Links
A link goes somewhere; a button does something. Coffer never dresses one as the other, because the keyboard and the screen reader both tell them apart whatever they look like.
In a sentence
underlined, so it is found without colour
The closing balance on this statement comes from the trial balance, which is generated on every build and asserted against the balance sheet. If the two ever disagree the build stops, so a figure you can read here is a figure that ties.
Colour alone is not enough: about one man in twelve cannot rely on it. The underline does the work and the brass does the decoration.
Standing on its own
with somewhere to point
Leaving the page
say so, and say it out loud too
The arrow tells a sighted reader; the hidden text tells everyone else. rel="noopener" stops the new tab from reaching back into this one.
Link or button?
| Link | Button | |
|---|---|---|
| For | Going somewhere | Changing something |
| Keyboard | Enter | Enter and Space |
| Right click | Open in a new tab | Nothing useful |
| Announced as | Link | Button |
| In Coffer | Open the invoice | Void the invoice |