Re: State "button" in Customize is not a button

[Richard M. Stallman]

    In our case, State looks like a button, so it won't be mistaken for simple
    text. But it can be mistaken for an action button, as opposed to a menu.

So what?  Someone will click it, and see a menu.  If he doesn't
realize at that point that it's a menu, he's not smart enough to use
Emacs.

Or are you concerned someone will be afraid to click it because
he's worried about what it might do?

The tooltip should help.