Buttons are one of the most commonly used components in a client-side application. Having custom buttons in your design system is pretty much a necessity.
One of the most popular component libraries on the market, Bootstrap, has you covered with button components. Bootstrap provides tons of options for customizing buttons to your own needs. The one caveat is that Bootstrap relies on jQuery for functionality. If you are building an application in React, you need something that works without jQuery. That's where react-bootstrap comes in.
In this guide, I show you how to use the button component from the react-bootstrap library to add fully customized, reusable buttons to your react application.
Getting started with react-bootstrap is simple. You just need to add the Bootstrap and react-bootstrap packages from npm:
1yarn add bootstrap react-bootstrap
2# or
3npm i bootstrap react-bootstrap
To make sure your buttons are utilizing the Bootstrap CSS, you need to import that into your application, along with the button component.
1import React from 'react';
2import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
3import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';
4...
Now we can start using our buttons:
1import React from 'react';
2import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
3import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';
4
5const App = () => {
6 return (
7 <form>
8 <label htmlFor='username'>Username</label>
9 <input id='username' />
10 <Button type='submit'>Submit</Button>
11 </form>
12 );
13};
Working with Bootstrap's buttons in a React application provides you with a robust set of components that can meet your design systems' needs. React-bootstrap provides easy-to-use properties for styling and adding functionality to your buttons. If you'd like to see more detailed documentation for react-bootstrap, visit the docs here.
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