[javascript] Is there a simple way to use button to navigate page as a link does in angularjs

In angularjs, I want to use button like this, but I still need the button looking.

<button href="#/new-page.html">New Page<button>

As a (link) does

<a href="#/new-page.html">New Page</a>

Is there a simpler way than this?

<button ng-click="newPage()">New Page<button>
$scope.newPage = function (){
    location.href = '#/new-page.html';
};

Note: Acutally, when I used to location.href for navigation, the whole is refreshed and the navigation is not under the control of angularjs. If I don't use link, how to navigate page in javascript code?

Do I need to create a custom directive to impl it?

<button type="button" href="location.href='#/nameOfState'">Title on button</button>

Even more simple... (note the single quotes around the address)

 <a type="button" href="#/new-page.html" class="btn btn-lg btn-success" >New Page</a>

Simple...

If you're OK with littering your markup a bit, you could do it the easy way and just wrap your <button> with an anchor (<a>) link.

<a href="#/new-page.html"><button>New Page<button></a>

Also, there is nothing stopping you from styling an anchor link to look like a <button>

as pointed out in the comments by @tronman, this is not technically valid html5, but it should not cause any problems in practice

With bootstrap you can use

<a href="#/new-page.html" class="btn btn-primary">
    Click
</a>

You can also register $location on the scope in the controller (to make it accessible from html)

angular.module(...).controller("...", function($location) {
  $scope.$location = $location;
  ...
});

and then go straight for the honey in your html:

<button ng-click="$location.path('#/new-page.html')">New Page<button>

For me, best solution is to use Angular router native directives with ui-sref like:

<button ui-sref="state.name">Go!!</button>

To understand that directive and get more options visit ui-router docs at:

https://ui-router.github.io/docs/0.3.1/#/api/ui.router.state.directive:ui-sref

: )