Turn off via global config through app.config.js
                                            
                                                
rippleEffect: true, // material design effect that appears on all buttons
                                             
                                            Script that turns on the plugin in app.core.js
                                            
                                                
if (window.Waves && myapp_config.rippleEffect) {
    Waves.attach('.nav-menu:not(.js-waves-off) a, .btn:not(.js-waves-off):not(.btn-switch), .js-waves-on', ['waves-themed']);
    Waves.init();
    ... 
}