Extended button hit box

by Patrick Rudolph

HTML

<button>
    <div class="innerButton">Click me!</div>
</button>

CSS

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;

    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
       -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
            box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
    background-color: #eee;
    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
    -webkit-touch-callout: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
       -moz-user-select: none;
        -ms-user-select: none;
            user-select: none;
}

button {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    background: #e4e4e4; /* change to 'transparent' for invisible touch targets */
    outline: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.innerButton {
    padding: 5px 10px;
    background: #ccc;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

button:hover .innerButton {
    background: #aaa;
}

button:active .innerButton {
    background: orange;
}

JavaScript

document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', function() {
    alert('clicked!');
});