Accessible Button component

[xndyz]

Why doesn't Ark have more primitive components like other UI libraries? Components like Buttons can be deceptively hard and seems like something that would prevent Ark from getting wide adoption.

[veloware]

My understanding would be that given Ark UI components are just a layer of abstraction on top of Zag components and are totally unstyled - there's no reason to wrap up primitives as a component given then have no logic or state.

[abhishek-junghare]

I agree. The Button component should be there. One can create their own buttons, but that would require some effort to ensure they match the rest of the UI components in Ark. If Ark UI itself has these components, at least the Button in my case, it would be very helpful.

[veloware]

I agree. The Button component should be there. One can create their own buttons, but that would require some effort to ensure they match the rest of the UI components in Ark. If Ark UI itself has these components, at least the Button in my case, it would be very helpful.

what would you expect an Ark Button to provide you with that a standard HTML button would not already give you?

[abhishek-junghare]

@veloware UI libraries are not just about the functionality, but having a uniform design language as well. If say a button for example, would also have all these attributes like -

• small
• normal
• large
• solid
• outlined
• text
• ghost
• disabled
• loading
• rounded
• icon
• button group
• and so on.

This, if you were to create on your own, it will take time to match the Ark UI design system. Imagine putting a button inline with a input field, and your button just won't match the height of the input field.

[veloware]

@veloware UI libraries are not just about the functionality, but having a uniform design language as well. If say a button for example, would also have all these attributes like -

• small
• normal
• large
• solid
• outlined
• text
• ghost
• disabled
• loading
• rounded
• icon
• button group
• and so on.

This, if you were to create on your own, it will take time to match the Ark UI design system. Imagine putting a button inline with a input field, and your button just won't match the height of the input field.

That's kind of my point, Ark components are headless, they are totally unstyled and don't have the concept of variants or sizes like you have mentioned in your list, let alone a design system. That's were Chakra UI comes in, it currently provides a base theme for Ark components.

[abhishek-junghare]

@veloware @xndyz
Well, I guess I was looking at the wrong thing. Park UI is the one that works for me, which is also built on top of ArkUI.

[Omikorin]

Like @veloware pointed out, Button should be implemented in a design system, not in an unstyled component library.