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After yesterday’s example of the new button roles, I want to go a bit in depth as I mixed up a few things. With iOS 26, there are now four button roles: close and confirm (26+), destructive and cancel (15+). #iOSDev #SwiftUI

The years-old cancel role shows the title key as text in the toolbar from 15 to 18, and since 26+, the xmark-ish button. According to the docs, a cancel button causes the user to lose progress.

With 26, there is the new close role. It looks in the toolbar the same as the cancel button, but signals that no progress is lost when tapping it.

Last but not least, there is the new confirm role. This is the first and only role to accept/apply some kind of action. This button has the app’s accent color as tint and has a checkmark as a symbol.