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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Special Buttons in CSS Only &middot; CodePen</title>
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<style>
.button
{
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
background-color: #ddd;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#eee), to(#ccc));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
border: 1px solid #777;
padding: 0 1.5em;
margin: 0.5em;
font: bold 1em/2em Arial, Helvetica;
text-decoration: none;
color: #333;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.8);
-moz-border-radius: .2em;
-webkit-border-radius: .2em;
border-radius: .2em;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}
.button:hover
{
background-color: #eee;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fafafa), to(#ddd));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
}
.button:active
{
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
position: relative;
top: 1px;
}
.button:focus
{
outline: 0;
background: #fafafa;
}
.button:before
{
background: #ccc;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
float: left;
width: 1em;
text-align: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
margin: 0 1em 0 -1em;
padding: 0 .2em;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
-moz-border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
-webkit-border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
pointer-events: none;
}
/* Buttons and inputs */
button.button, input.button
{
cursor: pointer;
overflow: visible; /* removes extra side spacing in IE */
}
/* removes extra inner spacing in Firefox */
button::-moz-focus-inner
{
border: 0;
padding: 0;
}
/* If line-height can't be modified, then fix Firefox spacing with padding */
input::-moz-focus-inner
{
padding: .4em;
}
/* The disabled styles */
.button[disabled], .button[disabled]:hover, .button.disabled, .button.disabled:hover
{
background: #eee;
color: #aaa;
border-color: #aaa;
cursor: default;
text-shadow: none;
position: static;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
/* Hexadecimal entities for the icons */
.add:before
{
content: "\271A";
}
.edit:before
{
content: "\270E";
}
.delete:before
{
content: "\2718";
}
.save:before
{
content: "\2714";
}
.email:before
{
content: "\2709";
}
.like:before
{
content: "\2764";
}
.next:before
{
content: "\279C";
}
.star:before
{
content: "\2605";
}
.spark:before
{
content: "\2737";
}
.play:before
{
content: "\25B6";
}
/* Social media buttons */
.tw, .fb,
.tw:hover, .fb:hover
{
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(255,255,255,.5)), to(rgba(255,255,255,0)));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
}
.tw, .tw:focus
{
background-color: #88E1E6;
}
.fb, .fb:focus
{
background-color: #3C5A98;
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.tw:hover
{
background-color: #b1f0f3;
}
.fb:hover
{
background-color: #879bc3;
}
.tw:before
{
content: "t";
background: #91cfd3;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
color: #fff;
font-family: verdana;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.fb:before
{
content: "f";
background: #4467ac;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
</style>
<style>
#codepen-footer, #codepen-footer * {
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box !important;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box !important;
box-sizing: border-box !important;
}
#codepen-footer {
display: block !important;
position: fixed !important;
bottom: 0 !important;
left: 0 !important;
width: 100% !important;
padding: 0 10px !important;
margin: 0 !important;
height: 30px !important;
line-height: 30px !important;
font-size: 12px !important;
color: #eeeeee !important;
background-color: #505050 !important;
text-align: left !important;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #505050, #383838) !important;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #505050, #383838) !important;
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #505050, #383838) !important;
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #505050, #383838) !important;
border-top: 1px solid black !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid black !important;
border-radius: 0 !important;
border-image: none !important;
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #6e6e6e, 0 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) !important;
z-index: 300 !important;
font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, sans-serif !important;
letter-spacing: 0 !important;
word-spacing: normal !important;
word-spacing: 0 !important;
-webkit-transform: none !important;
-moz-transform: none !important;
-ms-transform: none !important;
-o-transform: none !important;
transform: none !important;
}
#codepen-footer a {
color: #a7a7a7 !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-shadow: none !important;
border: 0 !important;
}
#codepen-footer a:hover {
color: white !important;
}
</style>
<script>
// Kill alerts, confirmations and prompts
// window.alert = function(){}; we're going to allow alerts for now
window.confirm = function(){};
window.prompt = function(){};
window.open = function(){};
window.print = function(){};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Actions</h2>
<a href="" class="button">Button</a>
<a href="" class="button add">Add</a>
<a href="" class="button edit">Edit</a>
<a href="" class="button delete">Delete</a>
<a href="" class="button save">Save</a>
<a href="" class="button email">Send email</a>
<br><br>
<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
<a href="" class="button like">Like</a>
<a href="" class="button next">Next</a>
<a href="" class="button star">Favourite</a>
<a href="" class="button spark">Spark</a>
<a href="" class="button play">Play</a>
<br><br>
<h2>Social media buttons</h2>
