Really simple but very annoying issue - I have a form text box which has a button sitting along side it horizontally so they should both be aligned heights. I am adding a couple of pixels top and bottom padding but i cant get this to work cross browser - internet explorer in particular seems to double the padding for some reason.
Can some one offer advice on how to get buttons the exact same size in most major browsers.
Here is the css I am using for a button
.button {
color: #44444a;
cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold;
overflow: visible;
padding: 0.1em 1em;
width: auto;
border: solid 1px #44444a;
}
Best advice I can offer based on the very limited information you have provided is:
1 - Ensure you have declared your doctype.
2 - Perform a CSS reset. Something like:
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
Googling "CSS reset" will usually turn up something useful.
3 - Know your box-model!
It would be useful if you could perhaps provide us with a bit more information (HTML & CSS code) or a link to the offending page.
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I have a style for inputs on my page, with some basic padding and font size, I tried applying the same style to a link, but for some reason the link is always larger (height) than the button no matter what I do, even with the exact same text and font size, I tried doing display: block but that just makes the button the width of the screen.
Here is the CSS:
.button{
padding: 10px 15px 7px 15px!important;
font-size: 16px !important;
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
border-radius: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.button-3{
background-color: #ff4d4d;
border: 1px solid #ff4d4d !important;
}
I've looked at the Chrome styles panel and confirmed the font / padding is being used (it's not strikken through).
Here is what it looks like:
Looks like the issue is because:
You aren't using a CSS reset.
The line-height needs to be the same.
Make sure you give a consistent line-height to both. For now, set in the both:
line-height: 1.5;
This should fix it. Also, you can compare both the styles with the computed ones, to check if there's anything else being set. Since you say <button>, it might also have some border.
Also, like I guessed, you are also giving border and same colour as background to the button, making it look 2px bigger.
When you open the Developer Tools, try comparing the Computed Styles part:
To avoid this kind of stuff I always set the font family I used.
Take a look at this example: https://fiddle.jshell.net/tnr0jxka/
You also might want to consider adding:-webkit-apperance:none;-moz-apperance:none; to this kind of css, it will save you big time in cross-browser experience.
Buttons do not inherit the global styling automatically.
So, setting font-size of button explicitly will solve the problem
see this solution for more info
I have a space of code that I've written for a client. It works perfectly in a test page, however it doesn't work when it's put on his actual page. The code is here...
http://jsfiddle.net/ugngp7ft/1/
.hidden_textfield {
width: 100%;
border: none;
outline: none;
background-color: transparent;
font-family: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
}
I've figured out that the issue is an inability to set the "width" attribute of the text box. Is there a way to use that attribute without going through the mountain of CSS that he already has to figure out why it can't be set? What would even cause the width attribute to have no effect on a text box? Thanks.
Completely exiting Chrome and reopening made it work on the main page. Go figure. Thanks for the time.
I'm working with the designer and he sent me the following design for the search bar on our webpage:
I'm very much against using images in webpage design unless completely necessary, so I'm hoping that I can recreate the whole search bar widget in CSS. I know how to do border-radius, gradients, box-shadows, etc, so that's not a problem.
Question: Assuming CSS3 browser compatibility, how can I go about recreating the actual search button (the magnifying glass portion) with the double curved edge, and the slight drop shadow on the bottom left?
Thoughts: My initial feeling was that the search button would be circular and free-standing, then overlap the search input div with a negative left-margin, but then I was unsure how I would get that drop shadow.
Edit: I'm not completely opposed to using an image for the magnifying glass, but I've seen a similar icon created in CSS before. Would an image vs. pure CSS end up loading at the same speed, or should I do all I can do in pure CSS?
Solving the problem a different way, you could use a font to render the magnifying glass. There are some free ones here that you could load via JS or by creating an #font-face with a service like FontSquirrel. This one comes with all the necessary files to do so and it includes the magnifying glass pointing in either direction: http://www.tenbytwenty.com/sosa.php
From there, you should be able to style it with CSS to make it look the way your designer wants.
Something like this will manage
<style type="text/css">
form {
background-image: url(1noty.png);
height: 50px;
width: 240px;
}
input {
background-image: url(bg.png);
margin-top: 15px;
margin-right: 15px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
margin-left: 17px;
border-top-style: none;
border-right-style: none;
border-bottom-style: none;
border-left-style: none;
}
</style>
Ive been handed a design that has a particular header with style the type knocking out a rule like:
------ Text Content ------
Ive done this a couple times over the years but i was never happy with my solution. Usually it involved using numerous elements. Since these are headers id like to keep the markup as lean as possible.
My first thought this time around was to use box collapsing to my advantage: http://jsfiddle.net/cEcCL/
However there a are few problems here:
This relies on setting the background of the span to something opaque in order to knockout the line. Problem is most of these will probably be in the upper portion of the page where the gradient background hasnt yet faded to its solid
Actually i wasnt aware of this till i made the fiddle - the text seems slightly off center, not sure why that is.
While it can probably be managed, Im worried about the robustness of the vertical offsets to center the line on the median of the text line-box.. What if i have long header that goes to 2 lines?
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Here's a very quick example that uses a single h2 and the before/after pseudo elements.
h2:before, h2:after {
content:' '; display:inline-block;
height:0; width:100px;
border-top:1px solid black;
vertical-align:middle;
margin:0 1em
}
Obviously, there are some drawbacks:
No IE6/7 support
As it stands, you have to explicitly declare a width for the lines (but you might be able to mess with this)
Doesn't handle multiple lines too well, but again, you might be able to edit the h2 styles to make this work a little better
While not a perfect solution (I feel your pain here, this is a tough one), sometimes you can use background-attachment:fixed to remedy the background issue using the <span> technique if you are using a background image:
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/cEcCL/3/
<h2><span>Text Content</span></h2>
h2 span,
body{ /* Apply to h2 span and whatever the parent element is */
background:url(background.gif) fixed;
}
h2 {
line-height: 10px;
font-size: 18px;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px 0;
}
h2:after{
content:" ";
float:left;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
width:100%;
height:10px;
margin-top:-15px;
}
Of course this only works if the parent element can have a fixed background image, and won't work with CSS3 gradient backgrounds. It's a limited-use idea, but I just thought I'd bring it to light.
It seems only <legend> tags have this behavior, and I know of no way to emulate that with CSS, and I don't think you don't want to start using <legends> for headings...
When I declare this style for a div:
#fbInner{
position: absolute;
margin: 11.2% 9.7% 0% 26.4%;
width: 63.5%;
height: 54.6%;
overflow: visible;
/*max-height: 190px;
max-width: 490px;*/
font-size: 11px;
font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;
color: #FFF;
/*border: solid 2px gray;*/
}
Chrome sets every margin right except of the margin top, which is set much smaller than in other browsers ... strange, all other margins are displayed like it should ...
What is the reason for that?
Is there a workaround that still uses percentages?
Seeing as this is an x-browser css question, resetting the css styles would be a valuable first step - maybe even the solution. You haven't disclosed any HTML code, so I can't know what other tags or styles are affecting #fbInner
In any case, here is the "meyerweb reset" stylesheet: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
Link it topmost in your HTML file. It will probably break your site, but that's a good thing. At least it should be equally broken in all browsers now. When you've fixed the look of your page, it should work properly in most/all browsers.