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Asked: 2026-05-15T23:08:53+00:00

Basically, I like the way that <input type=submit> is styled, with the clickable button

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Basically, I like the way that <input type="submit"> is styled, with the clickable button when you add a little CSS. However, regular buttons are not styled as such, they have no such clickability without some major CSS or JS, and you have to use images.

I made submit buttons into links, by using the form action, but this requires me to make a new form for each button. How can I find a happy medium? Using multiple forms is causing problems in my styling that I can’t seem to fix unless I find another way to make buttons that are links in HTML, that have a default style that makes them have a pressed state (and I don’t mean browser default settings).

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team
    <a href="#"><button>Link Text</button></a>

    You asked for a link that looks like a button, so use a link and a button 🙂 This will preserve default browser button styling. The button by itself does nothing, but clicking it activates its parent link.

    Demo:

    <a href="http://stackoverflow.com"><button>Link Text</button></a>
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