diff --git a/templates/repo/blame.tmpl b/templates/repo/blame.tmpl
index c3e2d56af3986..e6bf1cc96fabe 100644
--- a/templates/repo/blame.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/blame.tmpl
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 				{{end}}
 				<a class="ui tiny button" href="{{.RepoLink}}/src/{{.BranchNameSubURL}}/{{.TreePath | PathEscapeSegments}}">{{.locale.Tr "repo.normal_view"}}</a>
 				<a class="ui tiny button" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commits/{{.BranchNameSubURL}}/{{.TreePath | PathEscapeSegments}}">{{.locale.Tr "repo.file_history"}}</a>
-				<a class="ui tiny button unescape-button">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</a>
-				<a class="ui tiny button escape-button gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</a>
+				<button class="ui tiny button unescape-button">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</button>
+				<button class="ui tiny button escape-button gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</button>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</h4>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 							{{if $.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}
 								<td class="lines-escape">
 									{{if $row.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}
-										<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $row "locale" $.locale}}"></a>
+										<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $row "locale" $.locale}}"></button>
 									{{end}}
 								</td>
 							{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/blob_excerpt.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/blob_excerpt.tmpl
index 7e11b33ba6e88..ab7abdbd7be2c 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/blob_excerpt.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/blob_excerpt.tmpl
@@ -3,28 +3,30 @@
 	<tr class="{{.GetHTMLDiffLineType}}-code nl-{{$k}} ol-{{$k}}">
 		{{if eq .GetType 4}}
 			<td class="lines-num lines-num-old" data-line-num="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}">
+				<div class="gt-df">
 				{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=down&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+					<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=down&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
 						{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
-					</a>
+					</button>
 				{{end}}
 				{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=up&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+					<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=up&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
 						{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
-					</a>
+					</button>
 				{{end}}
 				{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+					<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
 						{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
-					</a>
+					</button>
 				{{end}}
+				</div>
 			</td>
 			<td colspan="7" class="lines-code lines-code-old ">{{$inlineDiff := $.section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.locale}}{{/*
 				*/}}{{template "repo/diff/section_code" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}</td>
 		{{else}}
 			{{$inlineDiff := $.section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.locale}}
 			<td class="lines-num lines-num-old" data-line-num="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}diff-{{$.FileNameHash}}L{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
-			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if and $line.LeftIdx $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if and $line.LeftIdx $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></button>{{end}}</td>
 			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}<span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker=""></span>{{end}}</td>
 			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-code lines-code-old">{{/*
 				*/}}{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{template "repo/diff/section_code" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}{{else}}{{/*
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 				*/}}{{end}}{{/*
 			*/}}</td>
 			<td class="lines-num lines-num-new" data-line-num="{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.RightIdx}}diff-{{$.FileNameHash}}R{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
-			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape lines-escape-new">{{if and $line.RightIdx $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape lines-escape-new">{{if and $line.RightIdx $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></button>{{end}}</td>
 			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-new">{{if $line.RightIdx}}<span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker=""></span>{{end}}</td>
 			<td class="blob-excerpt lines-code lines-code-new">{{/*
 				*/}}{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{template "repo/diff/section_code" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}{{else}}{{/*
@@ -47,28 +49,30 @@
 	<tr class="{{.GetHTMLDiffLineType}}-code nl-{{$k}} ol-{{$k}}">
 		{{if eq .GetType 4}}
 			<td colspan="2" class="lines-num">
-				{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=down&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
-						{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
-					</a>
-				{{end}}
-				{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=up&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
-						{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
