Question

Is it possible to create this kind of button (with 3 states and variable width) completely with CSS3? Or at least avoid having images for every button?

ok with cssbuttongenerator and jsfiddle i’m at this point: http://jsfiddle.net/Wdzje/ but its still not quite yet where i wanna be (color,border)! can someone help me out? Also the actve state isnt ready yet

Answer 1

Yes it is possible, there are numerous resources which help you achieve this. Check out http://www.cssbuttongenerator.com/

Or expand upon this:

Button:

<a href="#" class="myButton">my button</a>

CSS

.myButton {
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
background-color:#ededed;
-moz-border-radius:6px;
-webkit-border-radius:6px;
border-radius:6px;
border:1px solid #dcdcdc;
display:inline-block;
color:#777777;
font-family:arial;
font-size:15px;
font-weight:bold;
padding:6px 24px;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffffff;
}

.myButton:hover {
background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #dfdfdf), color-stop(1, #ededed) );
background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #dfdfdf 5%, #ededed 100% );
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#dfdfdf', endColorstr='#ededed');
background-color:#dfdfdf;
}

.myButton:active {
position:relative;
top:1px;
}