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CSS Sprite button using span and anchor
<html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style id="compiled-css" type="text/css"> .readMore {<!-- w w w . j av a2 s. c o m--> font-size: 12px; padding-right: 11px; background: url(https://www.java2s.com/style/demo/InternetExplorer.png) no-repeat right -24px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 5px; } .readMore span { padding-left: 14px; background: url(https://www.java2s.com/style/demo/InternetExplorer.png) no-repeat; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 6px; } .readMore:hover { background-position: right -72px; } .readMore:hover span, .readMore span:hover { background-position: 0 -48px; } a { text-decoration: none; font: 12px/16px arial; color: #777; } a:hover { color: #999; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #FFF } </style> </head> <body> <div style="padding: 100px;"> <a href="#" class="readMore"> <span>Really Really REALLY long one</span> </a> </div> </body> </html>