The raised button is a standard button that signify actions and seek to give depth to a mostly flat page. The floating circular action button is meant for very important functions. Flat buttons are usually used within elements that already have depth like cards or modals.

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Flat Button

Floating Button

When you use a button to submit a form, instead of using a input tag, use a button tag with a type submit

This button has a larger height for buttons that need more attention.

If you want a fixed floating action button, you can add multiple actions that will appear on hover. Our demo is in the bottom righthand corner of the page.

<div class="fixed-action-btn">
  <a class="btn-floating btn-large red">
    <i class="large mdi-editor-mode-edit"></i>
  </a>
  <ul>
    <li><a class="btn-floating red"><i class="large mdi-editor-insert-chart"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating yellow darken-1"><i class="large mdi-editor-format-quote"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating green"><i class="large mdi-editor-publish"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating blue"><i class="large mdi-editor-attach-file"></i></a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
        

You can also open the Fixed Action Button Menu programatically, the below code will make your FAB Menu open:

  $('.fixed-action-btn').openFAB();
          

You can also close them programatically:

  $('.fixed-action-btn').closeFAB();
        

Creating a horizontal FAB is easy! Just add the class horizontal to the FAB.

If you want to disable the hover behaviour, and instead toggle the FAB menu when the user clicks on the large button (works great on mobile!), just add the click-to-toggle class to the FAB.

<div class="fixed-action-btn horizontal click-to-toggle" style="position: absolute; right: 19px;">
    <a class="btn-floating btn-large red">
      <i class="mdi-navigation-menu"></i>
    </a>
    <ul>
    <li><a class="btn-floating red"><i class="large mdi-editor-insert-chart"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating yellow darken-1"><i class="large mdi-editor-format-quote"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating green"><i class="large mdi-editor-publish"></i></a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="btn-floating blue"><i class="large mdi-editor-attach-file"></i></a>
    </li>
    </ul>
  </div>

This style can be applied to all button types.

Button Colors