Disabled buttons don’t have to suck!

AKA Inclusive Disabled buttons

Daniel Koster
Jul 29, 2017 · 2 min read

Updated on 11 august 2017: improved solution on Codepen.

Disabled buttons often suck, but they don’t have to!

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This is a different view on the article “Disabled buttons suck!”

I totally agree with the article that disabled buttons generally suck big time. But I don’t share his conclusion that it’s better to “ Just don’t disable buttons!”.

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