a.squarebutton{ background: transparent url('square-gray-left.gif') no-repeat top left; display: block; float: left; font: normal 12px Arial; /* Change 12px as desired */ line-height: 15px; /* This value + 4px + 4px (top and bottom padding of SPAN) must equal height of button background (default is 23px) */ height: 23px; /* Height of button background height */ padding-left: 9px; /* Width of left menu image */ text-decoration: none; } a:link.squarebutton, a:visited.squarebutton, a:active.squarebutton{ color: #494949; /*button text color*/ } a.squarebutton span{ background: transparent url('square-gray-right.gif') no-repeat top right; display: block; padding: 4px 9px 4px 0; /*Set 9px below to match value of 'padding-left' value above*/ } a.squarebutton:hover{ /* Hover state CSS */ background-position: bottom left; } a.squarebutton:hover span{ /* Hover state CSS */ background-position: bottom right; color: black; } .buttonwrapper{ /* Container you can use to surround a CSS button to clear float */ overflow: hidden; /*See: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html */ width: 100%; } a.green{ background: transparent url('square-green-left.gif') no-repeat top left } a.green span{ background: transparent url('square-green-right.gif') no-repeat top right; } a.orange{ background: transparent url('square-orange-left.gif') no-repeat top left } a.orange span{ background: transparent url('square-orange-right.gif') no-repeat top right; } a.blue{ background: transparent url('square-blue-left.gif') no-repeat top left } a.blue span{ background: transparent url('square-blue-right.gif') no-repeat top right; } a.red{ background: transparent url('square-red-left.gif') no-repeat top left } a.red span{ background: transparent url('square-red-right.gif') no-repeat top right; }