---
category: Components
type: General
title: Button
---
To trigger an operation.
## When To Use
A button means an operation (or a series of operations). Clicking a button will trigger corresponding business logic.
## API
To get a customized button, just set `type` /`shape`/`size`/`loading`/`disabled`.
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| disabled | disabled state of button | boolean | `false` |
| ghost | make background transparent and invert text and border colors, added in 2.7 | boolean | `false` |
| href | redirect url of link button | string | - |
| htmlType | set the original html `type` of `button` , see: [MDN ](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button#attr-type ) | string | `button` |
| icon | set the icon of button, see: Icon component | string | - |
| loading | set the loading status of button | boolean \| { delay: number } | `false` |
| shape | can be set to `circle` , `round` or omitted | string | - |
| size | can be set to `small` `large` or omitted | string | `default` |
| target | same as target attribute of a, works when href is specified | string | - |
| type | can be set to `primary` `ghost` `dashed` `danger` `link` (added in 3.17) or omitted (meaning `default` ) | string | `default` |
| onClick | set the handler to handle `click` event | (event) => void | - |
| block | option to fit button width to its parent width | boolean | `false` |
It accepts all props which native button support.
`<Button>Hello world!</Button>` will be rendered into `<button><span>Hello world!</span></button>` , and all the properties which are not listed above will be transferred to the `<button>` tag.
`<Button href="http://example.com">Hello world!</Button>` will be rendered into `<a href="http://example.com"><span>Hello world!</span></a>` .
## FAQ
### How to remove space between 2 chinese characters
Use [ConfigProvider ](/components/config-provider/#API ) to set `autoInsertSpaceInButton` as `false` .
< style >
[id^=components-button-demo-] .ant-btn {
margin-right: 8px;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
[id^=components-button-demo-] .ant-btn-group > .ant-btn,
[id^=components-button-demo-] .ant-btn-group > span > .ant-btn {
margin-right: 0;
}
< / style >
