CSS Cascade Layers provide an effective method to organize and customize components, particularly with buttons, which are versatile elements used in various UI actions. The article explores a CSS pattern for organizing button styles, highlighting that buttons can perform multiple functions and can be styled according to their state, such as hover or active states. While the potential for over-engineering exists, the author emphasizes finding a balance between complexity and simplicity, ensuring that buttons remain both efficient and easy to understand within a component library.
The neat part is, that as much as it helps with 'top-level' organization, cascade layers can be nested, allowing for more precise style authoring based on the cascade.
I think I've found a balance though, keeping things simple yet organized, and I'd like to share my findings.
Buttons are one of the more popular components found in just about every component library. There's good reason for that popularity because buttons can be used for a variety of use cases.
On top of that, different buttons perform different functions and are often styled accordingly so that a button for one type of action is distinguished from another.
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