I don't think having links disguised as buttons is a bad thing - just as long as they genuinely link to another page. From the accessibility guidelines as quoted above (paraphrased): "Use a link if you're navigating to a predefined page or section; use a button if you're changing information or state"
For example, the "New collection" button creates a new collection *by taking you to the 'Edit collection' page* - I think for a screen reader (for example) styling it as a link makes sense. >From articles like http://formidablelabs.com/blog/2014/05/08/anchors- buttons-and-accessibility/ and http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/05/14 /links-are-not-buttons-neither-are-divs-and-spans/ it looks like the main problem is links which *act* like buttons, regardless of what they look like, so surely buttons which act like links would be just as confusing? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387412 Title: Eliminate links-that-look-like-buttons & buttons-that-look-like-links Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Confirmed Bug description: Mahara contains quite a few HTML links (<a> tags) that are styled to look like buttons. It may also contain some buttons (<input> tags and <button> tags) that are styled to look like links. These interfere with our ability to write automated tests, and they're bad for accessibility. As the Mahara accessibility checklist says: "Use buttons and links consistently. - Use a link if you're navigating to a predefined page or section (navigation, tabs, etc.) - Use a button if you're changing information or state (submitting a form, editing or deleting content, searching, etc.)" From https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Developer_Area/Accessibility_Checklist#Forms To facilitate this, we should write a PHP function (and Dwoo tag) that allows you to create a "link button", i.e. a button that, when clicked, simply takes you to a specified URL. Then we can systematically locate all the links-that-look-like-buttons and replace them with actual buttons using this functionality. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1387412/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