<a href="http://twitter.com/catalinred" class="button tw">Follow me</a>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedTeamDesign" class="button fb">Become a fan</a>
<h2>Buttons and inputs</h2>
<button class="button">Clean button</button>
<button class="button save">Button with icon</button>
<button class="button" disabled>Disabled button</button>
<button class="button save" disabled>Another disabled button</button>
<br>
<input class="button" type="submit" value="Input submit">
<input class="button" type="button" value="Input button">
<input class="button" type="submit" value="Input submit disabled" disabled>
<input class="button" type="button" value="Input button disabled" disabled>
<div id="codepen-footer">
<a style="color: #f73535 !important;" href="https://codepen.wufoo.com/forms/m7x3r3/def/field14=" onclick="window.open(this.href, null, 'height=517, width=680, toolbar=0, location=0, status=1, scrollbars=1, resizable=1'); return false">Report Abuse</a>
&nbsp;
<a href="/FireNet/pen/Ggczf" target="_blank">Edit this Pen</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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markup.html
<h2>Actions</h2>
<a href="" class="button">Button</a>
<a href="" class="button add">Add</a>
<a href="" class="button edit">Edit</a>
<a href="" class="button delete">Delete</a>
<a href="" class="button save">Save</a>
<a href="" class="button email">Send email</a>
<br><br>
<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
<a href="" class="button like">Like</a>
<a href="" class="button next">Next</a>
<a href="" class="button star">Favourite</a>
<a href="" class="button spark">Spark</a>
<a href="" class="button play">Play</a>
<br><br>
<h2>Social media buttons</h2>
<a href="http://twitter.com/catalinred" class="button tw">Follow me</a>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedTeamDesign" class="button fb">Become a fan</a>
<h2>Buttons and inputs</h2>
<button class="button">Clean button</button>
<button class="button save">Button with icon</button>
<button class="button" disabled>Disabled button</button>
<button class="button save" disabled>Another disabled button</button>
<br>
<input class="button" type="submit" value="Input submit">
<input class="button" type="button" value="Input button">
<input class="button" type="submit" value="Input submit disabled" disabled>
<input class="button" type="button" value="Input button disabled" disabled>
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style.css
.button
{
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
background-color: #ddd;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#eee), to(#ccc));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ccc);
border: 1px solid #777;
padding: 0 1.5em;
margin: 0.5em;
font: bold 1em/2em Arial, Helvetica;
text-decoration: none;
color: #333;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.8);
-moz-border-radius: .2em;
-webkit-border-radius: .2em;
border-radius: .2em;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
box-shadow: 0 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.8) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}
.button:hover
{
background-color: #eee;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fafafa), to(#ddd));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #ddd);
}
.button:active
{
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
box-shadow: 0 0 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3) inset;
position: relative;
top: 1px;
}
.button:focus
{
outline: 0;
background: #fafafa;
}
.button:before
{
background: #ccc;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
float: left;
width: 1em;
text-align: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
margin: 0 1em 0 -1em;
padding: 0 .2em;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
box-shadow: 1px 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5), 2px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
-moz-border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
-webkit-border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
border-radius: .15em 0 0 .15em;
pointer-events: none;
}
/* Buttons and inputs */
button.button, input.button
{
cursor: pointer;
overflow: visible; /* removes extra side spacing in IE */
}
/* removes extra inner spacing in Firefox */
button::-moz-focus-inner
{
border: 0;
padding: 0;
}
/* If line-height can't be modified, then fix Firefox spacing with padding */
input::-moz-focus-inner
{
padding: .4em;
}
/* The disabled styles */
.button[disabled], .button[disabled]:hover, .button.disabled, .button.disabled:hover
{
background: #eee;
color: #aaa;
border-color: #aaa;
cursor: default;
text-shadow: none;
position: static;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
/* Hexadecimal entities for the icons */
.add:before
{
content: "\271A";
}
.edit:before
{
content: "\270E";
}
.delete:before
{
content: "\2718";
}
.save:before
{
content: "\2714";
}
.email:before
{
content: "\2709";
}
.like:before
{
content: "\2764";
}
.next:before
{
content: "\279C";
}
.star:before
{
content: "\2605";
}
.spark:before
{
content: "\2737";
}
.play:before
{
content: "\25B6";
}
/* Social media buttons */
.tw, .fb,
.tw:hover, .fb:hover
{
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(255,255,255,.5)), to(rgba(255,255,255,0)));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
}
.tw, .tw:focus
{
background-color: #88E1E6;
}
.fb, .fb:focus
{
background-color: #3C5A98;
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.tw:hover
{
background-color: #b1f0f3;
}
.fb:hover
{
background-color: #879bc3;
}
.tw:before
{
content: "t";
background: #91cfd3;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
color: #fff;
font-family: verdana;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.fb:before
{
content: "f";
background: #4467ac;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
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