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    • Pure CSS Segmented Buttons

    Sunday, 18th September, 2011

    So, I was playing around with some CSS the other day, and was challenged to make some buttons “look like a mac”, specifically, the segmented ones shown on Wikimedia (I don’t have a mac!) What I managed to get working are some buttons, which are actually radio buttons, so standard HTML form elements, which look like this:

    It should work on Firefox, Chromium, and other css3 browsers. The HTML is pretty simple, and nothing special. Notice the labels attached to the input elements. The edge labels have a class defined to allow rounded corners. 
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    <form>
<input id="male" type="radio" name="sex" value="male" checked="checked" />
    <label for="male">Male</label>
<input id="female" type="radio" name="sex" value="female" />
    <label for="female">Female</label>
<input id="ostrich" type="radio" name="sex" value="ostrich" />
    <label for="ostrich">Ostrich</label></form>
    <form>
<input id="male" type="radio" name="sex" value="male" checked="checked" />
	<label for="male">Male</label>
<input id="female" type="radio" name="sex" value="female" />
	<label for="female">Female</label>
<input id="ostrich" type="radio" name="sex" value="ostrich" />
	<label for="ostrich">Ostrich</label></form>
    The CSS is a little more complex… 
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    /* Hide the Radio button itself */
input[type="radio"] {
display:    none;
}
 
label {
    font-family: 'Bentham', arial, serif;
    font-size:  1.2em;
 
/* force the elements to line up alongside one another */
    display:    inline-block;
 
/* A little border */
 
    border: solid 1px black;
 
/* give it some space */
    padding:    0.2em;
 
/* Nice gradient background */
/* Both default and selected are taken from http://ux5.co/2011/useful-css3-gradients-apple-osx-colors/ */
 
background: #bdc6cd; /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%, #bdc6cd 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#eef6f9),
color-stop(100%,#bdc6cd)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* IE10+ */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eef6f9',
endColorstr='#bdc6cd',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
background: linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* W3C */                            
 
/* Small bit of shadow */
  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
     -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
          box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
}
 
/* Apply this style to a label which is linked to an input box, which is checked or slected */
input:checked + label {
 
color:      white;
 
/* change the background to  a nice blue gradient */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%, #2f5e9e 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#5792d1),color-stop(100%,#2f5e9e)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* IE10+ */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#5792d1',endColorstr='#2f5e9e',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
background: linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* W3C */
}
 
/* round the corners of each end */
label.leftend {
border-top-left-radius:         5px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft:     5px;
 
border-bottom-left-radius:      5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft:  5px;
 
border-right:                   none;
}
label.rightend {
border-top-right-radius:        5px;
-moz-border-radius-topright:    5px;
 
border-bottom-right-radius:     5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
 
border-left:                    none;
}
    /* Hide the Radio button itself */
input[type="radio"] {
display:	none;
}

label {
	font-family: 'Bentham', arial, serif;
	font-size:	1.2em;

/* force the elements to line up alongside one another */
	display:	inline-block;

/* A little border */

	border:	solid 1px black;

/* give it some space */
	padding:	0.2em;

/* Nice gradient background */
/* Both default and selected are taken from http://ux5.co/2011/useful-css3-gradients-apple-osx-colors/ */

background: #bdc6cd; /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%, #bdc6cd 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#eef6f9),
color-stop(100%,#bdc6cd)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* IE10+ */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eef6f9',
endColorstr='#bdc6cd',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
background: linear-gradient(top, #eef6f9 0%,#bdc6cd 100%); /* W3C */                          	

/* Small bit of shadow */
  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
     -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
          box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000; 
}

/* Apply this style to a label which is linked to an input box, which is checked or slected */
input:checked + label {

color:		white;

/* change the background to  a nice blue gradient */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%, #2f5e9e 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#5792d1),color-stop(100%,#2f5e9e)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* IE10+ */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#5792d1',endColorstr='#2f5e9e',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
background: linear-gradient(top, #5792d1 0%,#2f5e9e 100%); /* W3C */
}

/* round the corners of each end */
label.leftend {
border-top-left-radius:			5px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 	5px;

border-bottom-left-radius:		5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft:	5px;

border-right:					none;
}
label.rightend {
border-top-right-radius:		5px;
-moz-border-radius-topright:	5px;

border-bottom-right-radius:		5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;

border-left:					none;
}

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