How to style text of submit button

Question

I have a link styled as follows:

<style>
  .addNew{
    background-color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    color: #08c;
    border:3px dashed #08c;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-size: 1em;
  }
</style>
    <a class='addNew'>
            <i class="fa fa-plus" ></i> Add new 
            <span style='text-decoration:underline'>Object</span>
    </a>

I am using a span-tag inside the text and a font-awesome icon. How can I use this for an submit button? I tried this:

<input type='submit' class='addNew' value="Add new Object">

But I have no idea how to style the text of the submit button.

Answer 1

Use a button element.

<button class='addNew'>
        <i class="fa fa-plus" ></i> Add new 
        <span style='text-decoration:underline'>Object</span>
</button>

… then you can have child elements and target them independently for styling.

Answer 2

You can use <button>

<button><i class="fa fa-plus"> Add new <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Object</span></button>

Button behaviour is different then <input type="button"> or <input type="submit">. You can append elements in <button>.