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feat(ui): increase button and input height for larger touch targets
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/tall-buttons-inputs.md
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'@clerk/ui': patch
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Increase the default height of buttons and inputs for larger, easier-to-tap touch targets, especially on mobile. Their default vertical padding grows from 6px to 7px, and to 8px on mobile (≤480px). Social provider icon buttons match the taller height, and their icons scale from 16px to 20px on mobile.
5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions packages/ui/src/elements/SocialButtons.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ export const SocialButtons = React.memo((props: SocialButtonsRootProps) => {
isLoading={card.loadingMetadata === strategy}
isDisabled={card.isLoading}
alt={`Sign in with ${strategyToDisplayData[strategy].name}`}
// Icon-only buttons get a 16px glyph on desktop and 20px on mobile to
// stay proportional to the taller button; block buttons keep 16px, which
// fits their fixed icon slot.
size='$4'
sx={preferBlockButtons ? undefined : t => ({ [mqu.sm]: { width: t.sizes.$5, height: t.sizes.$5 } })}
elementDescriptor={[descriptors.providerIcon, descriptors.socialButtonsProviderIcon]}
elementId={descriptors.socialButtonsProviderIcon.setId(strategyToDisplayData[strategy].id)}
/>
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions packages/ui/src/foundations/sizes.ts
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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const spacingScale = Object.freeze({
'0x5': { rem: '0.125rem', multiplier: 0.5 },
'1': { rem: '0.25rem', multiplier: 1 },
'1x5': { rem: '0.375rem', multiplier: 1.5 },
'1x75': { rem: '0.4375rem', multiplier: 1.75 },
'2': { rem: '0.5rem', multiplier: 2 },
'2x5': { rem: '0.625rem', multiplier: 2.5 },
'3': { rem: '0.75rem', multiplier: 3 },
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'0x5': spacingScale['0x5'].rem,
'1': spacingScale['1'].rem,
'1x5': spacingScale['1x5'].rem,
'1x75': spacingScale['1x75'].rem,
'2': spacingScale['2'].rem,
'2x5': spacingScale['2x5'].rem,
'3': spacingScale['3'].rem,
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions packages/ui/src/primitives/Button.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import React from 'react';
import { descriptors, Icon, Spinner } from '../customizables';
import { TriangleRight } from '../icons';
import type { PrimitiveProps, StyleVariants } from '../styledSystem';
import { common, createCssVariables, createVariants } from '../styledSystem';
import { common, createCssVariables, createVariants, mqu } from '../styledSystem';
import { applyDataStateProps } from './applyDataStateProps';
import { Flex } from './Flex';

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padding: `${theme.space.$1} ${theme.space.$3}`,
},
sm: {
padding: `${theme.space.$1x5} ${theme.space.$3}`,
// Taller controls on mobile (8px) than desktop (7px) for easier tapping.
padding: `${theme.space.$1x75} ${theme.space.$3}`,
[mqu.sm]: {
paddingTop: theme.space.$2,
paddingBottom: theme.space.$2,
},
},
md: {
padding: `${theme.space.$2x5} ${theme.space.$5}`,
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions packages/ui/src/primitives/Input.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ const { applyVariants, filterProps } = createVariants((theme, props) => ({
base: {
boxSizing: 'border-box',
margin: 0,
padding: `${theme.space.$1x5} ${theme.space.$3}`,
padding: `${theme.space.$1x75} ${theme.space.$3}`,
backgroundColor: theme.colors.$colorInput,
color: theme.colors.$colorInputForeground,
// outline support for Windows contrast themes
outline: 'transparent solid 2px',
outlineOffset: '2px',
maxHeight: theme.sizes.$9,
maxHeight: theme.sizes.$10,
width: props.type === 'checkbox' ? theme.sizes.$4 : '100%',
accentColor: theme.colors.$primary500,
...(props.type === 'checkbox'
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: {}),
...common.textVariants(theme).body,
...common.disabled(theme),
// Taller inputs on mobile (8px) than desktop (7px) for easier tapping.
[mqu.sm]: {
paddingTop: theme.space.$2,
paddingBottom: theme.space.$2,
},
// This is a workaround to prevent zooming on iOS when focusing an input
[mqu.ios]: {
fontSize: theme.fontSizes.$lg,
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