How to change an input button with pure css button (no images)?

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Styling <input type=“file”>
Style input type file?

I`m trying to change a default input type="file" button with the button created by css. This is my html code:

<input type="file" name="name" value="" />
<a href="#" class="button">Browse</a>

...and this is my css button code:

.button {
    display:inline;
    -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ffec64), color-stop(1, #f3b415) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ffec64 5%, #f3b415 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffec64', endColorstr='#f3b415');
    background-color:#ffec64;
    -moz-border-radius:6px;
    -webkit-border-radius:6px;
    border-radius:6px;
    border:1px solid #f3b415;
    display:inline-block;
    color:#333333;
    font-family:arial;
    font-size:15px;
    font-weight:bold;
    padding:6px 24px;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffee66;
}
.button:hover {
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #f3b415), color-stop(1, #ffec64) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #f3b415 5%, #ffec64 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f3b415', endColorstr='#ffec64');
    background-color:#f3b415;
}
.button:active {
    position:relative;
    top:1px;
}

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:17

Build a Demo as per the trick given at QuirksMode. Read it for an explanation.

HTML

<div class="fileinputs">
    <input type="file" class="file" />
    <div class="fakefile">
        <a href="#" class="button">Browse</a>

    </div>
</div>

CSS

.button {
    display:inline;
    -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #fff6af;
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ffec64), color-stop(1, #f3b415) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ffec64 5%, #f3b415 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffec64', endColorstr='#f3b415');
    background-color:#ffec64;
    -moz-border-radius:6px;
    -webkit-border-radius:6px;
    border-radius:6px;
    border:1px solid #f3b415;
    display:inline-block;
    color:#333333;
    font-family:arial;
    font-size:15px;
    font-weight:bold;
    padding:6px 24px;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffee66;
}
.button:hover {
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #f3b415), color-stop(1, #ffec64) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #f3b415 5%, #ffec64 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f3b415', endColorstr='#ffec64');
    background-color:#f3b415;
}
.button:active {
    position:relative;
    top:1px;
}


div.fileinputs {
    position: relative;
}

div.fakefile {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    z-index: 1;
}

input.file {
    position: relative;
    text-align: right;
    -moz-opacity:0 ;
    filter:alpha(opacity: 0);
    opacity: 0;
    z-index: 2;
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:02

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As per my knowledge, you can't do styling to the "Browse" button. The only work around you have here is to overlay another button on this using Z-Index; which might not be a very good practice.

answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:02

Praveen

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:02

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File inputs are rendered by the OPERATING SYSTEM, they are not part of the HTML specification.

answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:02

Diodeus - James MacFarlane

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:04

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You could just adjust the input to be a button, then write a jQuery function for bringing up the file:

 <input type="button" name="name" value="Browse" class="button"/>

answered Oct 31 '12 at 18:04

Corey Adler

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How to change an input button with pure css button (no images)?

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