diff --git a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal_spec.jsx b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal_spec.jsx
index b803c4641c..fcca1a7898 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal_spec.jsx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('ChangeDatasourceModal', () => {
 
   it('renders confirmation message', async () => {
     act(() => {
-      wrapper.find('.datasource-link').at(0).props().onClick();
+      wrapper.find('[data-test="datasource-link"]').at(0).props().onClick();
     });
     await waitForComponentToPaint(wrapper);
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('ChangeDatasourceModal', () => {
 
   it('changes the datasource', async () => {
     act(() => {
-      wrapper.find('.datasource-link').at(0).props().onClick();
+      wrapper.find('[data-test="datasource-link"]').at(0).props().onClick();
     });
     await waitForComponentToPaint(wrapper);
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/Link_spec.jsx b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/IconTooltip_spec.jsx
similarity index 67%
rename from superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/Link_spec.jsx
rename to superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/IconTooltip_spec.jsx
index b3ef7cf82a..fba7b4b647 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/Link_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/IconTooltip_spec.jsx
@@ -18,22 +18,23 @@
  */
 import React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { Tooltip } from 'src/common/components/Tooltip';
+import { IconTooltip } from 'src/components/IconTooltip';
 
-import Link from 'src/components/Link';
-
-describe('Link', () => {
+describe('IconTooltip', () => {
   const mockedProps = {
     tooltip: 'This is a tooltip',
-    href: 'https://www.airbnb.com',
   };
   it('renders', () => {
-    expect(React.isValidElement(<Link>TEST</Link>)).toBe(true);
+    expect(React.isValidElement(<IconTooltip>TEST</IconTooltip>)).toBe(true);
   });
   it('renders with props', () => {
-    expect(React.isValidElement(<Link {...mockedProps}>TEST</Link>)).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      React.isValidElement(<IconTooltip {...mockedProps}>TEST</IconTooltip>),
+    ).toBe(true);
   });
-  it('renders an anchor tag', () => {
-    const wrapper = shallow(<Link {...mockedProps}>TEST</Link>);
-    expect(wrapper.find('a')).toExist();
+  it('renders a tooltip', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<IconTooltip {...mockedProps}>TEST</IconTooltip>);
+    expect(wrapper.find(Tooltip)).toExist();
   });
 });
diff --git a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/TableElement_spec.jsx b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/TableElement_spec.jsx
index b446aa77f6..e1426e20b8 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/TableElement_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/sqllab/TableElement_spec.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import configureStore from 'redux-mock-store';
 import { supersetTheme, ThemeProvider } from '@superset-ui/core';
 
-import Link from 'src/components/Link';
+import { IconTooltip } from 'src/components/IconTooltip';
 import Fade from 'src/common/components/Fade';
 import TableElement from 'src/SqlLab/components/TableElement';
 import ColumnElement from 'src/SqlLab/components/ColumnElement';
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ describe('TableElement', () => {
   it('renders with props', () => {
     expect(React.isValidElement(<TableElement {...mockedProps} />)).toBe(true);
   });
-  it('has 2 Link elements', () => {
+  it('has 2 IconTooltip elements', () => {
     const wrapper = shallow(<TableElement {...mockedProps} />);
-    expect(wrapper.find(Link)).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(wrapper.find(IconTooltip)).toHaveLength(2);
   });
   it('has 14 columns', () => {
     const wrapper = shallow(<TableElement {...mockedProps} />);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('TableElement', () => {
       },
     );
     expect(mockedActions.collapseTable.called).toBe(false);
-    wrapper.find('.table-name').simulate('click');
+    wrapper.find('[data-test="collapse"]').hostNodes().simulate('click');
     expect(mockedActions.collapseTable.called).toBe(true);
   });
   it('removes the table', () => {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/QueryTable.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/QueryTable.jsx
index 428b0fb020..a79276426f 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/QueryTable.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/QueryTable.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { t } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import TableView from 'src/components/TableView';
 import Button from 'src/components/Button';
 import { fDuration } from 'src/modules/dates';
-import Link from '../../components/Link';
+import { IconTooltip } from '../../components/IconTooltip';
 import ResultSet from './ResultSet';
 import ModalTrigger from '../../components/ModalTrigger';
 import HighlightedSql from './HighlightedSql';
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ const QueryTable = props => {
         let errorTooltip;
         if (q.errorMessage) {
           errorTooltip = (
-            <Link tooltip={q.errorMessage}>
+            <IconTooltip tooltip={q.errorMessage}>
               <i className="fa fa-exclamation-circle text-danger" />
-            </Link>
+            </IconTooltip>
           );
         }
         q.state = (
@@ -188,22 +188,22 @@ const QueryTable = props => {
         );
         q.actions = (
           <div>
-            <Link
-              className="fa fa-pencil m-r-3"
+            <IconTooltip
+              className="fa fa-pencil m-r-3 pointer"
               onClick={() => restoreSql(query)}
               tooltip={t(
                 'Overwrite text in the editor with a query on this table',
               )}
               placement="top"
             />
-            <Link
-              className="fa fa-plus-circle m-r-3"
+            <IconTooltip
+              className="fa fa-plus-circle m-r-3 pointer"
               onClick={() => openQueryInNewTab(query)}
               tooltip={t('Run query in a new tab')}
               placement="top"
             />
-            <Link
-              className="fa fa-trash m-r-3"
+            <IconTooltip
+              className="fa fa-trash m-r-3 pointer"
               tooltip={t('Remove query from log')}
               onClick={() => removeQuery(query)}
             />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ShowSQL.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ShowSQL.tsx
index 91134581a5..a83724093a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ShowSQL.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ShowSQL.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import SyntaxHighlighter from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/cjs/light';
 import sql from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/cjs/languages/hljs/sql';
 import github from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/cjs/styles/hljs/github';
 
