I am trying to differentiate a button so that clients can see that it is the button that is in focus by default when the page loads. The design calls for a simple border around the button. I have button and button1 defined in my css like so:
.button {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #003366
}
.button1 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #003366
border: #00ffff;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 2px;
}
The button that I am trying to focus loses the default formatting. How might I fix this so that it simply keeps its formatting, the only difference being a thicker border around the button? Also, is there a way to make the border simply wrap itself around the shape of the button instead of being a rectangular border?
Here is an image of what my buttons look like:
In this case, I am trying to focus the Jail Address button.
The html for the input buttons is like so:
<input type="reset" class="button" name="refresh" value="Refresh">
<input type="submit" class=button1 name="jail" value="Jail Address" onClick="action='JailAddresses.html'">
<input type="submit" class="button" name="submit" value="Submit" onClick="action='Administrative.html'">
<input type="submit" class="button" name="back" value="Back" onClick="action='Administrative.html'">
the border by default is going to be rectangle, though with some browsers (not all) you can use the "border-radius: 5px" to get rounded corners
http://www.css3.info/preview/rounded-border/
you could also just make images with the buttons you want and use them instead (png is preferred since it will keep transparency)
.button1 {
background-image:url('paper.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
cursor: hand;
}
I use that often instead of just img src=, then you can add an "on mouseclick" with javascript.. just an option. also, the cursor can be changed so it actually looks like they're rolling over a button :)
It appears that setting a button border:x style can completely change the button rendering, at least in Safari and Firefox. Here's a little test file I just used to demonstrate the effect:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="submit" value="no border"/>
<input type="submit" value="border:0" style="border:0;"/>
<input type="submit" value="border:2" style="border:2;"/>
<input type="submit" value="width:8rem" style="width:8rem;"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Rendered in Firefox on MacOS, it looks like this:
and in Safari:
So it appears that the behaviour depends on both the border value and the browser. Seems odd to me, but there you are. I think this explains the effect described in the original question.
The default stylings for UI elements like buttons are user-agent defined, AFAIK there isn't a border setting which will allow you to follow the contours of the button without using CSS3's border-radius. Perhaps you should use a different element for your buttons that do not have a pre-defined shape, or use border-radius if appropriate, or a background image for which has the shape that you want.
Related
I tried to make button rounded:
.btn-rounded {
border-radius: 12px;
}
<input type="submit" value="Posalji" class="btn-rounded">
But it won't make it round!
The code is fine. You should always load the CSS before loading the code. So, put CSS at the top in <head>
I've been working on some forms, and I'm not sure how to customize them.
This solution seems to work, but in my case the properties are simply applied to the area around the form rather than the form itself.
CSS:
.Forms{
position:relative;
top:100px;
background-color:#666;
font-family:'Unica One';
font-weight:500;
}
HTML:
<form action="" method="post" class="Forms" id="Form1">
<input type="submit" value="Email Zoltan (Financial Manager, Director)" />
<input type="hidden" name="button_pressed" value="1" />
</form>
The CSS code sets properties on the form element. Apparently you want to apply some of them to the input button instead, so you need to break the rule into two rules:
<!doctype html>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Unica+One'
rel='stylesheet'>
<style>
.Forms {
position: relative;
top: 100px;
}
.Forms input[type=submit] {
background-color: #666;
font-family: 'Unica One';
}
</style>
<form action="" method="post" class="Forms" id="Form1">
<input type="submit" value="Email Zoltan (Financial Manager, Director)" />
<input type="hidden" name="button_pressed" value="1" />
</form>
I presume Unica One is meant to refer to a Google font with that name. In that case, do not set font-weight, since that font exists as normal (400) typeface only. If you try to set the weight to 500, most browsers ignore it but some may apply algorithmic bolding, which produces questionable results.
Note that setting the background color changes the basic rendering too: the default button, usually with rounded corners in modern browsers, turns to a rectangular box with a bit odd border. You can change this by setting various border properties (including border-radius) on the input element. The point is that buttons have built-in rendering in browsers, but if you set certain crucial CSS properties, this rendering changes to something different, and you should consider setting different other properties as well, when relevant.
