Css button pressing effect

Question

I have a button with a box-shadow that makes it look like it's floating, and I would like to make a pressing effect when I click on it:

Code(CSS):

#startBtn
{
    font-family: OpenSans;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    background-color: #00FF7C;
    border: 1px solid #00FF7C;
    border-radius: 5px;
    box-shadow: 0px 5px 0px #00823F;
}

Code(HTML):

<input type="button" id="startBtn" value="Let's begin">

Screenshot:

Just look at this example: [https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=GJKQEYQ8AXA8](https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=GJKQEYQ8AXA8). — , Oct 10 '20 at 17:06

m4n0 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-08T14:25:13.843

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Use :active pseudo class and change the box-shadow vertical offset value. Adjust the top value for the activated element with respect to the relatively positioned input with absolute parent.

.button {
  position: absolute;
}
#startBtn {
  font-family: OpenSans;
  color: #FFFFFF;
  background-color: #00FF7C;
  border: 1px solid #00FF7C;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: 0px 5px 0px #00823F;
  position: relative;
  top: 0px;
  transition: all ease 0.3s;
}
#startBtn:active {
  box-shadow: 0 3px 0 #00823F;
  top: 3px;
}

<div class="button">
  <input type="button" id="startBtn" value="Let's begin">
</div>

edited Sep 08 '15 at 14:25

answered Sep 08 '15 at 14:03

m4n0

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Thanks, but i'd also like the button to be moving downwards. – Jojo01 Sep 08 '15 at 14:04
You can change the height value to make it look downwards. – m4n0 Sep 08 '15 at 14:07
Take a look to the button on the top right of this website: http://www.suomi24.fi – Jojo01 Sep 08 '15 at 14:09
Code updated with transition. – m4n0 Sep 08 '15 at 14:19
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Thanks, that was helpful. – Jojo01 Sep 08 '15 at 14:21

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 14:09

IF the buttoms have a fixed height (as it looks) I would wrap the buttom into a div with that height and set the button to position absolute to create the right effect (moving it down) with:

#startBtn:active {
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #00823F;
    bottom:-4px;
}

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '15 at 03:52

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You can use the CSS hover property:

#startBtn:hover { 
  /* your css code here */ 
}

Another option is to use button generators like buttongarage.in to generate your code for the button and the hover effect.

edited Sep 12 '15 at 03:52

Sebastian Simon

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answered Sep 08 '15 at 15:44

Siddu

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buttongarage.in appears to be broken now (2019-02) – Mike Feb 16 '19 at 06:04

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