ui.modal_button

ui.modal_button(label, icon=None, **kwargs)

Creates a button that will dismiss a modal.

modal_button is usually passed to the footer of a modal to add a button to the footer that will close the modal.

Parameters

label: TagChild

An input label.

icon: TagChild = None

An icon to appear inline with the button/link.

**kwargs: TagAttrValue = {}

Attributes to be applied to the button.

Returns

Type	Description
Tag	A UI element

See Also

• modal
• modal_show
• modal_remove

Examples

#| standalone: true
#| components: [editor, viewer]
#| layout: vertical
#| viewerHeight: 400

## file: app.py
from shiny import App, Inputs, Outputs, Session, reactive, ui

app_ui = ui.page_fluid(
    ui.input_action_button("show", "Show modal dialog"),
)


def server(input: Inputs, output: Outputs, session: Session):
    @reactive.effect
    @reactive.event(input.show)
    def _():
        m = ui.modal(
            "This is a somewhat important message.",
            title="Somewhat important message",
            easy_close=True,
            footer=None,
        )
        ui.modal_show(m)


app = App(app_ui, server)