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TextButton

Text buttons are used for the lowest priority actions, especially when presenting multiple options. Text buttons can be placed on a variety of backgrounds. Until the button is interacted with, its container isn’t visible. See Material 3 buttons for more info.

Examples​

Live example

Basic text buttons​

python/controls/buttons/text-button/basic-text-buttons.py
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Text buttons with icons​

python/controls/buttons/text-button/text-buttons-with-icons.py
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Text button with click event​

https://github.com/flet-dev/examples/blob/example-polishing/python/controls/buttons/text-button/text-button-with-click-event.py

Text button with custom content​

python/controls/buttons/text-button/text-buttons-with-custom-content.py
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Properties​

adaptive​

If the value is True, an adaptive Button is created based on whether the target platform is iOS/macOS.

On iOS and macOS, a CupertinoButton is created, which matches the functionality and presentation of this button. On other platforms, a Material TextButton is created.

Defaults to False.

autofocus​

True if the control will be selected as the initial focus. If there is more than one control on a page with autofocus set, then the first one added to the page will get focus.

content​

A Control representing custom button content.

clip_behavior​

The content will be clipped (or not) according to this option.

Value is of type ClipBehavior and defaults to ClipBehavior.HARD_EDGE.

icon​

Icon shown in the button.

icon_color​

Icon color.

style​

Value is of type ButtonStyle.

text​

The text displayed on a button.

tooltip​

The text displayed when hovering the mouse over the button.

url​

The URL to open when the button is clicked. If registered, on_click event is fired after that.

url_target​

Where to open URL in the web mode. Value is of type UrlTarget and defaults to UrlTarget.BLANK.

Methods​

focus()​

Moves focus to a button.

Events​

on_blur​

Fires when the control has lost focus.

on_click​

Fires when a user clicks the button.

on_focus​

Fires when the control has received focus.

on_hover​

Fires when a mouse pointer enters or exists the button response area. data property of event object contains true (string) when cursor enters and false when it exits.

on_long_press​

Fires when the button is long-pressed.