Title: #searchsubmit styling
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# #searchsubmit styling

 *  [asmod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmod/)
 * (@asmod)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/)
 * So I’m attempting to style my searchform.php for my blog, and all is going great.
   My only problem is, whenever I try to style ‘#searchsubmit’, none of the classes
   I provide for it seem to work. The button seems to take it’s style traits from‘#
   searchform input’ and disregard anything I add to it’s CSS.
 * Here’s the CSS I’m providing for the button:
 *     ```
       #searchsubmit {
        width: 109px;
        height: 29px;
        background-image:url(images/srch_button.png);
        font-size: 12px;
        color: #fff;
       }
       ```
   
 * Any help? Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520459)
 * Unless you provide a link to a page demonstrating the problem, no one will be
   able to offer much in the way of specific help.
 *  Thread Starter [asmod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmod/)
 * (@asmod)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520468)
 * All I can really provide would be a screenshot of the problem, due to my blog
   being installed locally.
 * [http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6532/formproblemu1.png](http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6532/formproblemu1.png)
 *  [candlebain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/candlebain/)
 * (@candlebain)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520498)
 * Paste in some of the html code related to the search button. You probably have
   a specificity conflict or something related.
 * Are you styling the ‘input’ tag below it in the css, or with more specificity?
   That could cause all sorts of issues.
 *  [candlebain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/candlebain/)
 * (@candlebain)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520500)
 * A thought:
 * ‘#searchform input’ has more specificity than ‘#searchsubmit’
 * That means for any input tags (which the submit button is), rules in ‘#searchform
   input’ take precedence.
 * Try this:
    ‘input#searchsubmit’ instead.
 *  Thread Starter [asmod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmod/)
 * (@asmod)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520619)
 * Solved the problem! Thanks candlebain for the help, it’s appreciated.

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [asmod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmod/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchsubmit-styling/#post-1520619)
 * Status: not resolved

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