Question

I am creating an HTML contact form that uses a standard image for a submit button.

Here is the html:

<form action="#">
    <fieldset>
        <input type="text" name="name" value="FULL NAME" onfocus="if (this.value=='FULL NAME') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="PHONE NUMBER" onfocus="if (this.value=='PHONE NUMBER') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="EMAIL" onfocus="if (this.value=='EMAIL') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="MOVE DATE" onfocus="if (this.value=='MOVE DATE') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="ORIGINATING ADDRESS" onfocus="if (this.value=='ORIGINATING ADDRESS') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="DESTINATION ADDRESS" onfocus="if (this.value=='DESTINATION ADDRESS') this.value='';"/>
        <select name="type">
            <option value="Private">Private</option>
            <option value="Commercial">Commercial</option>
        </select>
        <input id="quoteSubmit" type="image" src="_images/btn_submit.png" alt="" />
    </fieldset>
</form>

The static Submit button image is okay, but I would like change it on mouseover to btn_submit-over.png.

I am familiar with mouseovers useing css sprites, but they don’t work for submit buttons. I would appreciate some help.

Thanks!

Answer 1

With pure CSS,

<input type="submit" value="::Submit Query::" id="foo" />

...

  #foo {
    background-image: url('_images/btn_submit.png');
    width: <width here>;
    height: <height here>;
    border-style: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    text-indent: 480px;    /* hack to hide the text */
  }

  #foo:hover {
    background-image: url('_images/btn_submit-over.png')
  }

If CSS is disabled it will revert to a simple submit button.

Demonstration: http://jsbin.com/aboxu3/2

You could then apply the CSS sprite techniques.