Button

This class allows you to generate a button.

Example:

Button::add()
    ->route('boilerplate.users.edit', $user->id)
    ->icon('pencil-alt')
    ->color('primary')
    ->make(); 

method	description
add	Creates a new button
icon	Adds a FontAwesome icon to the button
color	Sets the button color
class	Sets additional class
route	Sets the button link href by using a route
link	Sets the button link href
attributes	Sets HTML attributes to the button
make	Renders the button

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add

Creates a new button.

Button::add()

You can specify a label:

Button::add('Edit')

icon

Adds a FontAwesome icon to the button:

Available icons: https://fontawesome.com/v5.15/icons (opens new window)

You only have to specify the name of the icon:

->icon('edit')

For other styles than fas, specify last letter of the class:

->icon('calendar', 'r')

color

Sets the button color.

Available colors: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/colors/ (opens new window)

Only bootstrap4 colors are supported.

->color('primary')

class

Sets additional class.

->class('mr-1 text-sm')

route

Sets the button link href by using a route.

->route('boilerplate.users.edit', $user->id)

link

Sets the button link href.

->link(route('boilerplate.users.edit', $user->id))

attributes

Sets HTML attributes.

->attributes(['data-action' => 'delete'])

make

Renders the button.

->make()

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Button aliases

Button::show('route.to.resource.show', $resource);

Button::edit('route.to.resource.edit', $resource);

Button::delete('route.to.resource.destroy', $resource);

Button::delete will show a modal to confirm the deletion. You can set another confirmation message by using the Datatable::locale() method.