action.cancel

Abandons the current task without keeping changes

Component

<Action>

Renders

<button>

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Action intents

Example

Preview

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<Action intent="action.cancel" onClick={cancelItem} current={isCurrent}>Cancel</Action>

Code that says cancel, discard points here. prongs check warns when an element with this intent has a handler or label that points somewhere else.

Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

If it is
Use
Abandons the current task without keeping changes
action.cancel this page
Closing something that has no unsaved work
action.dismiss
Abandoning the flow
rather than action.back
action.cancel this page
Stopping a task without deleting anything
rather than action.delete
action.cancel this page

Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

Built from
control.secondary

For registry authors

Starter intents. These are the intents prongs add puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own registry.ts: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with prongs add gallery.

What this intent is built from and its entry in components/prongs/registry.ts. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How action.cancel resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

control.base

Shape and behaviour shared by every button

inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2
whitespace-nowrap rounded-md px-4 py-2 text-sm transition-colors
focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2
focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2
ring-offset-surface disabled:pointer-events-none
disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none
aria-disabled:opacity-50

control.secondary

Filled, lower emphasis; shows a pressed state

rounded-full bg-secondary font-medium text-secondary-foreground
hover:bg-secondary/80 aria-pressed:bg-foreground
aria-pressed:text-background

action.cancel
Abandons the current task without keeping changes

Final classes

inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2
whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-2 text-sm transition-colors
focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2
focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2
ring-offset-surface disabled:pointer-events-none
disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none
aria-disabled:opacity-50 rounded-full bg-secondary font-medium
text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80
aria-pressed:bg-foreground aria-pressed:text-background

Definition

'action.cancel': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'Abandons the current task without keeping changes',
  refs: ['control.secondary'],
  keywords: ['cancel', 'discard'],
  notFor: [
    {
      context: 'closing something that has no unsaved work',
      instead: 'action.dismiss',
    },
  ],
},