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I wasn’t sure how to phrase this so the title is a bit cryptic.
I feel that elements such as <a>/<button>/etc were created for user interaction while others such as <div>/<li>/etc were created more for structure/organization. Is it bad practice to create user interaction via JS on an <li> element rather than using a button or link within the <li>?
I feel like it is bad practice, but I don’t have a backing for my argument.
The sole reason you may want to prefer ‘interactive’ elements over non-interactive ones is if you plan for fallback. If you view your site on a Javascript-disabled client, links and buttons will still be clickable, and this lets you provide some fallback.
<li>tags, and other “non-interactive” elements, will be as inanimate as can be, though.If this is not a concern, or there is no way anyways that your application can survive without Javascript, then you have no reason to worry.