Well shit ... okay ... if they made it easier to code web pages maybe we'd have ...

a1369209993 · on April 9, 2021

> if you do the intuitive thing you always break it for one user or the other

No, if you do the intuitive thing you get:

  <a href="http://whereever/">foo</a>

which works fine for every user.

Izkata · on April 10, 2021

And if for some reason you still really really want it to look more like a button, there's no need for a wrapper div. For example:

  a {
      display: inline-block;
      padding: 4px;
      background: lightgray;
      border: 2px outset lightgray;
      text-decoration: none;
  }
  a:active {
      border: 2px inset lightgray;
  }

bobthepanda · on April 9, 2021

If you want to have the entire div act as a link, the link should cover the div, not the other way around. What’s not intuitive about that?

jaywalk · on April 9, 2021

Intuitiveness is in the eye of the beholder. I'd argue that if you're experienced with accessibility, doing things the "accessible way" becomes more intuitive.

lukeschlather · on April 9, 2021

You have to follow the specifications. None of this is remotely intuitive if you haven't read and studied the specs. If your intuition is wrong that's probably because you've been doing "whatever seems to work" rather than reading the specs and following them.