-					</a>
-				{{end}}
-				{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
-					<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
-						{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
-					</a>
-				{{end}}
+				<div class="gt-df">
+					{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
+						<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=down&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+							{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
+						</button>
+					{{end}}
+					{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
+						<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=up&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+							{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
+						</button>
+					{{end}}
+					{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
+						<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=&wiki={{$.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="{{$.Anchor}}">
+							{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
+						</button>
+					{{end}}
+				</div>
 			</td>
 		{{else}}
 			<td class="lines-num lines-num-old" data-line-num="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}diff-{{$.FileNameHash}}L{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
 			<td class="lines-num lines-num-new" data-line-num="{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.RightIdx}}diff-{{$.FileNameHash}}R{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
 		{{end}}
 		{{$inlineDiff := $.section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.locale}}
-		<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape">{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+		<td class="blob-excerpt lines-escape">{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"></button>{{end}}</td>
 		<td class="blob-excerpt lines-type-marker"><span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$line.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span></td>
 		<td class="blob-excerpt lines-code{{if (not $line.RightIdx)}} lines-code-old{{end}}"><code {{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}class="code-inner has-escaped" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.locale}}"{{else}}class="code-inner"{{end}}>{{$inlineDiff.Content}}</code></td>
 	</tr>
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
index 26b863aceae5c..740b39dbd5f89 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/box.tmpl
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
 						<div class="diff-file-box diff-box file-content {{TabSizeClass $.Editorconfig $file.Name}} gt-mt-3" id="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}" data-old-filename="{{$file.OldName}}" data-new-filename="{{$file.Name}}" {{if or ($file.ShouldBeHidden) (not $isExpandable)}}data-folded="true"{{end}}>
 							<h4 class="diff-file-header sticky-2nd-row ui top attached normal header gt-df gt-ac gt-sb">
 								<div class="diff-file-name gt-df gt-ac gt-mr-3">
-									<a role="button" class="fold-file muted gt-mr-2" {{if not $isExpandable}}style="visibility: hidden"{{end}}>
+									<button class="fold-file ui button button-ghost gt-p-0 gt-mr-3{{if not $isExpandable}} gt-invisible{{end}}">
 										{{if $file.ShouldBeHidden}}
 											{{svg "octicon-chevron-right" 18}}
 										{{else}}
 											{{svg "octicon-chevron-down" 18}}
 										{{end}}
-									</a>
+									</button>
 									<div class="gt-bold gt-df gt-ac gt-mono">
 										{{if $file.IsBin}}
 											<span class="gt-ml-1 gt-mr-3">
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
 										<span class="ui basic label">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.diff.protected"}}</span>
 									{{end}}
 									{{if not (or $file.IsIncomplete $file.IsBin $file.IsSubmodule)}}
-										<a class="ui basic tiny button unescape-button">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</a>
-										<a class="ui basic tiny button escape-button gt-hidden">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</a>
+										<button class="ui basic tiny button unescape-button">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</button>
+										<button class="ui basic tiny button escape-button gt-hidden">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</button>
 									{{end}}
 									{{if and (not $file.IsSubmodule) (not $.PageIsWiki)}}
 										{{if $file.IsDeleted}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/section_split.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/section_split.tmpl
index 42aed8508459c..cb96d64056ea2 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/section_split.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/section_split.tmpl
@@ -16,23 +16,25 @@
 			<tr class="{{.GetHTMLDiffLineType}}-code nl-{{$k}} ol-{{$k}}" data-line-type="{{.GetHTMLDiffLineType}}">
 				{{if eq .GetType 4}}
 					<td class="lines-num lines-num-old">
+						<div class="gt-df">
 						{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=down&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+							<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=down&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
 								{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
-							</a>
+							</button>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=up&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+							<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=up&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
 								{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
-							</a>
