feat: use custom states for button and anchor button variants

change/@fluentui-web-components-8fa1a0aa-7dd4-4129-89c3-fe350ad0fa58.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "feat: update button and anchor button to leverage custom states for variants",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/web-components",
+  "email": "[email protected]",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}

packages/web-components/src/anchor-button/anchor-button.spec.ts

@@ -77,4 +77,69 @@ test.describe('Anchor Button', () => {
       await expect(proxy).toHaveAttribute(`${attribute}`, `${value}`);
     });
   }
+
+  test('should navigate to the provided url when clicked', async ({ page }) => {
+    const element = page.locator('fluent-anchor-button');
+    const expectedUrl = '#foo';
+
+    await page.setContent(/* html */ `
+          <fluent-anchor-button href="${expectedUrl}"></fluent-anchor-button>
+        `);
+
+    await element.click();
+
+    expect(page.url()).toContain(expectedUrl);
+  });
+
+  test('should navigate to the provided url when clicked while pressing the `Control` key on Windows or Meta on Mac', async ({
+    page,
+    context,
+  }) => {
+    const element = page.locator('fluent-anchor-button');
+    const expectedUrl = '#foo';
+
+    await page.setContent(/* html */ `
+      <fluent-anchor-button href="${expectedUrl}"></fluent-anchor-button>
+    `);
+
+    const [newPage] = await Promise.all([
+      context.waitForEvent('page'),
+      element.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] }),
+    ]);
+
+    expect(newPage.url()).toContain(expectedUrl);
+  });
+
+  test('should navigate to the provided url when `Enter` is pressed via keyboard', async ({ page }) => {
+    const element = page.locator('fluent-anchor-button');
+    const expectedUrl = '#foo';
+
+    await page.setContent(/* html */ `
+        <fluent-anchor-button href="${expectedUrl}"></fluent-anchor-button>
+      `);
+
+    await element.focus();
+
+    await element.press('Enter');
+
+    expect(page.url()).toContain(expectedUrl);
+  });
+
+  test('should navigate to the provided url when `ctrl` and `Enter` are pressed via keyboard', async ({
+    page,
+    context,
+  }) => {
+    const element = page.locator('fluent-anchor-button');
+    const expectedUrl = '#foo';
+
+    await page.setContent(/* html */ `
+      <fluent-anchor-button href="${expectedUrl}"></fluent-anchor-button>
+    `);
+
+    await element.focus();
+
+    const [newPage] = await Promise.all([context.waitForEvent('page'), element.press('ControlOrMeta+Enter')]);
+
+    expect(newPage.url()).toContain(expectedUrl);
+  });
 });

packages/web-components/src/anchor-button/anchor-button.styles.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import { baseButtonStyles } from '../button/button.styles.js';
 import { forcedColorsStylesheetBehavior } from '../utils/index.js';
 
 // Need to support icon hover styles
-export const styles = baseButtonStyles.withBehaviors(
+export const styles = css`
+  ${baseButtonStyles}
+
+  ::slotted(a) {
+    position: absolute;
+    inset: 0;
+  }
+`.withBehaviors(
   forcedColorsStylesheetBehavior(css`
     :host {
       border-color: LinkText;

packages/web-components/src/anchor-button/anchor-button.template.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export function anchorTemplate<T extends AnchorButton>(options: AnchorOptions =
   return html<T>`
     <template
       tabindex="0"
-      @click="${x => x.clickHandler()}"
-      @keypress="${(x, c) => x.keypressHandler(c.event as KeyboardEvent)}"
+      @click="${(x, c) => x.clickHandler(c.event as PointerEvent)}"
+      @keydown="${(x, c) => x.keydownHandler(c.event as KeyboardEvent)}"
     >
       ${startSlotTemplate(options)}
       <span class="content" part="content">

