- Should I use button or link HTML?
- Should links look like buttons?
- Can buttons be links?
- How do you navigate using buttons?
Should I use button or link HTML?
There are differences as to when a button should be used rather than a link. UX Movement wrote an article about this, and they came up with a simple rule: Buttons are used for actions that affect the website's front-end or back-end; links are used for navigation and actions that don't affect the website at all.
Should links look like buttons?
He says that “one material should not be used as a substitute for another, otherwise the end result is deceptive”. Making a link look like a button is materially dishonest. It tells users that links and buttons are the same when they're not.
Can buttons be links?
Style the link as a button
Add a link styled as a button with CSS properties. A href attribute is the required attribute of the <a> tag. It specifies a link on the web page or a place on the same page where the user navigates after clicking on the link.
How do you navigate using buttons?
Each button corresponds to the direction that you can move in a menu. For example, to move right in a menu, press the navigation button that is located on the right side. If you want to move down in a menu, press the navigation button that is located on the bottom.