+							</button>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+							<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=split&direction=&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
 								{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
-							</a>
+							</button>
 						{{end}}
+						</div>
 					</td>{{$inlineDiff := $section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.root.locale}}
-					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></button>{{end}}</td>
 					<td colspan="6" class="lines-code lines-code-old ">{{/*
 						*/}}{{template "repo/diff/section_code" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}{{/*
 					*/}}</td>
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 					{{- $leftDiff := ""}}{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{$leftDiff = $section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.root.locale}}{{end}}
 					{{- $rightDiff := ""}}{{if $match.RightIdx}}{{$rightDiff = $section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $match $.root.locale}}{{end}}
 					<td class="lines-num lines-num-old del-code" data-line-num="{{$line.LeftIdx}}"><span rel="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}L{{$line.LeftIdx}}"></span></td>
-					<td class="lines-escape del-code lines-escape-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{if $leftDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $leftDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
+					<td class="lines-escape del-code lines-escape-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{if $leftDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $leftDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-old del-code"><span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$line.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span></td>
 					<td class="lines-code lines-code-old del-code">{{/*
 						*/}}{{if and $.root.SignedUserID $.root.PageIsPullFiles}}{{/*
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
 						*/}}{{end}}{{/*
 					*/}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-num lines-num-new add-code" data-line-num="{{if $match.RightIdx}}{{$match.RightIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $match.RightIdx}}diff-{{$file.NameHash}}R{{$match.RightIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
-					<td class="lines-escape add-code lines-escape-new">{{if $match.RightIdx}}{{if $rightDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $rightDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
+					<td class="lines-escape add-code lines-escape-new">{{if $match.RightIdx}}{{if $rightDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $rightDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></button>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-new add-code">{{if $match.RightIdx}}<span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$match.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span>{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-code lines-code-new add-code">{{/*
 						*/}}{{if and $.root.SignedUserID $.root.PageIsPullFiles}}{{/*
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@
 				{{else}}
 					{{$inlineDiff := $section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.root.locale}}
 					<td class="lines-num lines-num-old" data-line-num="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.LeftIdx}}diff-{{$file.NameHash}}L{{$line.LeftIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
-					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
+					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></button>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-old">{{if $line.LeftIdx}}<span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$line.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span>{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-code lines-code-old">{{/*
 						*/}}{{if and $.root.SignedUserID $.root.PageIsPullFiles (not (eq .GetType 2))}}{{/*
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
 						*/}}{{end}}{{/*
 					*/}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-num lines-num-new" data-line-num="{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.RightIdx}}diff-{{$file.NameHash}}R{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
-					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-new">{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
+					<td class="lines-escape lines-escape-new">{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></button>{{end}}{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-type-marker lines-type-marker-new">{{if $line.RightIdx}}<span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$line.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span>{{end}}</td>
 					<td class="lines-code lines-code-new">{{/*
 						*/}}{{if and $.root.SignedUserID $.root.PageIsPullFiles (not (eq .GetType 3))}}{{/*
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/section_unified.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/section_unified.tmpl
index 8bf331f6db956..d9708531592f0 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/section_unified.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/section_unified.tmpl
@@ -12,21 +12,23 @@
 			{{if eq .GetType 4}}
 				{{if $.root.AfterCommitID}}
 					<td colspan="2" class="lines-num">
-						{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=down&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
-								{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
-							</a>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=up&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