packages/web-components/src/anchor-button/anchor-button.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { keyEnter } from '@microsoft/fast-web-utilities';
 import { StartEnd } from '../patterns/index.js';
 import type { StartEndOptions } from '../patterns/index.js';
 import { applyMixins } from '../utils/apply-mixins.js';
+import { toggleState } from '../utils/element-internals.js';
 import {
   AnchorAttributes,
   type AnchorButtonAppearance,
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ export type AnchorOptions = StartEndOptions<AnchorButton>;
  * @public
  */
 export class BaseAnchor extends FASTElement {
+  /**
+   * Holds a reference to the platform to manage ctrl+click on Windows and cmd+click on Mac
+   * @internal
+   */
+  private readonly isMac = navigator.userAgent.includes('Mac');
+
   /**
    * The internal {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/ElementInternals | `ElementInternals`} instance for the component.
    *
@@ -176,28 +183,43 @@ export class BaseAnchor extends FASTElement {
    * @param e - The event object
    * @internal
    */
-  public clickHandler(): boolean {
-    this.internalProxyAnchor.click();
+  public clickHandler(e: PointerEvent): boolean {
+    if (this.href) {
+      const newTab = !this.isMac ? e.ctrlKey : e.metaKey;
+      this.handleNavigation(newTab);
+    }
 
     return true;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Handles keypress events for the anchor.
+   * Handles keydown events for the anchor.
    *
    * @param e - the keyboard event
    * @returns - the return value of the click handler
    * @public
    */
-  public keypressHandler(e: KeyboardEvent): boolean | void {
-    if (e.key === keyEnter) {
-      this.internalProxyAnchor.click();
-      return;
+  public keydownHandler(e: KeyboardEvent): boolean | void {
+    if (this.href) {
+      if (e.key === keyEnter) {
+        const newTab = !this.isMac ? e.ctrlKey : e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey;
+        this.handleNavigation(newTab);
+        return;
+      }
     }
 
     return true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handles navigation based on input
+   * If the metaKey is pressed, opens the href in a new window, if false, uses the click on the proxy
+   * @internal
+   */
+  private handleNavigation(newTab: boolean): void {
+    newTab ? window.open(this.href, '_blank') : this.internalProxyAnchor.click();
+  }
+
   /**
    * A method for updating proxy attributes when attributes have changed
    * @internal
@@ -214,7 +236,8 @@ export class BaseAnchor extends FASTElement {
 
   private createProxyElement(): HTMLAnchorElement {
     const proxy = this.internalProxyAnchor ?? document.createElement('a');
-    proxy.hidden = true;
+    proxy.ariaHidden = 'true';
+    proxy.tabIndex = -1;
     return proxy;
   }
 }
@@ -230,6 +253,20 @@ export class AnchorButton extends BaseAnchor {
   @attr
   public appearance?: AnchorButtonAppearance | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Handles changes to appearance attribute custom states
+   * @param prev - the previous state
+   * @param next - the next state
+   */
+  public appearanceChanged(prev: AnchorButtonAppearance | undefined, next: AnchorButtonAppearance | undefined) {
+    if (prev) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${prev}`, false);
+    }
+    if (next) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${next}`, true);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * The shape the anchor button should have.
    *
@@ -240,6 +277,20 @@ export class AnchorButton extends BaseAnchor {
   @attr
   public shape?: AnchorButtonShape | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Handles changes to shape attribute custom states
+   * @param prev - the previous state
+   * @param next - the next state
+   */
+  public shapeChanged(prev: AnchorButtonShape | undefined, next: AnchorButtonShape | undefined) {
+    if (prev) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${prev}`, false);
+    }
+    if (next) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${next}`, true);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * The size the anchor button should have.
    *
@@ -250,6 +301,20 @@ export class AnchorButton extends BaseAnchor {
   @attr
   public size?: AnchorButtonSize;
 
+  /**
+   * Handles changes to size attribute custom states
+   * @param prev - the previous state
+   * @param next - the next state
+   */
+  public sizeChanged(prev: AnchorButtonSize | undefined, next: AnchorButtonSize | undefined) {
+    if (prev) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${prev}`, false);
+    }
+    if (next) {
+      toggleState(this.elementInternals, `${next}`, true);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * The anchor button has an icon only, no text content
    *
@@ -259,6 +324,15 @@ export class AnchorButton extends BaseAnchor {
    */
   @attr({ attribute: 'icon-only', mode: 'boolean' })
   public iconOnly: boolean = false;
+
+  /**
+   * Handles changes to icon only custom states
+   * @param prev - the previous state
+   * @param next - the next state
+   */
+  public iconOnlyChanged(prev: boolean, next: boolean) {
+    toggleState(this.elementInternals, 'icon', !!next);
+  }
 }
 
 /**

packages/web-components/src/button/button.options.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export const ButtonAppearance = {
   primary: 'primary',
   outline: 'outline',
   subtle: 'subtle',
-  secondary: 'secondary',
   transparent: 'transparent',
 } as const;