diff --git a/frontend/playwright/ui/visual-specs/visual-login.spec.js b/frontend/playwright/ui/visual-specs/visual-login.spec.js
index 6b53a2d5d9..7c9650d656 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright/ui/visual-specs/visual-login.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/playwright/ui/visual-specs/visual-login.spec.js
@@ -37,3 +37,74 @@ test.describe("Login form", () => {
     await expect(login.page).toHaveScreenshot();
   });
 });
+
+test.describe("Login dialog section links", () => {
+  const shot = { maxDiffPixelRatio: 0, threshold: 0 };
+
+  // The links switch the dialog section: the tests use the keyboard to
+  // check they work as buttons.
+  test("Login and register modal", async ({ page }) => {
+    // The viewer and the MCP authorize page share this modal; the MCP page
+    // opens it on a 401, with no file to load.
+    await LoginPage.mockConfigFlags(page, ["enable-registration"]);
+    await page.route("**/api/mcp/oauth/request?*", (route) =>
+      route.fulfill({
+        status: 401,
+        contentType: "application/json",
+        body: "{}",
+      }),
+    );
+    await page.goto("/?screen=mcp-authorize&request=test");
+
+    const modal = page.getByRole("dialog");
+    const forgot = modal.getByText("Forgot password?", { exact: true });
+    await expect(forgot).toBeVisible();
+    await page.mouse.move(10, 10);
+    await expect(forgot).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+    await forgot.hover();
+    await expect(forgot).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+
+    const create = modal.getByText("Create an account", { exact: true });
+    await create.hover();
+    await expect(create).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+
+    await create.focus();
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+    const loginHere = modal.getByText("Login here.", { exact: true });
+    await expect(loginHere).toBeVisible();
+    await page.mouse.move(10, 10);
+    await expect(loginHere).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+    await loginHere.hover();
+    await expect(loginHere).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+
+    await loginHere.focus();
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+    await page.mouse.move(10, 10);
+    await expect(modal).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+  });
+
+  test("Not found page dialog", async ({ page }) => {
+    await LoginPage.mockConfigFlags(page, ["enable-registration"]);
+    // An invalid team id is a not found error; logged out users get the
+    // login dialog on top of it.
+    await page.goto("/?screen=dashboard-recent&team-id=not-a-uuid");
+
+    const create = page.getByText("Create an account", { exact: true });
+    await expect(create).toBeVisible();
+    await page.mouse.move(10, 10);
+    await expect(create).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+    await create.hover();
+    await expect(create).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+
+    await create.focus();
+    await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+    const loginHere = page.getByText("Login here.", { exact: true });
+    await expect(loginHere).toBeVisible();
+    // The new section reuses the focused button: blur it for the rest shot.
+    await loginHere.blur();
+    await page.mouse.move(10, 10);
+    await expect(loginHere).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+    await loginHere.hover();
+    await expect(loginHere).toHaveScreenshot(shot);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.cljs
index ee192893a4..fa445b0b4d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.cljs
@@ -102,15 +102,19 @@
                              :hide-recovery-link true}]
           [:div {:class (stl/css :login-links)}
            [:div
-            [:a {:on-click set-section
-                 :data-value "recovery-request"}
+            [:button {:type "button"
+                      :class (stl/css :link)
+                      :on-click set-section
+                      :data-value "recovery-request"}
              (tr "auth.forgot-password")]]
            (when (contains? cf/flags :registration)
              [:div
               [:span
                (tr "auth.register") " "]
-              [:a {:on-click set-section
-                   :data-value "register"}
+              [:button {:type "button"
+                        :class (stl/css :link)
+                        :on-click set-section
+                        :data-value "register"}
                (tr "auth.register-submit")]])]]
 
          :register
@@ -119,8 +123,10 @@
           [:div {:class (stl/css :login-links)}
            [:div
             [:span (tr "auth.already-have-account") " "]
-            [:a {:on-click set-section
-                 :data-value "login"}
+            [:button {:type "button"
+                      :class (stl/css :link)
+                      :on-click set-section
+                      :data-value "login"}
              (tr "auth.login-here")]]]]
 
          :register-validate
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.scss
index 92963aae79..28f06b8524 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/auth/login_modal.scss
@@ -72,3 +72,21 @@
   position: relative;
   color: var(--color-foreground-primary);
 }
+
+.link {
+  font: inherit;
+  font-weight: 500;
+
+  // A button is a block in its line: the normal line height keeps the box of
+  // the inline link it replaces.
+  line-height: normal;
+  color: var(--color-accent-primary);
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  &:hover {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.cljs
index fe75e1f7b2..b801e379c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.cljs
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@
           [:div {:class (stl/css :change-section)}
            (tr "auth.register")
            " "
-           [:a {:data-section "register"
-                :on-click set-section}
+           [:button {:type "button"
+                     :class (stl/css :link)
+                     :data-section "register"
+                     :on-click set-section}
             (tr "auth.register-submit")]]]
 
          :register
@@ -190,8 +192,11 @@
           [:div {:class (stl/css :change-section)}
            (tr "auth.already-have-account")
            " "
-           [:a {:data-section "login"
-                :on-click set-section} (tr "auth.login-here")]]
+           [:button {:type "button"
+                     :class (stl/css :link)
+                     :data-section "login"
+                     :on-click set-section}
+            (tr "auth.login-here")]]
           [:div {:class (stl/css :links)}
            [:hr {:class (stl/css :separator)}]
            [:> register/terms-service-privacy-policy*]]]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.scss
index 77e7961895..3f1b7c81a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/static.scss
@@ -373,9 +373,22 @@
   inline-size: 100%;
   text-align: center;
 
-  // Native <a> inside change-section — no class available
-  a {
+  .link {
+    font: inherit;
+    font-weight: 500;
+
+    // A button is a block in its line: the normal line height keeps the box of
+    // the inline link it replaces.
+    line-height: normal;
     color: var(--color-accent-primary);
+    background: none;
+    border: none;
+    padding: 0;
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
   }
 }