polybutton | An accessibile version of links that look like buttons | Browser Plugin library

polybutton is a JavaScript library typically used in Plugin, Browser Plugin applications. polybutton has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

an accessible version of links that look like buttons!!. [read the associated blog post] let’s take a moment to break down the polybutton elements so we’re on the same page with what’s happening the the html. i chose to use a span because there’s no real semantic meaning behind it, and it’s default display state of inline wouldn’t interrupt the natural flow of the layout while allowing the button styles to come through. a very unobtrusive element overall. this is the custom data attribute i chose as a trigger for the polyfill. at first i was using data-button=”accessible”, but i changed it to data-accessible=”button” so i could possibly add more elements into the accessibility script for the future. data-type sets the type of button that will get generated, even though there isn’t much reason to use anything other than “button” in this attribute, i wanted to open it up for any future