Chip

Chip

The API documentation of the Chip React component.

Chips represent complex entities in small blocks, such as a contact.

Props

Name Type Default Description
avatar element Avatar element.
children unsupportedProp This property isn't supported. Use the component property if you need to change the children structure.
classes object Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS API below for more details.
clickable bool false If true, the chip will appear clickable, and will raise when pressed, even if the onClick property is not defined. This can be used, for example, along with the component property to indicate an anchor Chip is clickable.
color enum: 'default' |
 'primary' |
 'secondary'
'default' The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component.
component union: string |
 func |
 object
'div' The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component.
deleteIcon element Override the default delete icon element. Shown only if onDelete is set.
label node The content of the label.
onDelete func Callback function fired when the delete icon is clicked. If set, the delete icon will be shown.

Any other properties supplied will be spread to the root element (native element).

CSS API

You can override all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the classes property. This property accepts the following keys:

Name Description
root Styles applied to the root element.
colorPrimary Styles applied to the root element if color="primary".
colorSecondary Styles applied to the root element if color="secondary".
clickable Styles applied to the root element if onClick is defined or clickable={true}.
clickableColorPrimary
clickableColorSecondary
deletable Styles applied to the root element if onDelete is defined.
deletableColorPrimary Styles applied to the root element if onDelete and color="primary" is defined.
deletableColorSecondary Styles applied to the root element if onDelete and color="secondary" is defined.
avatar Styles applied to the avatar element.
avatarColorPrimary Styles applied to the avatar element if checked={true} and color="primary"
avatarColorSecondary Styles applied to the avatar element if checked={true} and color="secondary"
avatarChildren Styles applied to the avatar elements children.
label Styles applied to the label span element`.
deleteIcon Styles applied to the deleteIcon element.
deleteIconColorPrimary Styles applied to the deleteIcon element if color="primary".
deleteIconColorSecondary Styles applied to the deleteIcon element if color="secondary".

Have a look at overriding with classes section and the implementation of the component for more detail.

If using the overrides key of the theme as documented here, you need to use the following style sheet name: MuiChip.

Demos