Question

I have learnt from this post that always use <a> tags or <button> tags to make button. Now I’m trying to use <a> tag. My question is: is there any way to increase the tag clickable area? Say I’m using <a> in a div box. I want the whole div box to become a button. Can I change the clicking area to the whole div box?
Thanks for you help.

Answer 1

@t1m0thy’s answer is more elegant than mine. It’s better to follow his advice.

Also, nice link proposed by @aldemarcalazans in the comments: https://davidwalsh.name/html5-buttons.

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Original answer:

Use <a /> when you need a link (the a of anchor). Use <button /> when you need a button.

That said, if you really need to expand an <a />, add the CSS attribute display: block; on it. You’ll then be able to specify a width and/or a height (i.e. as if it were a <div />).