The Material Design Lite (MDL) chip component is a small, interactive element. Chips are commonly used for contacts, text, rules, icons, and photos.
1. Create a container element for the chip; typically <span> and <div> are used, but any container element should work equally well. If you need interactivity, use a <button>, or add the tabindex attribute to your container.
<span>
</span>
2. Add in the text wrapper and the MDL classes.
<span class="mdl-chip">
<span class="mdl-chip__text">Chip Text</span>
</span>
3. For deletable chips, add in the delete icon. This can be an <a>, <button> or non-interactive tags like <span>.
<span class="mdl-chip">
<span class="mdl-chip__text">Chip Text</span>
<a href="#" class="mdl-chip__action"><i class="material-icons">cancel</i></a>
</span>
4. Contact chips need to have the mdl-chip--contact class added to the container, along with another container for the contact icon. The icon container for photos is typically an <img> tag, but other types of content can be used with a little extra supporting css.
<span class="mdl-chip">
<span class="mdl-chip__contact mdl-color--teal mdl-color-text--white">A</span>
<span class="mdl-chip__text">Chip Text</span>
<a href="#" class="mdl-chip__action"><i class="material-icons">cancel</i></a>
</span>
A button based contact chip whose contact image is a <span> with a background-image.
<style>
.demo-chip .mdl-chip__contact {
background-image: url("./path/to/image");
background-size: cover;
}
</style>
<button class="mdl-chip demo-chip">
<span class="mdl-chip__contact"> </span>
<span class="mdl-chip__text">Chip Text</span>
<a href="#" class="mdl-chip__action"><i class="material-icons">cancel</i></a>
</button>
| MDL Class | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
mdl-chip |
Defines element as an MDL chip container | Required on "outer" container |
mdl-chip--contact |
Defines an MDL chip as a contact style chip | Optional, goes on "outer" container |
mdl-chip__text |
Defines element as the chip's text | Required on "inner" text container |
mdl-chip__action |
Defines element as the chip's action | Required on "inner" action container, if present |
mdl-chip__contact |
Defines element as the chip's contact container | Required on "inner" contact container, if the mdl-chip--contact class is present on "outer" container |