Interactive rating component - Vanilla Javascript

I think <button> elements are acceptable in this case, precisely because it makes it more keyboard accessible as you say. It's definitely better than using something that's not inherently keyboard-focusable like a <div>. However I believe the most semantic HTML element would be an <input type="radio"> since that's precisely what the rating system is. Then, you can allow even more keyboard controls (arrow keys, I believe) by grouping them using a <fieldset> element (which you can style like a <div>). See this link for more information. This is probably best since you want your elements to be semantically grouped as well, and I'm not sure whether a <div> accomplishes that. It's pretty tricky to style the radio inputs to look like the design, though--I myself haven't fully learned it--whereas with <button>'s it's a lot easier.

Also, if you use a <fieldset> you should add a <legend> heading as well. Then you'd need to remove the outline on the <fieldset> (you can see it in the examples in the above link) and make the <legend> hidden to be in-line with the given design. Read this for a useful way to make form labels visually hidden but still accessible via screen readers (the latter of which display: none; doesn't achieve).

Another example of this grouping would be with <ul> and <li> elements; when screen readers encounter a <ul> element, they'll even read of the number of list items in the list based on the number of <li>'s. This wouldn't happen by making a list of <p> elements wrapped by a <div>, for example.

Hope this helps, and good job!

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your solution looks great, however, if you want to improve it, you should fix these issues:

✅ empty alternative texts

✅ elements must have sufficient color contrast. Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA contrast ratio thresholds

<button class="submit">SUBMIT</button>

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