P.S. The button becomes almost illegible, due to insufficient color contrast mostly, and Unica One isn’t really suitable for use like this.
try this give css to the form input submit button as said by scott
form.Forms input[type="submit"]{
position:relative;
top:100px;
background-color:#666;
font-family:'Unica One';
font-weight:500;
}
I would like to know how I can create a custom HTML button which has a background Image and I can show a custom text over that image.
For example, I would like to show a submit button for which I have a background image for that button and the text "Submit" comes on top of that Image.
I tried this -
<input type="button" value="Submit" style="background-image: url(pages/images/ButtonBackground.png);">
However, it does not work properly. I just see the test submit and the button but the image does not show up.
I recommend that you use <button> instead of <input type='submit' /> or <input type='button' />. The reason is that you can embed HTML elements (nest elements) into the <button> element. This way, you can make a much more flexible button, which can be customized even more.
<button>
<span class='image'></span>
<span class='text'>Click Me!</span>
</button>
<input type="button" value="Submit" style="background: url(pages/images/ButtonBackground.png) no-repeat; width:px; height:px;">
you have to specify the width and height of the image so it covers your button and yes check the path of the image
this is exactly what I have in one of my css and usually what I do in this situation:
html
<input type="submit" value="" name="commit" id="message_submit" class="registerbtn"/>
css
.registerbtn{background:url(../images/btn_registro.jpg) no-repeat; width:98px; height:32px; border:none;}
The simplest way is probably to use a button element with a background. Use e.g. padding properties to make the button suitably large. It is a useful precaution to set a background color for the button, for use when the background image is not shown for some reason, using a color that has sufficient contrast with the text (so it should be similar in color usage to the background image). Example:
<button type=submit style="background: #ccc url(test.jpg); padding: 0.5em 1em">Go!</button>
Caveat: In old versions of IE, there are several bugs in the implementation of button elements. The bugs bite most seriously if a form has several submit buttons.
The reason for the failure when using an input type=submit element is that they are commonly implemented by browsers using built-in routines that are rather immune to CSS.
Here's how I created buttons with actual pics on them along with text. In CSS I put:
button {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
padding: 2px;
margin: 2px;
vertical-align: top;
width: 400px;
}
#alldogs-close-CSS {
background-image: url( All_dogs.jpg );
/*background-size: 100px 130px;*/
height: 150px;
width: 300px;
}
The button controls my height and width and #alldogs-close-CSS is the pic I wanted to show on the button.
In my Index.html page I just put:
<button id="alldogs-close-CSS">All Dogs</button>
Now the text isn't very pretty at the moment, but I haven't played with it yet. It does work, though.
Can we add space between the browse button and textbox for input type file ?Is that possible? Aslo can i add border color for the same textbox ?
thanks,
michaeld
Increasing spacing is not possible. Generally speaking, styling an input type="file" is extremely difficult. If you check cross-browser, you can see that different browsers render it differently. The only way to style it is to fake another element as input type="file"
Example: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html
You should use css to do this:
Your html:
<input type="text" class="yourclass" name="yourname" />
<input type="submit" />
your css:
<style> input.yourclass { border:1px solid red; margin-right: 10px;} </style>
Hope this puts you in the right direction
It is working for me in Chrome.
input.file {
text-indent: initial;
}
This question already has answers here:
Styling an input type="file" button
(46 answers)
Closed 7 years ago.
Is it possible to style a input element of type file without worrying about browser compatibility? In my case I need to implement a background image and round border(1px), the button should also be customised if possible.
Follow these steps then you can create custom styles for your file upload form:
1.) This is the simple HTML form(please read the HTML comments I have written here bellow)
<form action="#type your action here" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div id="yourBtn" style="height: 50px; width: 100px;border: 1px dashed #BBB; cursor:pointer;" onclick="getFile()">Click to upload!</div>
<!-- this is your file input tag, so i hide it!-->
<div style='height: 0px;width: 0px; overflow:hidden;'><input id="upfile" type="file" value="upload"/></div>
<!-- here you can have file submit button or you can write a simple script to upload the file automatically-->
<input type="submit" value='submit' >
</form>
2.) Then use this simple script to pass the click event to file input tag.
function getFile(){
document.getElementById("upfile").click();
}
Now you can use any type of a styling without worrying how to change default styles.
I know this very well, because I have been trying to change the default styles for month and a half. believe me it's very hard because different browsers have different upload input tag. So use this one to build your custom file upload forms.Here is the full AUTOMATED UPLOAD code.
