How do I use Text Link Button in my project?

Copy whichever of HTML and CSS matches your setup and paste it in. There is no build step, no dependency and no framework requirement. The three formats produce the same component, so pick the one that fits and ignore the rest.

Can I use Text Link Button commercially?

Yes. The code is free to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution required and no licence to accept.

What makes Text Link Button different from a plain button?

It uses transitions, transforms, hover state and focus state, where a default button uses none of them. That is the whole difference: the behaviour is the same and the presentation is not.

Text Link Button

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Background:

<button class="text-link-btn">
  <span>Learn More</span>
  <span class="arrow">→</span>
</button>

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About Text Link Button

Text Link Button is a button built with transforms. Its stylesheet runs to 28 lines across 5 rules, declaring 15 distinct properties. It styles hover and focus states explicitly, so the component responds to interaction rather than sitting still. Every format shown on this page is the same component, so you can take HTML and CSS depending on how your project is set up. Nothing is minified and nothing depends on a framework.

When to use

Dense interfaces and admin panels, where dozens of controls share a screen, where a minimal and text button fits the surrounding design
Repeated use across a page, since there is no animation to become tiring when several appear together
Palettes built around blue and transparent, where this button can be dropped in without retheming
A quick starting point you intend to modify, since the CSS is short enough to read in one pass

How it works

The base rule sets the shape with border-radius, display and padding. Movement is done with transforms rather than by changing position or size, which is what keeps it smooth: transforms are composited and do not force the browser to lay the page out again. State changes are eased with a transition, so hovering does not snap.

Accessibility

Keyboard navigation

Supported

Screen reader

Friendly

ARIA

Native element semantics, no extra attributes needed

Built on a native <button> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes. Defines a focus style for keyboard navigation. Nothing in the source contradicts keyboard or screen reader use.

Browser support

Chrome

26+

Firefox

16+

Safari

Edge

12+

Everything this component uses has been supported across browsers for years, so no fallback is needed.

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Frequently asked questions

Text Link Button

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Background:

<button class="text-link-btn">
  <span>Learn More</span>
  <span class="arrow">→</span>
</button>

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What is inside Text Link Button

Text Link Button is a CSS button built with transforms, defined in 28 lines across 5 selectors.

CSS properties

Selectors

Lines of CSS

Formats

Techniques used

TransitionsTransformsHover stateFocus state

CSS properties in this component

align-itemsbackgroundborderborder-radiuscolorcursordisplayfont-sizefont-weightgapoutlineoutline-offsetpaddingtransformtransition

Accessibility check

Built on a native <button> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes.
Defines a focus style for keyboard navigation.

These notes are generated by reading this component's own source, so they describe what it actually does rather than what a template says. Copy the code above in HTML, CSS and adapt it freely.