What text tag should your buttons use in Showit

Quick answer

Button text in Showit should use P tags. Where possible, use Showit's built-in button feature instead of creating buttons from regular text elements — it's cleaner, more accessible, and easier for bots and browsers to understand.

How to fix it in Showit

1. Where possible, use Showit's built-in button feature instead of a text element — this is the cleanest and most accessible option

2. If you are using a text element as a button, click on it in Showit

3. Open the right-hand sidebar

4. Go to Text Properties

5. Find the Text Tag setting

6. Set it to P

7. Publish your changes in Showit

What's the issue

In Showit, button text should use P tags. However, the best approach is to use Showit's native button feature rather than creating buttons from regular text elements. The native button feature is built to be semantically correct, more accessible, and easier for browsers and bots to interpret correctly. If you are using a text element styled to look like a button, set its Text Tag to P so it doesn't interfere with your heading structure.

Why it matters

• Buttons are calls to action — they are not headings, navigation, or body content. Using P tags for button text keeps your heading structure clean and ensures Google and AI bots don't read your button labels as meaningful headings. Showit's native button feature goes a step further by using the correct underlying HTML, which is better for accessibility and cleaner for browsers to interpret. Where you have a choice, always prefer the native button over a styled text element.

What good looks like

Buttons built using Showit's native button feature. Where text elements are used as buttons, they are set to P in Text Properties — not H2, H3, or any other heading tag.