-								{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
-							</a>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
-							<a role="button" class="blob-excerpt" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
-								{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
-							</a>
-						{{end}}
+						<div class="gt-df">
+							{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 5)}}
+								<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=down&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-fold-down"}}
+								</button>
+							{{end}}
+							{{if or (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 3) (eq $line.GetExpandDirection 4)}}
+								<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=up&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-fold-up"}}
+								</button>
+							{{end}}
+							{{if eq $line.GetExpandDirection 2}}
+								<button class="code-expander-button" data-url="{{$.root.RepoLink}}/blob_excerpt/{{PathEscape $.root.AfterCommitID}}" data-query="{{$line.GetBlobExcerptQuery}}&style=unified&direction=&wiki={{$.root.PageIsWiki}}" data-anchor="diff-{{$file.NameHash}}K{{$line.SectionInfo.RightIdx}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-fold"}}
+								</button>
+							{{end}}
+						</div>
 					</td>
 				{{else}}
 					{{/* for code file preview page or comment diffs on pull comment pages, do not show the expansion arrows */}}
@@ -37,7 +39,11 @@
 				<td class="lines-num lines-num-new" data-line-num="{{if $line.RightIdx}}{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"><span rel="{{if $line.RightIdx}}diff-{{$file.NameHash}}R{{$line.RightIdx}}{{end}}"></span></td>
 			{{end}}
 			{{$inlineDiff := $section.GetComputedInlineDiffFor $line $.root.locale -}}
-			<td class="lines-escape">{{if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+			<td class="lines-escape">
+				{{- if $inlineDiff.EscapeStatus.Escaped -}}
+					<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{template "repo/diff/escape_title" dict "diff" $inlineDiff "locale" $.root.locale}}"></button>
+				{{- end -}}
+			</td>
 			<td class="lines-type-marker"><span class="gt-mono" data-type-marker="{{$line.GetLineTypeMarker}}"></span></td>
 			{{if eq .GetType 4}}
 				<td class="chroma lines-code blob-hunk">{{/*
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/labels/labels_selector_field.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/labels/labels_selector_field.tmpl
index 00d852bba98b3..350cf631e83a0 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/labels/labels_selector_field.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/labels/labels_selector_field.tmpl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <div class="ui {{if or (not .HasIssuesOrPullsWritePermission) .Repository.IsArchived}}disabled{{end}} floating jump select-label dropdown">
-	<a class="text gt-df gt-ac muted">
+	<span class="text gt-df gt-ac muted">
 		<strong>{{.locale.Tr "repo.issues.new.labels"}}</strong>
 		{{if and .HasIssuesOrPullsWritePermission (not .Repository.IsArchived)}}
 			{{svg "octicon-gear" 16 "gt-ml-2"}}
 		{{end}}
-	</a>
+	</span>
 	<div class="filter menu" {{if .Issue}}data-action="update" data-issue-id="{{$.Issue.ID}}" data-update-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/issues/labels"{{else}}data-id="#label_ids"{{end}}>
 		<div class="header" style="text-transform: none;font-size:16px;">{{.locale.Tr "repo.issues.new.add_labels_title"}}</div>
 		{{if or .Labels .OrgLabels}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_title.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_title.tmpl
index f9febbde011fc..0857025495c0e 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_title.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_title.tmpl
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 			{{if .Issue.IsPull}}
 				{{$headHref := .HeadTarget|Escape}}
 				{{if .HeadBranchLink}}
-					{{$headHref = printf "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" (.HeadBranchLink | Escape) $headHref}}
+					{{$headHref = printf `<a href="%s">%s</a>` (.HeadBranchLink | Escape) $headHref}}
 				{{end}}
-				{{$headHref = printf "%s <a data-tooltip-content=\"%s\" data-clipboard-text=\"%s\">%s</a>" $headHref (.locale.Tr "copy_branch") (.HeadTarget | Escape) (svg "octicon-copy" 14)}}
+				{{$headHref = printf `%s <button class="button button-ghost" data-tooltip-content="%s" data-clipboard-text="%s">%s</button>` $headHref (.locale.Tr "copy_branch") (.HeadTarget | Escape) (svg "octicon-copy" 14)}}
 				{{$baseHref := .BaseTarget|Escape}}
 				{{if .BaseBranchLink}}
-					{{$baseHref = printf "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" (.BaseBranchLink | Escape) $baseHref}}
+					{{$baseHref = printf `<a href="%s">%s</a>` (.BaseBranchLink | Escape) $baseHref}}
 				{{end}}
 				{{if .Issue.PullRequest.HasMerged}}
 					{{$mergedStr:= TimeSinceUnix .Issue.PullRequest.MergedUnix $.locale}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
index 03f90d71f2463..f50d8646de650 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 					{{end}}
 					<a class="ui mini basic button" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commits/{{.BranchNameSubURL}}/{{PathEscapeSegments .TreePath}}">{{.locale.Tr "repo.file_history"}}</a>
 					{{if .EscapeStatus.Escaped}}
-						<a class="ui mini basic button unescape-button gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</a>
-						<a class="ui mini basic button escape-button">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</a>
+						<button class="ui mini basic button unescape-button gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</button>
