Links and buttons
Controls should look like what they do
- Buttons usually change, submit, save, confirm, or start something.
- Links usually take the user somewhere.
- The control type should match the user expectation.
Link
Go to another page, open help, view policy, read details.
- Navigation
- Reference
- Exploration
Button
Save, send, confirm, pay, delete, start, retry.
- Action
- Commitment
- System change