Make a 3D button with rounded edge

Question

I am developing a website in which i want to implement 3D buttons with rounded edges.So for that i need to create a CSS file.I search alot about 3D button but nothing has worked for me as yet.

Solution 1

Have a look at http://css3button.net/

Solution 2

You want to use a combination of the following css styles: border, border-radius, background, text-shadow and finally box-shadow.

To achieve the 3D effect with these you need to use the gradient value on the background style.

There is a useful tool for making cross browser gradient css here: http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/

And here is some example CSS that can style an a tag:

.button {
    display: block;
    height: 30px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 30px;
    width: 150px;
    margin: 20px;

    color: #FFF;
    text-align: center;
    border: solid #427AA8 1px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    text-decoration: none;

    /* Gradient */
    background: #427AA8;
    background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #59A3E0 1%, #427AA8 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(1%,#59A3E0), color-stop(100%,#427AA8));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #59A3E0 1%,#427AA8 100%);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #59A3E0 1%,#427AA8 100%);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #59A3E0 1%,#427AA8 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #59A3E0 1%,#427AA8 100%);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#59A3E0', endColorstr='#427AA8',GradientType=0 );

    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255, 0.3), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255, 0.3);
}

.button:hover {
    background: #59A3E0;
    text-decoration: none;
    filter: none;
}​

<a href="#" class="button">Example Button</a>

And example of what you can make: jsfiddle.net/UPTyw

This works well with all modern browsers and ok with IE8-6 (which don't support border-radius). This method also uses no images.

Also checkout this question, Google's Imageless Buttons, which explains how Google have created their range of CSS buttons.

IE9 Bug

IE9 has a bug with rendering border-radius if filter is set. The fix is to add the following IE9 only CSS to any elements using css gradients.

<!--[if gte IE 9]>
  <style type="text/css">
    .gradient {
       filter: none;
    }
  </style>
<![endif]-->