Buttons are different sizes in different browsers

What did you customize in the CSS? Can you talk a little more about the problems you’re seeing? I didn’t notice anything in FF.

This is what I see:

Buttons in Chrome
Buttons in IE
Buttons in FF

Here’s the CSS. Maybe customized isn’t exactly the right word, but more like tweaked it. I didn’t do anything major.

/***************
START MaxButtons
****************/

/*FAMILY*/
div.maxbutton-1-container { } a.maxbutton-1

 { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 93px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 93px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-1:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-1:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #0f2557; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*INSPIRATION-MOTIVATION*/
div.maxbutton-2-container { } a.maxbutton-2 

{ text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 29px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-2:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-2:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #0f2557; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*PROJECT AT HOME*/
div.maxbutton-3-container { } a.maxbutton-3 

{ text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 51px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 51px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-3:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-3:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #0f2557; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*RECIPES*/
div.maxbutton-4-container { } a.maxbutton-4 

{ text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 87px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 87px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-4:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-4:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #0f2557; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #333333; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*Email Rhonda*/
div.maxbutton-5-container 

{ } a.maxbutton-5 { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 65px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 65px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #000000; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-5:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-5:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #052548; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #000000; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*Rhonda's Virtual Office, LLC*/
div.maxbutton-6-container 

{ } a.maxbutton-6 { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Handlee', cursive; !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 6px; background-color: #65ade0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(101, 173, 224, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1))); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #052548; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #618926; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #000000; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(101, 173, 224, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); } a.maxbutton-6:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; } a.maxbutton-6:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #ffbf00; background-color: #0070c0; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(.45, rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)), color-stop(1, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1))); border-color: #052548; text-shadow: -1px -1px 0px #12295d; box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #000000; -pie-background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 112, 192, 1) 45%, rgba(5, 37, 72, 1)); position: relative; behavior: url("https://rhondaholscher.com/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/pie/PIE.htc"); }

/*************
END MaxButtons
**************/

Thanks! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Rhonda

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I fixed the above :).

@yogi the first three links were actually supposed to be links ??

Rhonda, I’ll take a look and run it through some tests to see what I can come up with.

Fixed – sorry :)!

Rhonda, different browsers render fonts differently, especially Google Web Fonts, so it is likely that that is the reason for the changes. You could always give it a fixed width in the CSS to ensure they stay the same size.

johnbhartley, I guess I could try that. Was trying to allow it to be as responsive as possible, but if it will look better fixed I’ll give it a try.

WPyogi, My bad. Sorry, about that. I’ll try to remember next time. ??

Thanks,
Rhonda

You could give it a % width if you want it to be responsive. By giving each a width of equal value though, you’ll force them to be the same size.

That’s what I ended up doing, and the buttons are still the same. Look great in Chrome and different sizes in other browsers.

Best thing to do then would be use fixed width and then add media queries to adjust the width for your device queries.

Ok, I’m afraid I don’t really understand media queries. So, I’m not certain I’ve done this right.

Is this what you mean?

div.maxbutton-1-container { @media (min-width: 300px;) } a.maxbutton-1

Thanks,
Rhonda

Something like this is correct:

@media (min-width: 300px) {
  a.maxbutton-1 {
    width: 250px;
  }
}

For more on media queries, check out MDN documents: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Media_queries

Ugh … all my buttons disappear when I do this. The text is there, but the button decorations are missing.

div.maxbutton-1-container  {

@media (min-width: 300px;) {
       a.maxbutton-1 {
           width: 250px;
        }
    }

Don’t put it inside of the div.maxbutton-1-container and don’t use a semi-colon. The media query should stand alone as its own bit of CSS.

Correct:

div .maxbutton-1-container {
 /* normal CSS */
}

@media (min-width: 300px) {
  a.maxbutton-1 {
    width: 250px;
  }
}

The media query should go at the end of your file. Don’t remove anything from the CSS you had previously, just add the query to the bottom of your stylesheet.

Nope, that didn’t work either. I appreciate all your help! If you have any other ideas I’m all ears, but probably won’t respond till tomorrow evening.

Thanks so much!
Rhonda