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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

Tailwind CSS (opens in a new tab)

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?

When to use a link and when to use a 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
Coffer v1.0.0 Halden & Roe LLP — fiscal year ending 31 Dec 2026 All figures in USD

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