable this during project setup with npx shadcn@latest init --pointer.

globals.css

@layer base {
  button:not(:disabled),
  [role="button"]:not(:disabled) {
    cursor: pointer;
  }
}

Examples

Size

Use the size prop to change the size of the button.

import { ArrowUpRightIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

Default

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonDefault() {

Outline

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonOutline() {

Secondary

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonSecondary() {

Ghost

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonGhost() {

Destructive

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonDestructive() {

Link

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonLink() {

Icon

import { CircleFadingArrowUpIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

With Icon

Remember to add the data-icon="inline-start" or data-icon="inline-end" attribute to the icon for the correct spacing.

import { IconGitBranch, IconGitFork } from "@tabler/icons-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

Rounded

Use the rounded-full class to make the button rounded.

import { ArrowUpIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"

Spinner

Render a <Spinner /> component inside the button to show a loading state. Remember to add the data-icon="inline-start" or data-icon="inline-end" attribute to the spinner for the correct spacing.

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Spinner } from "@/components/ui/spinner"

Button Group

To create a button group, use the ButtonGroup component. See the Button Group documentation for more details.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"

As Link

You can use the buttonVariants helper to make a link look like a button.

Do not use <Button render={<a />} nativeButton={false} /> for links. The Base UI Button component always applies role="button", which overrides the semantic link role on <a> elements. Use buttonVariants with a plain <a> tag instead.

import { buttonVariants } from "@/components/ui/button"

export function ButtonRender() {

RTL

To enable RTL support in Neobrutalism.com, see the RTL configuration guide.

"use client"

import { ArrowRightIcon, PlusIcon } from "lucide-react"

Accessibility

The button follows the WAI-ARIA Button pattern. It renders a native <button> by default; when render swaps in another element, Base UI wires up role="button", tabindex, and keyboard activation so the replacement behaves like a real button to assistive tech (see the As Link note above for the one case where that role is wrong).

Keyboard interactions:

Key	Action
`Tab` / `Shift + Tab`	Move focus to / away from the button
`Space` / `Enter`	Activate the button

API Reference

Button

The Button component is a wrapper around the button element that adds a variety of styles and functionality.

Prop	Type	Default
`variant`	`"default" \| "outline" \| "ghost" \| "destructive" \| "secondary" \| "link"`	`"default"`
`size`	`"default" \| "xs" \| "sm" \| "lg" \| "icon" \| "icon-xs" \| "icon-sm" \| "icon-lg"`	`"default"`