+						<button class="ui mini basic button escape-button">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</button>
 					{{end}}
 				</div>
 				<a download href="{{$.RawFileLink}}"><span class="btn-octicon" data-tooltip-content="{{.locale.Tr "repo.download_file"}}">{{svg "octicon-download"}}</span></a>
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 					{{end}}
 				{{end}}
 			{{else if .EscapeStatus.Escaped}}
-				<a class="ui mini basic button unescape-button gt-mr-2 gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</a>
-				<a class="ui mini basic button escape-button gt-mr-2">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</a>
+				<button class="ui mini basic button unescape-button gt-mr-2 gt-hidden">{{.locale.Tr "repo.unescape_control_characters"}}</button>
+				<button class="ui mini basic button escape-button gt-mr-2">{{.locale.Tr "repo.escape_control_characters"}}</button>
 			{{end}}
 		</div>
 	</h4>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 						<tr>
 							<td id="L{{$line}}" class="lines-num"><span id="L{{$line}}" data-line-number="{{$line}}"></span></td>
 							{{if $.EscapeStatus.Escaped}}
-								<td class="lines-escape">{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).Escaped}}<a href="" class="toggle-escape-button" title="{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).HasInvisible}}{{$.locale.Tr "repo.invisible_runes_line"}} {{end}}{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).HasAmbiguous}}{{$.locale.Tr "repo.ambiguous_runes_line"}}{{end}}"></a>{{end}}</td>
+								<td class="lines-escape">{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).Escaped}}<button class="toggle-escape-button button button-ghost" title="{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).HasInvisible}}{{$.locale.Tr "repo.invisible_runes_line"}} {{end}}{{if (index $.LineEscapeStatus $idx).HasAmbiguous}}{{$.locale.Tr "repo.ambiguous_runes_line"}}{{end}}"></button>{{end}}</td>
 							{{end}}
 							<td rel="L{{$line}}" class="lines-code chroma"><code class="code-inner">{{$code | Safe}}</code></td>
 						</tr>
diff --git a/templates/user/settings/profile.tmpl b/templates/user/settings/profile.tmpl
index 92fbf5814cbac..dc1bbc84d5761 100644
--- a/templates/user/settings/profile.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/settings/profile.tmpl
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
 				<div class="field">
 					<button class="ui green button">{{$.locale.Tr "settings.update_avatar"}}</button>
-					<a class="ui red button delete-post" data-request-url="{{.Link}}/avatar/delete" data-done-url="{{.Link}}">{{$.locale.Tr "settings.delete_current_avatar"}}</a>
+					<button class="ui red button delete-post" data-request-url="{{.Link}}/avatar/delete" data-done-url="{{.Link}}">{{$.locale.Tr "settings.delete_current_avatar"}}</button>
 				</div>
 			</form>
 		</div>
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index 73096a6434650..ddcc258be971a 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -2943,7 +2943,7 @@ tbody.commit-list {
   padding-top: 0 !important;
 }
 
-td.blob-excerpt {
+.blob-excerpt {
   background-color: var(--color-secondary-alpha-30);
 }
 
diff --git a/web_src/css/review.css b/web_src/css/review.css
index d57fcc85df237..d44e98584e004 100644
--- a/web_src/css/review.css
+++ b/web_src/css/review.css
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   transform: scale(1.1);
 }
 
-.lines-escape a.toggle-escape-button::before {
+.lines-escape .toggle-escape-button::before {
   visibility: visible;
   content: "⚠️";
   font-family: var(--fonts-emoji);
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@
   color: var(--color-text);
 }
 
-a.blob-excerpt {
+.code-expander-button {
+  border: none;
   color: var(--color-text-light);
   height: 28px;
   display: flex;
@@ -206,9 +207,10 @@ a.blob-excerpt {
   align-items: center;
   width: 100%;
   background: var(--color-expand-button);
+  flex: 1;
 }
 
-a.blob-excerpt:hover {
+.code-expander-button:hover {
   background: var(--color-primary);
   color: var(--color-primary-contrast);
 }
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/common-global.js b/web_src/js/features/common-global.js
index 8245aa57f8526..d4d955601e6ab 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/common-global.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/common-global.js
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ export function initGlobalEnterQuickSubmit() {
 }
 
 export function initGlobalButtonClickOnEnter() {
-  $(document).on('keypress', '.ui.button', (e) => {
-    if (e.keyCode === 13 || e.keyCode === 32) { // enter key or space bar
-      if (e.target.nodeName === 'BUTTON') return; // button already handles space&enter correctly
+  $(document).on('keypress', 'div.ui.button,span.ui.button', (e) => {
+    if (e.code === ' ' || e.code === 'Enter') {
       $(e.target).trigger('click');
       e.preventDefault();
     }
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/pull-view-file.js b/web_src/js/features/pull-view-file.js
index e57663736a58f..daa520ea7e7f6 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/pull-view-file.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/pull-view-file.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function initViewedCheckboxListenerFor() {
     // The checkbox consists of a div containing the real checkbox with its label and the CSRF token,
     // hence the actual checkbox first has to be found
     const checkbox = form.querySelector('input[type=checkbox]');
-    checkbox.addEventListener('change', function() {
