Re:Links are not buttons (2013)
by stevula on Friday April 09, 2021 @07:05PM
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Cant you just use event.stopPropagation on the inner button’s event handler to stop the browser from following the link? Of course this requires JS but I assume you’re using Js if you have custom buttons.
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You can, but you can also see how it isn't an elegant solution. What if the user has javascript disabled? Do you also have to capture the click for the space around the interactive spots so a misclick into whitespace doesn't click the link?
It is what is normally done but it isn't perfect.
The post I was replying to was specifically lamenting the inability to have interactive elements inside of anchor tags, which I think is solved by event.stopPropagation. If you have a button in an anchor tag and it's not a submit button, you need JS for the button to work anyways.