Question

How can I create a button style like that of the “Sign in” button on hotmail?

It looks like it uses some css3 gradient. Styles and state similar to screen shot for hover, active, etc.?

Can somebody provide some example code? Thx!

Answer 1

http://jsfiddle.net/9bahD/ play more with colors, but you never know if it will work in all browsers

for more buttons http://www.webdesignerwall.com/demo/css-buttons.html#

<a href="#" class="button blue">Log in</a>


.button {
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1; /* zoom and *display = ie7 hack for display:inline-block */
    *display: inline;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    margin: 0 2px;
    outline: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
    font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding: .5em 2em .55em;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
    -webkit-border-radius: .5em; 
    -moz-border-radius: .5em;
    border-radius: .5em;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
.button:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
}
.button:active {
    position: relative;
    top: 1px;
}

.bigrounded {
    -webkit-border-radius: 2em;
    -moz-border-radius: 2em;
    border-radius: 2em;
}
.medium {
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: .4em 1.5em .42em;
}
.small {
    font-size: 11px;
    padding: .2em 1em .275em;
}


/* blue */
.blue {
    color: #d9eef7;
    border: solid 1px #0076a3;
    background: #0095cd;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#00adee), to(#0078a5));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #00adee,  #0078a5);
    filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00adee', endColorstr='#0078a5');
}
.blue:hover {
    background: #007ead;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0095cc), to(#00678e));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #0095cc,  #00678e);
    filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#0095cc', endColorstr='#00678e');
}
.blue:active {
    color: #80bed6;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0078a5), to(#00adee));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #0078a5,  #00adee);
    filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#0078a5', endColorstr='#00adee');
}