Display a button widget.

Function signature[source]

st.button(label, key=None, help=None, on_click=None, args=None, kwargs=None, *, type="secondary", disabled=False, use_container_width=False)

Parameters

label (str)

A short label explaining to the user what this button is for. The label can optionally contain GitHub-flavored Markdown of the following types: Bold, Italics, Strikethroughs, Inline Code, and Links.

Unsupported Markdown elements are unwrapped so only their children (text contents) render. Display unsupported elements as literal characters by backslash-escaping them. E.g., "1\. Not an ordered list".

See the body parameter of st.markdown for additional, supported Markdown directives.

key (str or int)

An optional string or integer to use as the unique key for the widget. If this is omitted, a key will be generated for the widget based on its content. Multiple widgets of the same type may not share the same key.

help (str)

An optional tooltip that gets displayed when the button is hovered over.

on_click (callable)

An optional callback invoked when this button is clicked.

args (tuple)

An optional tuple of args to pass to the callback.

kwargs (dict)

An optional dict of kwargs to pass to the callback.

type ("secondary" or "primary")

An optional string that specifies the button type. Can be "primary" for a button with additional emphasis or "secondary" for a normal button. Defaults to "secondary".

disabled (bool)

An optional boolean, which disables the button if set to True. The default is False.

use_container_width (bool)

Whether to expand the button's width to fill its parent container. If use_container_width is False (default), Streamlit sizes the button to fit its contents. If use_container_width is True, the width of the button matches its parent container.

In both cases, if the contents of the button are wider than the parent container, the contents will line wrap.

Returns

(bool)

True if the button was clicked on the last run of the app, False otherwise.

Example

import streamlit as st

st.button("Reset", type="primary")
if st.button("Say hello"):
    st.write("Why hello there")
else:
    st.write("Goodbye")

Although a button is the simplest of input widgets, it's very common for buttons to be deeply tied to the use of st.session_state. Check out our advanced guide on Button behavior and examples.

Check out our video on how to use one of Streamlit's core functions, the button!

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