vs <button> vs vs <input type='button">

Question

I\'ve seen so many posts along the lines of \"I\'d like to one-specific-thing for my one-specific-situation when it comes to buttons in HTML.

If I

Answer 1

Generally, I try to use the HTML tag in the most "semantic way" and useful way:

• tag: a is for "anchor", I use it when the button is a link to a content on the page or external content;
• div tag: this is a simple container. I use it when I have to do simple buttons without any specific job but really custom style(simple animation, transition, open modal, etc). This is the jolly.
• tag: according with W3, this is the standard tag to create buttons on the page, so use it when you need an action like onClick().
• tag: is equal to the button tag, but you need it for form submission, because browser that submit for with can submit different values. I use it generally on form.