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Re: Link vs Button for "Cancel"

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From: Lovely, Brian
Date: Jan 12, 2018 6:53AM

Perhaps more to the point: "If it's going to behave like a button, design it to look like a button, then either use a button element or code it to announce and behave like a button"

On 08/01/2018 21:51, Beranek, Nicholas via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> I'm reminded of an article from Marcy Sutton about this very topic:
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> https://marcysutton.com/links-vs-buttons-in-modern-web-applications/
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> I know the argument, "if it looks like a button, then it should be a button."

It's not always as cut-and-dried as that, though. It's quite common to have things like "call to action" links styled to look button-like, and to me that's a perfectly valid case for still using a link, while also visually highlighting the link for prominence.

What counts is the intent/action, not the appearance (unless the appearance strongly suggests an intent/action in and of itself).

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