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title: "button with text and icon · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Generates a basic html button element with default styling."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui/state_button
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# button with text and icon

This block is part of the [`state ui`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui) group and was last modified in core [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).

Generates a basic html button element with default styling.

- text required `value` Text to be shown within the button.

- Type `value` Gives the option to overwrite the type.

Default `button`

- icon `value` Icon to be shown next to the button, be aware to include the icon font in your HTML/template. Icon can be updated using `state.icon`

- icon: style `uistyle` Style inline CSS style for the icon • Hidden when unused

- icon: class `uiclass` Assigns a CSS class to the icon. • Hidden when unused

- class `uiclass` Assigns a CSS class to the element. • Hidden when unused

- style `uistyle` Applies inline CSS style to the element • Hidden when unused

- attributes `uiattributes` Adds custom attributes to the element. • Hidden when unused

- events `v14.0.1` `stateevents` Adds event support to the element • Hidden when unused

- state `state` Returns the element to the frontend state.

A typical wiring for [button with text and icon](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520ui/state_button): [value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_default) feeds the `value` pin; [value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_default) feeds the `state` pin; the `state` out pin feeds [get component child](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520actions/state_component_get_child).

[![Studio canvas example for the button with text and icon block: typical wiring for button with text and icon.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/state_button.png)](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/state_button.png?v=3)

## Used in these guides

These documentation pages use or explain this block:

- [Build Your First CRUD App](https://docs.rual.nl/getting-started/first-crud-app)

## Version history

Introduced in [`v13.0.1`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130001).

Last modified in [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).

- [v14.0.2](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/140002): This block or one of its pins was updated in `v14.0.2`, click here to see the release notes.

- [v14.0.1](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/140001): This block or one of its pins was updated in `v14.0.1`, click here to see the release notes.

- [Back to `state ui`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui): Return to the main group to view all sub-groups

- [Back to `state elements`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui?group=state%20elements): Return to the group to view all blocks within this group

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