How to style a div like the button-element?

Question

I\'ve noticed that when using the element, the browsers will naturally assume that you want to center the inline content, and that

Answer 1

You don't need multiple divs, check this JSFiddle, it's a single DIV that looks and behaves like a button.

the HTML:

  this looks like a button

the CSS:

.btn{
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 1.42857143;
    text-align: center;
    white-space: nowrap;
    vertical-align: middle;
    -ms-touch-action: manipulation;
    touch-action: manipulation;
    cursor: pointer;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -ms-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
    background-image: none;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    border-radius: 4px;
    text-decoration: none;

    color: #333;
    background-color: #fff;
    border-color: #ccc;
}

If you want the button to actually link to something (behave like a link), simply change your HTML to this:

  this looks like a button

If you use bootstrap you don't have to define the .btn class, it's included in that.