element-ui/examples/docs/en-US/steps.md

Steps

Guide the user to complete tasks in accordance with the process. Its steps can be set according to the actual application scenario and the number of the steps can't be less than 2.

Basic usage

Simple step bar.

:::demo Set active attribute with Number type, which indicates the index of steps and starts from 0. You can set space attribute when the width of the step needs to be fixed which accepts Number type. The unit of the space attribute is px. If not set, it is responsive. Setting the finish-status attribute can change the state of the steps that have been completed.

<el-steps :active="active" finish-status="success">
  <el-step title="Step 1"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3"></el-step>
</el-steps>

<el-button style="margin-top: 12px;" @click="next">Next step</el-button>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        active: 0
      };
    },

    methods: {
      next() {
        if (this.active++ > 2) this.active = 0;
      }
    }
  }
</script>

:::

Step bar that contains status

Shows the status of the step for each step.

:::demo Use title attribute to set the name of the step, or override the attribute by using a named slot. We have listed all the slot names for you at the end of this page.

<el-steps :space="200" :active="1" finish-status="success">
  <el-step title="Done"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Processing"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3"></el-step>
</el-steps>

:::

Center

Title and desription can be centered.

:::demo

<el-steps :active="2" align-center>
  <el-step title="Step 1" description="Some description"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2" description="Some description"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3" description="Some description"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 4" description="Some description"></el-step>
</el-steps>

:::

Step bar with description

There is description for each step.

:::demo

<el-steps :active="1">
  <el-step title="Step 1" description="Some description"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2" description="Some description"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3" description="Some description"></el-step>
</el-steps>

:::

Step bar with icon

A variety of custom icons can be used in the step bar.

:::demo The icon is set by the icon property. The types of icons can be found in the document for the Icon component. In addition, you can customize the icon through a named slot.

<el-steps :active="1">
  <el-step title="Step 1" icon="el-icon-edit"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2" icon="el-icon-upload"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3" icon="el-icon-picture"></el-step>
</el-steps>

:::

Vertical step bar

Vertical step bars.

:::demo You only need to set the direction attribute to vertical in the el-steps element.

<div style="height: 300px;">
  <el-steps direction="vertical" :active="1">
    <el-step title="Step 1"></el-step>
    <el-step title="Step 2"></el-step>
    <el-step title="Step 3"></el-step>
  </el-steps>
</div>

:::

Simple step bar

Simple step bars, where align-center, description, direction and space will be ignored.

:::demo

<el-steps :space="200" :active="1" simple>
  <el-step title="Step 1" icon="el-icon-edit"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2" icon="el-icon-upload"></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3" icon="el-icon-picture"></el-step>
</el-steps>

<el-steps :active="1" finish-status="success" simple style="margin-top: 20px">
  <el-step title="Step 1" ></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 2" ></el-step>
  <el-step title="Step 3" ></el-step>
</el-steps>

:::

Steps Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
space	the spacing of each step, will be responsive if omitted. Supports percentage.	number / string	—	—
direction	display direction	string	vertical/horizontal	horizontal
active	current activation step	number	—	0
process-status	status of current step	string	wait / process / finish / error / success	process
finish-status	status of end step	string	wait / process / finish / error / success	finish
align-center	center title and description	boolean	—	false
simple	whether to apply simple theme	boolean	-	false

Step Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
title	step title	string	—	—
description	step description	string	—	—
icon	step icon	step icon's class name. Icons can be passed via named slot as well	string	—
status	current status. It will be automatically set by Steps if not configured.	wait / process / finish / error / success	-

Step Slot

Name	Description
icon	custom icon
title	step title
description	step description