Website Bullets | Free bullets and arrows for your next design. Simply-Buttons v2 : p51 Labs. By Kevin » November 11th, 2009 » TESTED IE6 IE7 FF(PC/MAC) Safari SafariMobile Opera(PC/MAC) Background I had some time a while back and read a few interesting articles on buttons: These got me thinking… these techniques are pretty nice, but I think they can meet somewhere in the middle and make something even better, after all the button tag was created to make really nice buttons for your sites (W3 Button Element). After a little work I came up with the “Simply-Buttons Technique”. Benefits Buttons size to fit text.There are 3 states: Inactive, Active, and Hover.They look and behave the same way in every browser and operating system.The do not need the javascript to work, they work with just the cssWay better looking buttons than what anyone else can do with XHTML/CSS, isn’t that reason enough?! How it Works The markup is pretty simple, as you can see below. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7.
Now there are two parts involved here, the first thing to know here is that this method will work with just CSS. 1. 2. 3. 6. Rediscovering the Button Element. Introduction Creating a consistent interface for your users is a constant struggle for every application designer. Building consistency on the web is especially tough because the visual rendering differences across browsers and operating systems are wildly different and almost arbitrary in what can and cannot be done. No where does this become more apparent than when you’re dealing with form elements and the biggest loser of them all in the battle for a standardized look is the infamous Submit button. As is, the input with the type=”submit” is either too ugly (Firefox), a little buggy (Internet Explorer) or completely inflexible (Safari). The solution for most is to use image inputs and create the damn things ourselves. Inputs vs Buttons So, here’s your standard submit button markup: And it looks like this across the three brothers: Meh.
<button type="submit">Submit</button> And it looks like this : These buttons work and behave in exactly the same way as our counterparts above. Nice. The CSS. Deziner Folio» Blog Archive » Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles - Fr. Design Stencils - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. Yahoo Design Stencil Kit version 1.0 is available for OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Adobe Illustrator (PDF and SVG), and Adobe Photoshop (PNG), and covers the following topics: Ad Units Calendars Carousels Charts and Tables UI Controls Form Elements Grids Menus and Buttons Mobile - General Mobile - iPhone Navigation and Pagination OS Elements Placeholder Text Screen Resolutions Tabs Windows and Containers Downloads License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.
300 Images From 1800 Sites. I started gathering little, iconesque web images for myself so that I could compare, contrast, and study the techniques used by graphic artists on the web like Ben Sky. My initial pool of images looked so interesting that I decided to continue methodically hunting and capturing the icons for a public display piece.
The purpose of this document is not to copy the intellectual property of others, but rather as a jumping-off point for your own unique web graphic projects. It's for Brainstorming, if you will. I roughly estimate that for every six web sites I scoured, I was able to acquire one graphic image. . — Ro London Arrows Most sites using arrows to help graphically enhance their text use one of three things: 1) They use a simple, solid-colored arrow. 2) They have decided to use the angled-quote character ( » ) in some variation or another. 3) They use the > symbol.
Pictured below are some of the exceptions to the rule. Posts Comments Mail Bullets Print Carts And Bags GUESS? Filament group inc. || Styling the Button Element with Sliding D. Posted by Maggie on 04/24/2009 Topics: css ui design visual design We dusted off our original sliding doors button to give it a much needed update. The button now works with image sprites thanks to the CSS contributions of Louis Walch, and also works with a single block of CSS (we’ve removed the now unnecessary conditional comments for IE) in all major browsers including IE versions 6 through 8. For those not familiar, form buttons are notoriously difficult to customize because they render differently across browsers and platforms. Apply a single, unique background image with the text "baked in" for each type of button (i.e., "Submit", "Send message") and its rollover state. While these methods may work in particular situations, we needed a more flexible solution that accommodated a wider range of styles.
Our solution The result is a cross-browser method for styling button elements with sliding door sprites. Examples Demo Page Sprite image Markup Supported Browsers So far it works in: Caveats Credits. Simple Round CSS Links ( Wii Buttons )