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HTML
<button class="pp-min" type="button" aria-pressed="false" aria-label="Play" data-pp>
  <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="18" height="18" aria-hidden="true">
    <path class="pp-min-icon" d="M8 5 L8 19 L19 12 Z" fill="currentColor" />
  </svg>
  <span class="pp-min-label">Listen</span>
</button>
CSS
.pp-min {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 10px 18px 10px 14px;
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: #f0eeff;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition:
    background 0.2s,
    border-color 0.2s,
    color 0.2s,
    transform 0.15s;
}
.pp-min:hover {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04);
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}
.pp-min:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}
.pp-min[aria-pressed="true"] {
  background: #f0eeff;
  color: #0f172a;
  border-color: #f0eeff;
}
.pp-min-icon {
  transition: d 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.3, 1.2);
}
.pp-min[aria-pressed="true"] .pp-min-icon {
  d: path("M7 5 H10 V19 H7 Z M14 5 H17 V19 H14 Z");
}
.pp-min[aria-pressed="true"] .pp-min-label::before {
  content: "Pause";
}
.pp-min[aria-pressed="true"] .pp-min-label {
  font-size: 0;
}
.pp-min[aria-pressed="true"] .pp-min-label::before {
  font-size: 13px;
}
JS
// ── Drop this on every page where you render a play/pause button ──
// Toggles aria-pressed + aria-label on click. The CSS handles all visuals.
document.querySelectorAll('[data-pp]').forEach(function (btn) {
  btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
    var playing = btn.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
    btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(!playing));
    btn.setAttribute('aria-label', !playing ? 'Pause' : 'Play');
  });
});