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OutlinedButton

Outlined buttons are medium-emphasis buttons. They contain actions that are important, but aren’t the primary action in an app. Outlined buttons pair well with filled buttons to indicate an alternative, secondary action. See Material 3 buttons for more info.

Examples​

Live example

Basic outlined buttons​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Basic outlined buttons"
    page.add(
        ft.OutlinedButton(text="Outlined button"),
        ft.OutlinedButton("Disabled button", disabled=True),
    )

ft.app(target=main)

Outlined buttons with icons​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Outlined buttons with icons"
    page.add(
        ft.OutlinedButton("Button with icon", icon="chair_outlined"),
        ft.OutlinedButton(
            "Button with colorful icon",
            icon="park_rounded",
            icon_color="green400",
        ),
    )

ft.app(target=main)

Outlined button with click event​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Outlined button with 'click' event"

    def button_clicked(e):
        b.data += 1
        t.value = f"Button clicked {b.data} time(s)"
        page.update()

    b = ft.OutlinedButton("Button with 'click' event", on_click=button_clicked, data=0)
    t = ft.Text()

    page.add(b, t)

ft.app(target=main)

Outlined button with custom content​

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Outlined buttons with custom content"
    page.add(
        ft.OutlinedButton(
            width=150,
            content=ft.Row(
                [
                    ft.Icon(name=ft.icons.FAVORITE, color="pink"),
                    ft.Icon(name=ft.icons.AUDIOTRACK, color="green"),
                    ft.Icon(name=ft.icons.BEACH_ACCESS, color="blue"),
                ],
                alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.SPACE_AROUND,
            ),
        ),
        ft.OutlinedButton(
            content=ft.Container(
                content=ft.Column(
                    [
                        ft.Text(value="Compound button", size=20),
                        ft.Text(value="This is secondary text"),
                    ],
                    alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.CENTER,
                    spacing=5,
                ),
                padding=ft.padding.all(10),
            ),
        ),
    )

ft.app(target=main)

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 ElevatedButton 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.

clip_behavior​

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

Value is of type ClipBehavior and defaults to ClipBehavior.NONE.

content​

A Control representing custom button content.

icon​

Icon shown in the button.

icon_color​

Icon color.

style​

The value is an instance of ButtonStyle class.

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.