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Danny White be01b38118 docs(design-system): document split button with dropdown pattern (#47422)
## Summary
- Add `button-split-dropdown` and `admonition-button-split`
design-system examples for primary action + chevron menu.
- Document the shared middle border pattern (`-ml-px`, `hover:z-10`;
avoid `border-l-0`) in Button and Admonition docs.
- Mirrors the approach established in the custom SMTP email templates
admonition.

## Test plan
- [ ] Open design-system site and verify `Button → Split with dropdown`
preview renders correctly
- [ ] Open `Admonition → Split button with dropdown` preview and confirm
middle border looks correct on hover/focus
- [ ] Confirm peek code shows the documented class names

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added new split-button dropdown live demos, including
icon/chevron-triggered menus with actionable items.
* Added an admonition demo demonstrating a split primary button plus
dropdown trigger with responsive layout.

* **Documentation**
* Expanded “Split with dropdown” guidance with pairing/when-to-use
rules, required styling/border behavior, and responsive layout
instructions for the primary + chevron actions.
* Updated button documentation heading capitalization to match
typography standards.
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---
title: Button
description: Displays a button or a component that looks like a button.
featured: true
component: true
---
<ComponentPreview name="button-demo" peekCode wide />
## Usage
```tsx
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
```
```tsx
<Button variant="outline">Button</Button>
```
## Link
You can use the `buttonVariants` helper to create a link that looks like a button.
```tsx
import { buttonVariants } from '@/components/ui/button'
```
```tsx
<Link className={buttonVariants({ variant: 'outline' })}>Click here</Link>
```
Alternatively, you can set the `asChild` parameter and nest the link component.
```tsx
<Button asChild>
<Link href="/login">Login</Link>
</Button>
```
## Examples
### Sizes
Use the `size` prop to determine the size of the button.
<ComponentPreview name="button-sizes" />
### Variants
These are all the different `variant` variations.
#### Primary
Used for data insertion actions, confirming purchases, strong positive actions.
<ComponentPreview name="button-demo" />
#### Default
Used for opening dialogs, navigating to pages, and other non CRUD actions.
This `variant` will probably be the most used button variant.
It will probably be changed to be the default variant in future.
<ComponentPreview name="button-default" />
#### Secondary
Can be used for signaling a data or config change, but not as serious as a primary button.
For destructive or side effect actions, use the `destructive` or `warning` variant.
<ComponentPreview name="button-secondary" />
#### Warning
Used for actions that might have a side effect, but not as serious as a destructive action.
<ComponentPreview name="button-warning" />
#### Destructive (currently `danger`)
Used for actions that will have a serious destructive side effect, like deleting data.
prop `variant` will probably be changed to `destructive` in the future.
<ComponentPreview name="button-destructive" />
#### Outline
Used for secondary actions, or actions that are not as important as the primary action.
<ComponentPreview name="button-outline" />
#### Ghost (currently `text`)
Used for actions that are not as important as the primary action, or for actions that are not as important as the primary action.
prop `variant` will probably be changed to `ghost` in the future.
<ComponentPreview name="button-ghost" />
#### Link
Used for actions that are not as important as the primary action, or for actions that are not as important as the primary action.
<ComponentPreview name="button-link" />
### Only an icon
Displaying only an Icon in a button.
<Admonition type="note" title="This feature requires more support" className="mt-3">
We should update the button component to support this use case better.
</Admonition>
<ComponentPreview name="button-icon" />
### As child
Supports slot behavior with `asChild` prop.
<ComponentPreview name="button-as-child" />
### Split with dropdown
Pair a button with a chevron `DropdownMenu` trigger when there are variations of the same action, or alternative ways to accomplish the same goal. The default or most likely option should be used on the exposed button.
When secondary actions are related but distinct—not alternatives to the primary action—display the primary action as a button and place the rest in an overflow menu instead. See [Table multiple actions](./table#multiple-actions).
<ComponentPreview name="button-split-dropdown" peekCode />
The shared middle border is the tricky part. Do **not** use `border-l-0` on the chevron button — that drops the divider on hover/focus. Instead:
- Primary: `rounded-r-none` and `hover:z-10` so its border stacks above the chevron on hover.
- Chevron trigger: `rounded-l-none`, `shrink-0`, `px-[4px] py-[5px]`, and `-ml-px` to overlap the adjacent border by one pixel.
- Chevron trigger only: `aria-label` describing the menu (the icon is decorative).
Inside [Admonition](../fragments/admonition#split-button-with-dropdown) actions, also use `flex w-full @lg:w-auto` with `flex-1 @lg:flex-none` on the primary when `layout="responsive"`.
## Accessibility
[Keyboard focus](../accessibility#focus-management) is automatically handled:
- Enabled buttons default to `tabIndex={0}` (keyboard accessible)
- Disabled buttons default to `tabIndex={-1}` (removed from tab order)
- You can still override with an explicit `tabIndex` prop when needed
You therefore don't need to manually set `tabIndex`, as Button handles it automatically based on its `disabled` state.