Dbc.button turning into link when i set disable = False via callback

Hi dash community,

I am trying to create a dbc.Button with a href link. I want to keep this button disabled untill a row is selected from table. But as soon as the button become enable, it converts into a hyperlink rather than a button. Can someone help?

df = pd.DataFrame(
        {
            "Fruit": ["Apples", "Oranges", "Bananas", "Apples", "Oranges", "Bananas"],
            "Amount": [4, 1, 2, 2, 4, 5],
            "City": ["SF", "SF", "SF", "Montreal", "Montreal", "Montreal"],
        }
    )

    dash_app.layout = html.Div(
        children=[
            dash_table.DataTable(
                id="my-table",
                data=df.to_dict("records"),
                columns=[{"name": i, "id": i} for i in df.columns],
                row_selectable="single",
                selected_rows=[],
            ),
            dbc.Button(
                "Open",
                color="primary",
                className="me-1",
                n_clicks=0,
                id="my-button",
                external_link=True,
                disabled=True,
                href = "/",
                target="_blank",
            ),
            html.Div(id="my-div"),
        ]
    )

 
    @dash_app.callback(
        [Output("my-button", "href"),
        Output("my-button","disabled")],
        Input("my-table", "selected_rows"),
        State("my-table", "data"),
    )
    def update_button(selected_row,data):
        if selected_row:
            selected_data = data[selected_row[0]]
            new_link = f"/{selected_data['Fruit']}"
            return [new_link,False]
        raise PreventUpdate


Hi,

Judging by the disabled button style, I believe you are not importing the css required for bootstrap. Does initialize the app with this line fix the problem?

dash_app = Dash(__name__, external_stylesheets=[dbc.themes.BOOTSTRAP])
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Thanks, it worked.