Remove border around sprite image in Chrome

Question

First time using this technique, seems that regardless what attributes I try to assign the border will not go away in Chrome. Other browsers are fine. I've tried outline:none, border:0; etc, etc. Also tried adding a colored border around the image, and noticed the the black border was still there within the colored border. Doesn't seem to want to go away.

Work-around's or advice much appreciated.

.share-link {
display: block;
width: 41px;
height: 32px;
text-decoration: none;
background: url("link-icon.png");
}

.share-link:hover {
background-position: -41px 0;
}


<a title="Share this Link" href="#"><img class="share-link"></a>

Solution 1

It's because you are using an img tag with no src attribute. Chrome is essentially indicating the size of the container with nothing in it.

If you don't want to place an image between the anchor tags, then don't use an image tag. It's not necessary to place anything between the tags.

Demo here.

Solution 2

you can use a base64 very small transparent image

<img class="share-link"  src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"/> 

Solution 3

It's a Chrome bug, ignoring the "border:none;" style.

Let's say you have an image "download-button-102x86.png" which is 102x86 pixels in size. In most browsers, you would reserve that size for its width and height, but Chrome just paints a border there, no matter what you do.

So you trick Chrome into thinking that there is nothing there - size of 0px by 0px, but with exactly the right amount of "padding" to allow for the button. Here is a CSS id block that I am using to accomplish this...

#dlbutn {
    display:block;
    width:0px;
    height:0px;
    outline:none;
    padding:43px 51px 43px 51px;
    margin:0 auto 5px auto;
    background-image:url(/images/download-button-102x86.png);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
}

Viola! Works everywhere and gets rid of the outline/border in Chrome.

Solution 4

If your asking to get rid of the border which activates onfocus then:

*:focus {outline: none;}

or

.nohighlight:focus  {  outline:none;  }

This should get rid of the border.

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Comments

[Z with a Z]

There is a border regardless of focus. It remains constant.

[Z with a Z]

Ahh.. Ok. This is making some sense.

[kapa]

+1 Exactly what I started to write. Use either an img, or another element with a background-image set. More on SO. In the OP's example, the background-image shall be specified on the a.

[Z with a Z]

Works perfect Scott. Thanks for the info :) I'm sure many folks will find this useful. Cheers.

[Scott]

This is malformed CSS. The correct selector is a img not a image

[Claudio Holanda]

Wrong CSS selector, and wrong answer. His problem is not the property border, but the "outline" (not the property outline too) that chrome draws to a image when there is no src attribute on it.

[BrianLegg]

2015 and this still works perfectly in Chrome and IE10. Thanks