Marking buttons and names in text

[pavelevap]

There is no united way to mention buttons, tabs, names etc in texts.

Sometimes there are quotes around button name:

If you would like to see more themes to choose from, click on the “Install Themes” tab

Sometimes not:

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Maybe there should be any rules? For users it could be better to see button names someway highlighted (quotes, strong, etc) and everytime it would be clear that it is mentioned button...

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And sometimes there is another HTML way:

In the <strong>Author</strong> column, in addition to

And sometimes there are also kbd and code HTML tags:

Here are three random strings you could use: <kbd>%s</kbd>

Are there any rules for using them? It looks that code is used for file names and functions (not everytime) and kbd sometimes for user inputs, but also not strictly...

My preference would be to use quotes.

i.e. Next, click the "Insert into post" button.

And if it's used within double quotes, use single quotes:

i.e. She said, "Then you'll want to click the 'Insert into post' button".

There are sometimes standard and sometimes curly quotes used in sentences. Which one is better?

Replying to pavelevap:

Which one is better?

Personally, I'd prefer to just keep it simple and stick with standard quotes.