←back to thread

Just use a button

(gomakethings.com)
285 points moebrowne | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
Show context
lyricaljoke ◴[31 Oct 25 18:27 UTC] No.45775130[source]▶
My very similar pet peeve is about websites that use `onclick` handlers and similar to implement navigation. Just use a damn anchor tag, which gets you correct link behavior for free:

* works with middle click for new tab

* integrates with accessibility devices

* works with right click + open in new window or similar options

* etc. etc. etc.

If it's notionally navigation, don't use javascript soup: use a link.

replies(11): >>45775742 #>>45775887 #>>45776191 #>>45776485 #>>45776938 #>>45776972 #>>45777023 #>>45777190 #>>45777640 #>>45779426 #>>45779654 #
weaksauce ◴[31 Oct 25 19:40 UTC] No.45775887[source]▶
when i was doing .net programming way back in the day asp.net handled each navigation with a javascript event and it broke all that stuff. this was right before ruby on rails existed so maybe it’s better now.
replies(1): >>45778304 #
1. alexjplant ◴[01 Nov 25 00:49 UTC] No.45778304[source]▶
This was specific to Web Forms, a now-deprecated framework that did a lot of implicit state management that necessitated POSTing to the server with an encrypted client-side state called the ViewState.

Its modern replacement ASP .NET MVC works much more like traditional web frameworks.