Floating buttons with Font Awesome 5 JS

Topic: Floating buttons with Font Awesome 5 JS

jouvrard pro asked 6 years ago

Hello, I try to use the floating buttons with the JS version of Font Awesome 5.2.0, but there is a problem: The icon isn't centered but is positioned in the top left corner of the button. If I use it without "btn-dloating", it works perfectly. Are you aware if there is a problem with Font Awesome 5.2 JS version?

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jouvrard pro answered 6 years ago

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For information, it works with this:

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<a class="btn-floating btn-lg blue-gradient d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center"><i class="fa fa-bolt text-white"></i></a>

jouvrard pro commented 6 years ago

I've tried without Font Awesome, but juste with a text Inside the floating button, and the result is the same. I have to add "flex" to have a centered content.

Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago

Currently, we don't support FA5. However, could you please show us your full code?

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jouvrard pro answered 6 years ago

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I tried with my code (with Font Awesome 5.2), dans with the demo page present in the MDBootstrap Pro package:

My code (FA 5.2), doesn't work. If I replace the FA icon by a "+" for example, the problem is the same.

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<a href="#" class="btn-floating blue-gradient">
<i class="fal fa-plus text-white"></i>
</a>

Here is a test on the MDB demo page, placed just after the <body> tag

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<div class="container-fluid">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-12">
		<a class="btn-floating peach-gradient">+</a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-12">
                <a class="btn-floating peach-gradient"><i class="fa fa-leaf"></i></a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

No problem with the leaf, but problem with the "+", which is in the top left corner of the button, like with FA 5.2 icons.
If I try this same code with FA 5.2, the leaf will be placed in the top left corner again, even if I try with "fa", "fal", "far" or "fas" class.

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Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium answered 6 years ago

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You're facing this issue because we're styling the content of floating button using this selector: `.btn-floating i`. In your example, you have only a "+" sign. To add some styles to your "plus" you need to add some styles. For the first, add this class to your CSS code:

.fab-content {
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 47px;
    width: inherit;
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
  }

and then replace:

<a class="btn-floating peach-gradient">+</a>

with:

<a class="btn-floating peach-gradient"><span class="fab-content">+</span></a>

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jouvrard pro answered 6 years ago

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Ok for the "+" sign, but what I don't undestand is why I have the same problem with:

<a href="#" class="btn-floating blue-gradient"><i class="fal fa-plus text-white"></i></a>

Because I have an "i" tag (but using FA 5.2). But after a test, your solution works with this too.

<a href="#" class="btn-floating blue-gradient"><span clas="fab-content"><i class="fal fa-plus text-white"></i></span></a>

I tested an other solution which works too:

<a href="#" class="btn-floating blue-gradient d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center"<i class="fal fa-plus text-white"></i>/a>

With this solution I'm not dependant of the lien height of the button, if you change it one day.
Is this solution good too, or it's better to use yours?

Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago

Both solutions are correct, so it depends on you which one do you want to use

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