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A split button groups actions together in a Drop-down Menu, with one primary action and a set of related actions.
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Usage & Behavior
General guidelines
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The separator between these two areas signals that they have different actions.
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The arrow icon opens an action menu, as a Drop-down Menu.
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Content
The label in the action area should be the primary action.
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The action area and the drop-down arrow area are treated as 2 distinct buttons, with their own separate states. For example, they have separate hover states:
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The primary action should also be shown in the action menu.
The button has 2 modes of operations:
Persistent split button - the default action is kept until the user makes a different selection, which then becomes the default.
Fixed split button - the primary action is kept as the default, even when the user selects another option.
The action menu closes when the user makes a selection.
States
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Hover | | |
Active | | |
Disabled |  | |
Error |  | |
Warning |  | |
Focused |  | |
Focused, Hover |   | |
Focused, Active |   | |
Focused, Disabled |  |
Interaction
Clicking the left-hand action area triggers the primary action.
Clicking the right-hand drop-down arrow opens an action menu of alternative actions.
Clicking an action in the Action Menu triggers the related action.
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Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.
Focus management
Keyboard | Description |
Tab | Navigates to the next component. |
Shift + Tab | Navigates to the previous component. |
Space | Opens the menu. For the Action menu’s focus management see https://kanasoftware.jira.com/wiki/spaces/UserExp/pages/918917536/Action+Menus#Focus-management. |
Enter | Applies the current action. |
Esc | N/A |
Arrows | Up/Down - Opens the menu. |
Design
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