input[type="button"], input[type="submit"], button CSS not behaving properly

Question

I'm trying to get this to work but there's still something not right.

I want to style the submit buttons with css to match the ones i already have.

<input type="submit" name="save_settings" value="Opslaan">

Style:

input[type="button"], input[type="submit"], button
{
   background: url("http://gasterijdebakker.nl/email/php/pages/images/layout/bg-btn-left.png") no-repeat scroll left top transparent;
   display: inline-block;
   line-height: 35px;
   padding:7px 0 15px 12px;
   margin:0;
   border:0;
   color: #FFFFFF;
   font-size: 15px;
   font-weight: bold;
   letter-spacing: -1px;
   text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #70A7E0;

}

jsFiddle

Answer 1

You would be better off not using the background image and using css3 gradient instead. Something like:

input[type="button"], input[type="submit"], button
{

  background-color: #a3d4ff;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#a3d4ff), to(#88bcf2));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #a3d4ff, #88bcf2);
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #a3d4ff, #88bcf2);
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #a3d4ff, #88bcf2);
  background-image:         linear-gradient(to bottom, #a3d4ff, #88bcf2);
border-radius:3px;
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 22px;
    padding:7px 12px;
    margin:0;
    border: 1px solid #88bcf2; 
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 15px;
    font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #70A7E0;
    cursor:pointer;
}​

Answer 2

input elements can't be styled completely.

Instead, use a button element.

button elements are much easier to style than input elements. You can add inner HTML content (think em, strong or even img), and make use of :after and :before pseudo-element to achieve complex rendering while input only accept a text value attribute.

source:

Mozilla Developer Network

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/button