---
title: Spinner
description: Spinners indicate a loading or processing state inline in buttons, badges, and empty states.
category: Feedback
---

import { meta as SpinnerMeta, Default } from '@/content/stories/spinner';
import Canvas from '@/components/component-docs/canvas';
import Demo from '@/components/component-docs/demo';

export const config = {
	dependencies: {
		components: [Canvas, Demo],
		scripts: [
			'../../components/component-docs/demo.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/canvas.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/controls.script.tsx',
		],
	},
};


# Spinner

<p class="docs-lede">Spinners indicate a loading or processing state inline in buttons, badges, and empty states.</p>

## Try it

<Demo of={Default} meta={SpinnerMeta} />

## Usage

```tsx
import { RuiSpinner } from '@ecopages/radiant-ui/spinner';

<RuiSpinner />
```

Place a spinner before button label text to indicate an in-flight action:

```tsx
import { RuiButton } from '@ecopages/radiant-ui/button';
import { RuiSpinner } from '@ecopages/radiant-ui/spinner';

<RuiButton variant="filled" disabled>
  <RuiSpinner size="sm" class="mr-2" />
  Loading...
</RuiButton>
```

## Sizes

<p>Use `sm` inside buttons and badges, `md` for standalone status, and `lg` for prominent loading regions.</p>

## Accessibility

- `RuiSpinner` renders `role="status"` with a default `aria-label` of `Loading`.
- Pair with visible text when the loading context is not obvious.

## API

`RuiSpinner` is a presentational JSX view over a `<span>`, no custom element.

### Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `size` | `sm` · `md` · `lg` | `md` | Spinner diameter. |
| `aria` | `{ label?: string }` | `{ label: 'Loading' }` | Accessible name. |

### CSS classes

| Class | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `.rui-spinner` | Spinner root (`role="status"`). |
| `.rui-spinner--sm` | Small spinner (12px). |
| `.rui-spinner--md` | Medium spinner (16px). |
| `.rui-spinner--lg` | Large spinner (20px). |