-import Link from '../../components/Link';
+import { IconTooltip } from '../../components/IconTooltip';
 import ModalTrigger from '../../components/ModalTrigger';
 
 SyntaxHighlighter.registerLanguage('sql', sql);
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ export default function ShowSQL({
     <ModalTrigger
       modalTitle={title}
       triggerNode={
-        <Link
+        <IconTooltip
           className="fa fa-eye pull-left m-l-2"
           tooltip={tooltipText}
-          href="#"
         />
       }
       modalBody={
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
index 59c7400401..b32e774982 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { ButtonGroup, Collapse, Well } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import shortid from 'shortid';
-import { t } from '@superset-ui/core';
+import { t, styled } from '@superset-ui/core';
 
 import Fade from 'src/common/components/Fade';
 import { Tooltip } from 'src/common/components/Tooltip';
 import CopyToClipboard from '../../components/CopyToClipboard';
-import Link from '../../components/Link';
+import { IconTooltip } from '../../components/IconTooltip';
 import ColumnElement from './ColumnElement';
 import ShowSQL from './ShowSQL';
 import ModalTrigger from '../../components/ModalTrigger';
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ const defaultProps = {
   timeout: 500,
 };
 
+const StyledSpan = styled.span`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark1};
+  &: hover {
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark2};
+  }
+  cursor: pointer;
+`;
+
 class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -145,7 +153,7 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
             <pre key={i}>{JSON.stringify(ix, null, '  ')}</pre>
           ))}
           triggerNode={
-            <Link
+            <IconTooltip
               className="fa fa-key pull-left m-l-2"
               tooltip={t('View keys & indexes (%s)', table.indexes.length)}
             />
@@ -156,10 +164,10 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
     return (
       <ButtonGroup className="ws-el-controls">
         {keyLink}
-        <Link
+        <IconTooltip
           className={
             `fa fa-sort-${!this.state.sortColumns ? 'alpha' : 'numeric'}-asc ` +
-            'pull-left sort-cols m-l-2'
+            'pull-left sort-cols m-l-2 pointer'
           }
           onClick={this.toggleSortColumns}
           tooltip={
@@ -167,14 +175,13 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
               ? t('Sort columns alphabetically')
               : t('Original table column order')
           }
-          href="#"
         />
         {table.selectStar && (
           <CopyToClipboard
             copyNode={
-              <a aria-label="Copy">
+              <IconTooltip aria-label="Copy">
                 <i aria-hidden className="fa fa-clipboard pull-left m-l-2" />
-              </a>
+              </IconTooltip>
             }
             text={table.selectStar}
             shouldShowText={false}
@@ -188,11 +195,10 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
             title={t('CREATE VIEW statement')}
           />
         )}
-        <Link
-          className="fa fa-times table-remove pull-left m-l-2"
+        <IconTooltip
+          className="fa fa-times table-remove pull-left m-l-2 pointer"
           onClick={this.removeTable}
           tooltip={t('Remove table preview')}
-          href="#"
         />
       </ButtonGroup>
     );
@@ -209,15 +215,15 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
           title={table.name}
           trigger={['hover']}
         >
-          <a
-            href="#"
+          <StyledSpan
+            data-test="collapse"
             className="table-name"
             onClick={e => {
               this.toggleTable(e);
             }}
           >
             <strong>{table.name}</strong>
-          </a>
+          </StyledSpan>
         </Tooltip>
 
         <div className="pull-right header-right-side">
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/ErrorAlert.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/ErrorAlert.tsx
index e31dcd7ebb..71455db322 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/ErrorAlert.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/ErrorAlert.tsx
@@ -114,9 +114,14 @@ export default function ErrorAlert({
           <strong>{title}</strong>
         </LeftSideContent>
         {!isExpandable && (
-          <a href="#" className="link" onClick={() => setIsModalOpen(true)}>
+          <span
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
+            className="link"
+            onClick={() => setIsModalOpen(true)}
+          >
             {t('See More')}
-          </a>
+          </span>
         )}
       </div>
       {isExpandable ? (
@@ -125,25 +130,27 @@ export default function ErrorAlert({
           {body && (
             <>
               {!isBodyExpanded && (
-                <a
-                  href="#"
+                <span
+                  role="button"
+                  tabIndex={0}
                   className="link"
                   onClick={() => setIsBodyExpanded(true)}
                 >
                   {t('See More')}
-                </a>
+                </span>
               )}
               {isBodyExpanded && (
                 <>
                   <br />
                   {body}
-                  <a
-                    href="#"
+                  <span
+                    role="button"
+                    tabIndex={0}
                     className="link"
                     onClick={() => setIsBodyExpanded(false)}
                   >
                     {t('See Less')}
-                  </a>
+                  </span>
                 </>
               )}
             </>
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/Link.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/IconTooltip.tsx
similarity index 80%
rename from superset-frontend/src/components/Link.tsx
rename to superset-frontend/src/components/IconTooltip.tsx
index cfe9fa04cb..9b3a6b0e82 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/Link.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/IconTooltip.tsx
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
  */
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { Tooltip } from 'src/common/components/Tooltip';
+import { styled } from '@superset-ui/core';
 
 interface Props {
   children?: ReactNode;
   className?: string;
-  href?: string;
   onClick?: () => void;
   placement?:
     | 'bottom'
@@ -41,24 +41,29 @@ interface Props {
   tooltip?: string | null;
 }
 
-const Link = ({
+const StyledSpan = styled.span`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark1};
+  &: hover {
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark2};
+  }
+`;
+
+const IconTooltip = ({
   children = null,
   className = '',
-  href = '#',
   onClick = () => undefined,
   placement = 'top',
   style = {},
   tooltip = null,
 }: Props) => {
-  const link = (
-    <a
-      href={href}
+  const iconTooltip = (
+    <StyledSpan
       onClick={onClick}
       style={style}
-      className={`Link ${className}`}
+      className={`IconTooltip ${className}`}
     >
       {children}
-    </a>
+    </StyledSpan>
   );
   if (tooltip) {
     return (
@@ -69,11 +74,11 @@ const Link = ({
         mouseEnterDelay={0.3}
         mouseLeaveDelay={0.15}
       >
-        {link}
+        {iconTooltip}
       </Tooltip>
     );
   }
-  return link;
+  return iconTooltip;
 };
 
-export default Link;
+export { IconTooltip };
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/SliceHeaderControls.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/SliceHeaderControls.jsx
index c88b8f7740..ef5d92f134 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/SliceHeaderControls.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/SliceHeaderControls.jsx
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ class SliceHeaderControls extends React.PureComponent {
           triggerNode.closest(SCREENSHOT_NODE_SELECTOR)
         }
       >
-        <a id={`slice_${slice.slice_id}-controls`} role="button">
+        <span id={`slice_${slice.slice_id}-controls`} role="button">
           <VerticalDotsTrigger />
-        </a>
+        </span>
       </NoAnimationDropdown>
     );
   }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/FilterFieldItem.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/FilterFieldItem.jsx
index 3f1d88d475..d9d9409f77 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/FilterFieldItem.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/FilterFieldItem.jsx
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ const propTypes = {
 
 export default function FilterFieldItem({ label, isSelected }) {
   return (
-    <a
+    <span
       className={cx('filter-field-item filter-container', {
         'is-selected': isSelected,
       })}
     >
       <FormLabel htmlFor={label}>{label}</FormLabel>
-    </a>
+    </span>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/renderFilterScopeTreeNodes.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/renderFilterScopeTreeNodes.jsx
index f4a85cf039..c6e1be1558 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/renderFilterScopeTreeNodes.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/filterscope/renderFilterScopeTreeNodes.jsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function traverse({ currentNode = {}, selectedChartId }) {
     return {
       ...currentNode,
       label: (
-        <a
+        <span
           className={cx(`filter-scope-type ${type.toLowerCase()}`, {
             'selected-filter': selectedChartId === value,
           })}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function traverse({ currentNode = {}, selectedChartId }) {
             </span>
           )}
           {label}
-        </a>
+        </span>
       ),
       children: updatedChildren,
     };
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ function traverse({ currentNode = {}, selectedChartId }) {
   return {
     ...currentNode,
     label: (
-      <a
+      <span
         className={cx(`filter-scope-type ${type.toLowerCase()}`, {
           'selected-filter': selectedChartId === value,
         })}
       >
         {label}
-      </a>
+      </span>
     ),
   };
 }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterConfigModal.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterConfigModal.tsx
index bd87209626..40a644a0e8 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterConfigModal.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterConfigModal.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ const StyledForm = styled(Form)`
   width: 100%;
 `;
 
+const StyledSpan = styled.span`
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark1};
+  &: hover {
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark2};
+  }
+`;
+
 const FilterTabs = styled(LineEditableTabs)`
   // extra selector specificity:
   &.ant-tabs-card > .ant-tabs-nav .ant-tabs-tab {
@@ -473,13 +481,13 @@ export function FilterConfigModal({
                           : getFilterTitle(id)}
                       </div>
                       {removedFilters[id] && (
-                        <a
+                        <StyledSpan
                           role="button"
                           tabIndex={0}
                           onClick={() => restoreFilter(id)}
                         >
                           {t('Undo?')}
-                        </a>
+                        </StyledSpan>
                       )}
                     </FilterTabTitle>
                   }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
index 77b3ad4627..0a49d67e0a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ const ConfirmModalStyled = styled.div`
   }
 `;
 
+const StyledSpan = styled.span`
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark1};
+  &: hover {
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary.dark2};
+  }
+`;
+
 const TABLE_COLUMNS = [
   'name',
   'type',
@@ -191,13 +199,14 @@ const ChangeDatasourceModal: FunctionComponent<ChangeDatasourceModalProps> = ({
       connection: ds.database.database_name,
       schema: ds.schema,
       name: (
-        <a
-          href="#"
+        <StyledSpan
+          role="button"
+          tabIndex={0}
+          data-test="datasource-link"
           onClick={() => selectDatasource({ type: 'table', ...ds })}
-          className="datasource-link"
         >
           {ds.table_name}
-        </a>
+        </StyledSpan>
       ),
       type: ds.kind,
     }));
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/datasource/DatasourceEditor.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/datasource/DatasourceEditor.jsx
index dc2d44444e..044f1d8f2d 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/datasource/DatasourceEditor.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/datasource/DatasourceEditor.jsx
@@ -790,12 +790,12 @@ class DatasourceEditor extends React.PureComponent {
         </Fieldset>
         {this.allowEditSource && (
           <EditLockContainer>
-            <a href="#" onClick={this.onChangeEditMode}>
+            <span role="button" tabIndex={0} onClick={this.onChangeEditMode}>
               <Icon
                 color={supersetTheme.colors.grayscale.base}
                 name={this.state.isEditMode ? 'lock-unlocked' : 'lock-locked'}
               />
-            </a>
+            </span>
             {!this.state.isEditMode && (
               <div>{t('Click the lock to make changes.')}</div>
             )}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
index d485696bf3..23035beb03 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default function ExploreActionButtons({
       )}
 
       {latestQueryFormData && (
-        <a
+        <div
           role="button"
           tabIndex={0}
           onClick={doExportChart}
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ export default function ExploreActionButtons({
           rel="noopener noreferrer"
         >
           <i className="fa fa-file-code-o" /> .json
-        </a>
+        </div>
       )}
       {latestQueryFormData && (
-        <a
+        <div
           role="button"
           tabIndex={0}
           onClick={doExportCSV}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default function ExploreActionButtons({
           rel="noopener noreferrer"
         >
           <i className="fa fa-file-text-o" /> .csv
-        </a>
+        </div>
       )}
       <ConnectedDisplayQueryButton
         chartHeight={chartHeight}