Why is the background image being cut off in a button - html

Question

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a.button {
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff, #dbdbdb);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0, #ffffff),color-stop(1, #dbdbdb));
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#dbdbdb');
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#dbdbdb')";
border: 1px solid #fff;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
padding: 10px 20px;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: #fff 0 1px 0;
float: left;
display: block;
color: #597390;
line-height: 24px;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
width: 100%;
}
a.button:hover {
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff, #eeeeee);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0, #ffffff),color-stop(1, #eeeeee));
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#eeeeee');
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#eeeeee')";
color: #000;
display: block;
}
a.button:active {
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #dbdbdb, #ffffff);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0, #dbdbdb),color-stop(1, #ffffff));
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#dbdbdb', EndColorStr='#ffffff');
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#dbdbdb', EndColorStr='#ffffff')";
text-shadow: 0px -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
margin-top: 1px;
}
a.button.icon {
padding-left: 0px;
}
a.button.icon span{
padding-left: 100px;
background: url(icons2.png) no-repeat 0 -4px;
}
a.button.icon.tag span {
background-position: 0px -65px;
}
The Image (icons2 40X96):
How it is displayed in the browser:
How can I display the entire image so it doesn't cut off?
Since it is just one image, how do I eliminate the user of position, rather just display the image?

Answer 1

Just give the span display:block; and height:30px;:
a.button.icon span{
padding-left: 100px;
background: url(http://i.stack.imgur.com/fEeuO.png) no-repeat 0 -4px;
height:30px;
display:block;
}
To stop the cut off, i changed the background position a little bit:
a.button.icon.tag span {
background-position: 0px -62px;
}
JSFiddle

Answer 2

I would guess your line-height property is restricting how much of the image is shown. Also try adding overflow: visible to the icon's container.