How to make a <button> in Bootstrap look like a normal link in nav-tabs?

Question

I\'m working in (formerly Twitter) Bootstrap 2 and I wanted to style buttons as though they were normal links. Not just any normal links, though; these are going in a

Answer 1

Just add remove_button_css as class to your button tag. You can verify the code for Link 1

.remove_button_css { 
  outline: none;
  padding: 5px; 
  border: 0px; 
  box-sizing: none; 
  background-color: transparent; 
}

Extra Styles Edit

Add color: #337ab7; and :hover and :focus to match OOTB (bootstrap3)

.remove_button_css:focus,
.remove_button_css:hover {
    color: #23527c;
    text-decoration: underline;
}