diff --git a/docs/examples/widgets/button.py b/docs/examples/widgets/button.py
index 74a910767..aa152a921 100644
--- a/docs/examples/widgets/button.py
+++ b/docs/examples/widgets/button.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
 from textual.widgets import Button, Static
 
 
-class ButtonsApp(App):
+class ButtonsApp(App[str]):
     CSS_PATH = "button.css"
 
     def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ class ButtonsApp(App):
             ),
         )
 
-    def on_button_pressed(self, _event: Button.Pressed) -> None:
+    def on_button_pressed(self, event: Button.Pressed) -> None:
         self.app.bell()
+        self.exit(str(event.button))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app = ButtonsApp()
-    result = app.run()
+    print(app.run())
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_button.py b/src/textual/widgets/_button.py
index f13c5294f..ceddb07f6 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_button.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_button.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 else:
     from typing_extensions import Literal  # pragma: no cover
 
+import rich.repr
 from rich.console import RenderableType
 from rich.text import Text, TextType
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ from .. import events
 from ..css._error_tools import friendly_list
 from ..message import Message
 from ..reactive import Reactive
-from ..widget import Widget
+from ..widgets import Static
 
 ButtonVariant = Literal["default", "primary", "success", "warning", "error"]
 _VALID_BUTTON_VARIANTS = {"default", "primary", "success", "warning", "error"}
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class InvalidButtonVariant(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class Button(Widget, can_focus=True):
+class Button(Static, can_focus=True):
     """A simple clickable button."""
 
     DEFAULT_CSS = """
@@ -196,6 +197,11 @@ class Button(Widget, can_focus=True):
     variant = Reactive.init("default")
     disabled = Reactive(False)
 
+    def __rich_repr__(self) -> rich.repr.Result:
+        yield from super().__rich_repr__()
+        yield "variant", self.variant, "default"
+        yield "disabled", self.disabled, False
+
     def watch_mouse_over(self, value: bool) -> None:
         """Update from CSS if mouse over state changes."""
         if not self.disabled: