# ASP.NET Core Button Overview
The Telerik UI Button TagHelper and HtmlHelper for ASP.NET Core are server-side wrappers for the Kendo UI Button widget.
The Button provides a styled clickable UI functionality with arbitrary content. Apart from consistent Kendo UI for jQuery styling, the Button provides keyboard operability for elements, which natively do not have it—for example, `span`.
* [Demo page for the Button HtmlHelper](https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-core/button/index)
* [Demo page for the Button TagHelper](https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-core/button/tag-helper)
## Initializing the Button
The following example demonstrates how to define the Button.
```Razor HtmlHelper
@(Html.Kendo().Button()
.Name("textButton")
.HtmlAttributes( new {type = "button"} )
.Content("Text Button")
)
```
```Razor TagHelper
Text Button
```
## Basic Configuration
* The `Name()` configuration method is mandatory as its value is used for the `id` and the `name` attributes of the Button element. Moreover, the `id` is used to properly initialize the Button widget. You can also use the value of the `id` attribute to retrieve the client-side instance of the Button.
* The `Content()` configuration specifies the text that is rendered within the button. This option does not accept HTML, but only string values.
* The `Enable()` option determines whether the widget will be initially enabled (by default) of disabled.
* The `Tag()` method allows the developer to determine whether the widget will be initialized from a `