<html>
<style>
#yourBtn{
position: relative;
top: 150px;
font-family: calibri;
width: 150px;
padding: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px dashed #BBB;
text-align: center;
background-color: #DDD;
cursor:pointer;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getFile(){
document.getElementById("upfile").click();
}
function sub(obj){
var file = obj.value;
var fileName = file.split("\\");
document.getElementById("yourBtn").innerHTML = fileName[fileName.length-1];
document.myForm.submit();
event.preventDefault();
}
</script>
<body>
<center>
<form action="#type your action here" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="myForm">
<div id="yourBtn" onclick="getFile()">click to upload a file</div>
<!-- this is your file input tag, so i hide it!-->
<!-- i used the onchange event to fire the form submission-->
<div style='height: 0px; width: 0px;overflow:hidden;'><input id="upfile" type="file" value="upload" onchange="sub(this)"/></div>
<!-- here you can have file submit button or you can write a simple script to upload the file automatically-->
<!-- <input type="submit" value='submit' > -->
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Same solution via Jquery. Works if you have more than one file input in the page.
$j(".filebutton").click(function() {
var input = $j(this).next().find('input');
input.click();
});
$j(".fileinput").change(function(){
var file = $j(this).val();
var fileName = file.split("\\");
var pai =$j(this).parent().parent().prev();
pai.html(fileName[fileName.length-1]);
event.preventDefault();
});
After looking around on Google for a long time, trying out several solutions, both CSS, JavaScript and JQuery, i found that most of them were using an Image as the button. Some of them were hard to use, but i did manage to piece together something that ended out working out for me.
The important parts for me was:
The Browse button had to be a Button (not an image).
The button had to have a hover effect (to make it look nice).
The Width of both the Text and the button had to be easy to adjust.
The solution had to work in IE8, FF, Chrome and Safari.
This is the solution i came up with. And hope it can be of use to others as well.
Change the width of .file_input_textbox to change the width of the textbox.
Change the width of both .file_input_div, .file_input_button and .file_input_button_hover to change the width of the button. You might need to tweak a bit on the positions also. I never figured out why...
To test this solution, make a new html file and paste the content into it.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.file_input_textbox {height:25px;width:200px;float:left; }
.file_input_div {position: relative;width:80px;height:26px;overflow: hidden; }
.file_input_button {width: 80px;position:absolute;top:0px;
border:1px solid #F0F0EE;padding:2px 8px 2px 8px; font-weight:bold; height:25px; margin:0px; margin-right:5px; }
.file_input_button_hover{width:80px;position:absolute;top:0px;
border:1px solid #0A246A; background-color:#B2BBD0;padding:2px 8px 2px 8px; height:25px; margin:0px; font-weight:bold; margin-right:5px; }
.file_input_hidden {font-size:45px;position:absolute;right:0px;top:0px;cursor:pointer;
opacity:0;filter:alpha(opacity=0);-ms-filter:"alpha(opacity=0)";-khtml-opacity:0;-moz-opacity:0; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="fileName" class="file_input_textbox" readonly="readonly">
<div class="file_input_div">
<input id="fileInputButton" type="button" value="Browse" class="file_input_button" />
<input type="file" class="file_input_hidden"
onchange="javascript: document.getElementById('fileName').value = this.value"
onmouseover="document.getElementById('fileInputButton').className='file_input_button_hover';"
onmouseout="document.getElementById('fileInputButton').className='file_input_button';" />
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's a simple css only solution, that creates a consistent target area, and lets you style your faux elements however you like.
The basic idea is this:
Have two "fake" elements (a text input/link) as siblings to your real file input. Absolutely position them so they're exactly on top of your target area.
Wrap your file input with a div. Set overflow to hidden (so the file input doesn't spill out), and make it exactly the size that you want your target area to be.
Set opacity to 0 on the file input so it's hidden but still clickable. Give it a large font size so the you can click on all portions of the target area.
Here's the jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gwwar/nFLKU/
<form>
<input id="faux" type="text" placeholder="Upload a file from your computer" />
Browse
<div id="wrapper">
<input id="input" size="100" type="file" />
</div>
</form>
Use the clip property along with opacity, z-index, absolute positioning, and some browser filters to place the file input over the desired button:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets/Clipping
use uniform js plugin to style input of any type, select, textarea.
The URL is
http://uniformjs.com/