From adf74155fe27eaeeee77d58b66c4de3dfb4b1373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CocoByte <nicolle.leclair@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:28:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Change "start a new domain request" button element from <a>
 to <button>

---
 src/registrar/assets/src/js/getgov/main.js      | 3 +++
 src/registrar/templates/home.html               | 4 ++--
 src/registrar/templates/portfolio_requests.html | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/registrar/assets/src/js/getgov/main.js b/src/registrar/assets/src/js/getgov/main.js
index a077da929..5926c5424 100644
--- a/src/registrar/assets/src/js/getgov/main.js
+++ b/src/registrar/assets/src/js/getgov/main.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { initDomainManagersPage } from './domain-managers.js';
 import { initDomainDSData } from './domain-dsdata.js';
 import { initDomainDNSSEC } from './domain-dnssec.js';
 import { initFormErrorHandling } from './form-errors.js';
+import { initButtonLinks } from '../getgov-admin/button-utils.js';
 
 initDomainValidators();
 
@@ -49,3 +50,5 @@ initFormErrorHandling();
 initPortfolioMemberPageRadio();
 initPortfolioNewMemberPageToggle();
 initAddNewMemberPageListeners();
+
+initButtonLinks();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/registrar/templates/home.html b/src/registrar/templates/home.html
index de4d9e712..3c96016eb 100644
--- a/src/registrar/templates/home.html
+++ b/src/registrar/templates/home.html
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     <h1>Manage your domains</h1>
 
     <p class="margin-top-4">
-      <a href="{% url 'domain-request:start' %}" class="usa-button"
+      <button data-href="{% url 'domain-request:start' %}" class="usa-button use-button-as-link"
       >
         Start a new domain request
-      </a>
+      </button>
     </p>
 
     {% include "includes/domains_table.html" with user_domain_count=user_domain_count %}
diff --git a/src/registrar/templates/portfolio_requests.html b/src/registrar/templates/portfolio_requests.html
index 58fbde10c..4f366d0c6 100644
--- a/src/registrar/templates/portfolio_requests.html
+++ b/src/registrar/templates/portfolio_requests.html
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
             <div class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6">
  
                 <p class="float-right-tablet tablet:margin-y-0">
-                    <a href="{% url 'domain-request:start' %}" class="usa-button"
+                    <button data-href="{% url 'domain-request:start' %}" class="usa-button use-button-as-link"
                     >
                         Start a new domain request
-                    </a>
+                    </button>
                 </p>
             </div>
         {% else %}