I making some css buttons and I want to add an icon before the text, "Button Text".
But I dont know how I should do this...
HTML
<div class="btn btn_red"><a href="#">Crimson</a><span></span></div>
CSS
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
}
/* Glassy Buttons */
.btn {
float: left;
clear: both;
background: url(imgs/button_left.png) no-repeat;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
margin: 5px 0;
}
.btn a{
float: left;
height: 40px;
background: url(imgs/button_middle.png) repeat-x left top;
line-height: 40px;
padding: 0 10px;
color: #fff;
font-size: 1em;
text-decoration: none;
}
.btn span {
background: url(imgs/button_right.png) no-repeat;
float: left;
width: 10px;
height: 40px;
}
.btn_gray {background-color: #808080;}
.btn_green { background-color: #ADFF2F;}
.btn_blue {background-color: #0000CD;}
.btn_red {background-color: #DC143C;}
4 Answers
You could add a span before the link with a specific class like so:
<div class="btn btn_red"><span class="icon"></span><a href="#">Crimson</a><span></span></div>
And then give that a specific width and a background image just like you are doing with the button itself.
.btn span.icon {
background: url(imgs/icon.png) no-repeat;
float: left;
width: 10px;
height: 40px;
}
I am no CSS guru but off the top of my head I think that should work.
Here's what you can do using font-awesome library.
button.btn.add::before {
font-family: fontAwesome;
content: "\f067\00a0";
}
button.btn.edit::before {
font-family: fontAwesome;
content: "\f044\00a0";
}
button.btn.save::before {
font-family: fontAwesome;
content: "\f00c\00a0";
}
button.btn.cancel::before {
font-family: fontAwesome;
content: "\f00d\00a0";
}<script src=""></script>
<script src=""></script>
<link href="" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="" rel="stylesheet"/>
<!--FA unicodes here:
<h4>Buttons with text</h4>
<button class="btn cancel btn-default">Close</button>
<button class="btn add btn-primary">Add</button>
<button class="btn add btn-success">Insert</button>
<button class="btn save btn-primary">Save</button>
<button class="btn save btn-warning">Submit Changes</button>
<button class="btn cancel btn-link">Delete</button>
<button class="btn edit btn-info">Edit</button>
<button class="btn edit btn-danger">Modify</button>
<br/>
<br/>
<h4>Buttons without text</h4>
<button class="btn edit btn-primary" />
<button class="btn cancel btn-danger" />
<button class="btn add btn-info" />
<button class="btn save btn-success" />
<button class="btn edit btn-link"/>
<button class="btn cancel btn-link"/><a href="#" class="btnTest">Test</a>
.btnTest{
background:url('images/icon.png') no-repeat left center;
padding-left:20px;
}
Simplest button with emoji icon
button {
line-height: 25px;
}
button::before {
content: "🔎 ";
}<button>Search</button>