+    checkbox.addEventListener('input', function() {
       // Mark the file as viewed visually - will especially change the background
       if (this.checked) {
         form.classList.add(viewedStyleClass);
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-code.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-code.js
index 9b504068f6979..73eccaf193e39 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-code.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-code.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function initRepoCodeView() {
   $(document).on('click', '.fold-file', ({currentTarget}) => {
     invertFileFolding(currentTarget.closest('.file-content'), currentTarget);
   });
-  $(document).on('click', '.blob-excerpt', async ({currentTarget}) => {
+  $(document).on('click', '.code-expander-button', async ({currentTarget}) => {
     const url = currentTarget.getAttribute('data-url');
     const query = currentTarget.getAttribute('data-query');
     const anchor = currentTarget.getAttribute('data-anchor');
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-diff.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-diff.js
index 5a9f5ba0a2da8..d0622254bf47d 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-diff.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-diff.js
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ function initRepoDiffConversationForm() {
 
     $form.closest('.conversation-holder').replaceWith($newConversationHolder);
     if ($form.closest('tr').data('line-type') === 'same') {
-      $(`[data-path="${path}"] a.add-code-comment[data-idx="${idx}"]`).addClass('invisible');
+      $(`[data-path="${path}"] .add-code-comment[data-idx="${idx}"]`).addClass('invisible');
     } else {
-      $(`[data-path="${path}"] a.add-code-comment[data-side="${side}"][data-idx="${idx}"]`).addClass('invisible');
+      $(`[data-path="${path}"] .add-code-comment[data-side="${side}"][data-idx="${idx}"]`).addClass('invisible');
     }
     $newConversationHolder.find('.dropdown').dropdown();
     initCompReactionSelector($newConversationHolder);
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.js
index 3723e0f627e63..cf6e09472eeb8 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.js
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ export function initRepoIssueCommentDelete() {
           const idx = $conversationHolder.data('idx');
           const lineType = $conversationHolder.closest('tr').data('line-type');
           if (lineType === 'same') {
-            $(`[data-path="${path}"] a.add-code-comment[data-idx="${idx}"]`).removeClass('invisible');
+            $(`[data-path="${path}"] .add-code-comment[data-idx="${idx}"]`).removeClass('invisible');
           } else {
-            $(`[data-path="${path}"] a.add-code-comment[data-side="${side}"][data-idx="${idx}"]`).removeClass('invisible');
+            $(`[data-path="${path}"] .add-code-comment[data-side="${side}"][data-idx="${idx}"]`).removeClass('invisible');
           }
           $conversationHolder.remove();
         }
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ export function initRepoPullRequestReview() {
     });
   }
 
-  $(document).on('click', 'a.add-code-comment', async function (e) {
+  $(document).on('click', '.add-code-comment', async function (e) {
     if ($(e.target).hasClass('btn-add-single')) return; // https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4745
     e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-unicode-escape.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-unicode-escape.js
index 67f2df1d9a673..6a201ec4d1323 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-unicode-escape.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-unicode-escape.js
@@ -2,30 +2,30 @@ import $ from 'jquery';
 import {hideElem, showElem} from '../utils/dom.js';
 
 export function initUnicodeEscapeButton() {
-  $(document).on('click', 'a.escape-button', (e) => {
+  $(document).on('click', '.escape-button', (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
     $(e.target).parents('.file-content, .non-diff-file-content').find('.file-code, .file-view').addClass('unicode-escaped');
     hideElem($(e.target));
-    showElem($(e.target).siblings('a.unescape-button'));
+    showElem($(e.target).siblings('.unescape-button'));
   });
-  $(document).on('click', 'a.unescape-button', (e) => {
+  $(document).on('click', '.unescape-button', (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
     $(e.target).parents('.file-content, .non-diff-file-content').find('.file-code, .file-view').removeClass('unicode-escaped');
     hideElem($(e.target));
-    showElem($(e.target).siblings('a.escape-button'));
+    showElem($(e.target).siblings('.escape-button'));
   });
-  $(document).on('click', 'a.toggle-escape-button', (e) => {
+  $(document).on('click', '.toggle-escape-button', (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
     const fileContent = $(e.target).parents('.file-content, .non-diff-file-content');
     const fileView = fileContent.find('.file-code, .file-view');
     if (fileView.hasClass('unicode-escaped')) {
       fileView.removeClass('unicode-escaped');
-      hideElem(fileContent.find('a.unescape-button'));
-      showElem(fileContent.find('a.escape-button'));
+      hideElem(fileContent.find('.unescape-button'));
+      showElem(fileContent.find('.escape-button'));
     } else {
       fileView.addClass('unicode-escaped');
-      showElem(fileContent.find('a.unescape-button'));
-      hideElem(fileContent.find('a.escape-button'));
+      showElem(fileContent.find('.unescape-button'));
+      hideElem(fileContent.find('.escape-button'));
     }
   });
 }