<article class="box">
<h1>A semantic, breakout button</h1>
<p>This whole box is clickable, but still uses a button element, correctly. It also only behaves like this <i>if</i> JavaScript is available and working.</p>
<button class="breakout-button" type="button" hidden>Say Hi 👋</button>
</article>
.box {
color: #fff;
padding: 2rem;
max-width: 30rem;
background: #252525;
position: relative;
box-shadow: none;
transition: transform 300ms ease-in-out, box-shadow 400ms ease, background 100ms ease;
}
[data-interactive]:hover,
[data-interactive]:focus-within {
background: #111111;
box-shadow: 0 1rem 1rem rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
transform: translateY(-0.5rem);
}
.box > * + * {
margin-top: 1em;
}
.breakout-button {
font: inherit;
font-weight: 600;
padding: 0.6rem 2rem;
background: transparent;
color: currentcolor;
border: 1px solid;
transition: background 100ms ease;
position: static;
}
.breakout-button,
.breakout-button::before {
cursor: pointer;
}
.breakout-button::before {
content: "";
display: block;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.breakout-button:focus {
outline: none;
}
.breakout-button:hover {
background: #333333;
}
.breakout-button:focus::before {
outline: 1px solid #ffffff;
outline-offset: -0.8rem;
}
:not([data-interactive]) > .breakout-button::before {
display: none;
}
/* Presentational styles */
body {
background: #efefef;
padding: 3rem 2rem;
line-height: 1.4;
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
font-size: 1.2rem;
line-height: 1.4;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2rem;
line-height: 1.1;
font-weight: 600;
}
const button = document.querySelector('.breakout-button');
if(button) {
button.parentElement.setAttribute('data-interactive', '');
button.removeAttribute('hidden');
button.addEventListener('click', evt => {
evt.preventDefault();
alert('Oh hi there 👋');
});
}
This Pen doesn't use any external JavaScript resources.