Why having a Link as a child of a Button

I see examples in React with Radix that does things like:

<Button asChild>
  <Link href="/path">A Link</Link>
<Button>

<Button asChild>
  <Link href="/path">A Link</Link>
<Button>

Why is this necessary? Wouldn't it be simpler to just use a Link and style it like a button? What am I missing?

3 Replies

Tenkes•8mo ago

<Button /> is already styled component. To avoid writing styles again they wrapped Link in Button and used asChild prop which should use child's tag as tag in Button. So it wouldn't render button but actual link.

firstianOP•8mo ago

So if I don't use a style component (e.g., straight Radix), then there is no point in using the Button at all, just style the link as I see fit directly?

Tenkes•8mo ago

If you're not going to use Radix styles then yeah, style the link as you want it styled

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Why having a Link as a child of a Button