Buttons with Custom Icons

Description

Two steps are necessary to add custom icons to your buttons:

  • Add a data-icon attribute to the link. The value of this attribute must uniquely identify the custom icon. For example, data-icon="my-custom-icon".
  • Create a CSS class attribute that sets the background source for our custom image. The name of the class attribute must be named .ui-icon-<data-icon-value>. For example, if our data-icon value was "my-custom-icon", our new CSS class attribute would be ".ui-icon-my-custom-icon".

Example


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Buttons</title>
<meta name="viewport"
  content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
<link rel="stylesheet"
  href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0/jquery.mobile-1.0.min.css" />
<style>
.ui-icon-custom1 {<!--from  w  w w. j  av a2  s  .c om-->
  background:
    url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABYAAAAWCAYAAADEtGw7AAAKRGlDQ1BJQ0MgUHJvZmlsZQAAeAGdlndUFNcXx9/MbC+0XZYiZem9twWkLr1IlSYKy+4CS1nWZRewN0QFIoqICFYkKGLAaCgSK6JYCAgW7AEJIkoMRhEVlczGHPX3Oyf5/U7eH3c+8333nnfn3vvOGQAoASECYQ6sAEC2UCKO9PdmxsUnMPG9AAZEgAM2AHC4uaLQKL9ogK5AXzYzF3WS8V8LAuD1LYBaAK5bBIQzmX/p/+9DkSsSSwCAwtEAOx4/l4tyIcpZ+RKRTJ9EmZ6SKWMYI2MxmiDKqjJO+8Tmf/p8Yk8Z87KFPNRHlrOIl82TcRfKG/OkfJSREJSL8gT8fJRvoKyfJc0WoPwGZXo2n5MLAIYi0yV8bjrK1ihTxNGRbJTnAkCgpH3FKV+xhF+A5gkAO0e0RCxIS5cwjbkmTBtnZxYzgJ+fxZdILMI53EyOmMdk52SLOMIlAHz6ZlkUUJLVlokW2dHG2dHRwtYSLf/n9Y+bn73+GWS9/eTxMuLPnkGMni/al9gvWk4tAKwptDZbvmgpOwFoWw+A6t0vmv4+AOQLAWjt++p7GLJ5SZdIRC5WVvn5+ZYCPtdSVtDP6386fPb8e/jqPEvZeZ9rx/Thp3KkWRKmrKjcnKwcqZiZK+Jw+UyL/x7ifx34VVpf5WEeyU/li/lC9KgYdMoEwjS03UKeQCLIETIFwr/r8L8M+yoHGX6aaxRodR8BPckSKPTRAfJrD8DQyABJ3IPuQJ/7FkKMAbKbF6s99mnuUUb3/7T/YeAy9BXOFaQxZTI7MprJlYrzZIzeCZnBAhKQB3SgBrSAHjAGFsAWOAFX4Al8QRAIA9EgHiwCXJAOsoEY5IPlYA0oAiVgC9gOqsFeUAcaQBM4BtrASXAOXARXwTVwE9wDQ2AUPAOT4DWYgSAID1EhGqQGaUMGkBlkC7Egd8gXCoEioXgoGUqDhJAUWg6tg0qgcqga2g81QN9DJ6Bz0GWoH7oDDUPj0O/QOxiBKTAd1oQNYSuYBXvBwXA0vBBOgxfDS+FCeDNcBdfCR+BW+Bx8Fb4JD8HP4CkEIGSEgeggFggLYSNhSAKSioiRlUgxUonUIk1IB9KNXEeGkAnkLQaHoWGYGAuMKyYAMx/DxSzGrMSUYqoxhzCtmC7MdcwwZhLzEUvFamDNsC7YQGwcNg2bjy3CVmLrsS3YC9ib2FHsaxwOx8AZ4ZxwAbh4XAZuGa4UtxvXjDuL68eN4KbweLwa3gzvhg/Dc/ASfBF+J/4I/gx+AD+Kf0MgE7QJtgQ/QgJBSFhLqCQcJpwmDBDGCDNEBaIB0YUYRuQRlxDLiHXEDmIfcZQ4Q1IkGZHcSNGkDNIaUhWpiXSBdJ/0kkwm65KdyRFkAXk1uYp8lHyJPEx+S1GimFLYlESKlLKZcpBylnKH8pJKpRpSPakJVAl1M7WBep76kPpGjiZnKRcox5NbJVcj1yo3IPdcnihvIO8lv0h+qXyl/HH5PvkJBaKCoQJbgaOwUqFG4YTCoMKUIk3RRjFMMVuxVPGw4mXFJ0p4JUMlXyWeUqHSAaXzSiM0hKZHY9O4tHW0OtoF2igdRzeiB9Iz6CX07+i99EllJWV75RjlAuUa5VPKQwyEYcgIZGQxyhjHGLcY71Q0VbxU+CqbVJpUBlSmVeeoeqryVYtVm1Vvqr5TY6r5qmWqbVVrU3ugjlE3VY9Qz1ffo35BfWIOfY7rHO6c4jnH5tzVgDVMNSI1lmkc0OjRmNLU0vTXFGnu1DyvOaHF0PLUytCq0DqtNa5N03bXFmhXaJ/RfspUZnoxs5hVzC7mpI6GToCOVGe/Tq/OjK6R7nzdtbrNug/0SHosvVS9Cr1OvUl9bf1Q/eX6jfp3DYgGLIN0gx0G3QbThkaGsYYbDNsMnxipGgUaLTVqNLpvTDX2MF5sXGt8wwRnwjLJNNltcs0UNnUwTTetMe0zg80czQRmu836zbHmzuZC81rzQQuKhZdFnkWjxbAlwzLEcq1lm+VzK32rBKutVt1WH60drLOs66zv2SjZBNmstemw+d3W1JZrW2N7w45q52e3yq7d7oW9mT3ffo/9bQeaQ6jDBodOhw+OTo5ixybHcSd9p2SnXU6DLDornFXKuuSMdfZ2XuV80vmti6OLxOWYy2+uFq6Zroddn8w1msufWzd3xE3XjeO2323Ineme7L7PfchDx4PjUevxyFPPk+dZ7znmZeKV4XXE67m3tbfYu8V7mu3CXsE+64P4+PsU+/T6KvnO9632fein65fm1+g36e/gv8z/bAA2IDhga8BgoGYgN7AhcDLIKWhFUFcwJTgquDr4UYhpiDikIxQODQrdFnp/nsE84by2MBAWGLYt7EG4Ufji8B8jcBHhETURjyNtIpdHdkfRopKiDke9jvaOLou+N994vnR+Z4x8TGJMQ8x0rE9seexQnFXcirir8erxgvj2BHxCTEJ9wtQC3wXbF4wmOiQWJd5aaLSwYOHlReqLshadSpJP4iQdT8YmxyYfTn7PCePUcqZSAlN2pUxy2dwd3Gc8T14Fb5zvxi/nj6W6pZanPklzS9uWNp7ukV6ZPiFgC6oFLzICMvZmTGeGZR7MnM2KzWrOJmQnZ58QKgkzhV05WjkFOf0iM1GRaGixy+LtiyfFweL6XCh3YW67hI7+TPVIjaXrpcN57nk1eW/yY/KPFygWCAt6lpgu2bRkbKnf0m+XYZZxl3Uu11m+ZvnwCq8V+1dCK1NWdq7SW1W4anS1/+pDa0hrMtf8tNZ6bfnaV+ti13UUahauLhxZ77++sUiuSFw0uMF1w96NmI2Cjb2b7Dbt3PSxmFd8pcS6pLLkfSm39Mo3Nt9UfTO7OXVzb5lj2Z4tuC3CLbe2emw9VK5YvrR8ZFvottYKZkVxxavtSdsvV9pX7t1B2iHdMVQVUtW+U3/nlp3vq9Orb9Z41zTv0ti1adf0bt7ugT2ee5r2au4t2ftun2Df7f3++1trDWsrD+AO5B14XBdT1/0t69uGevX6kvoPB4UHhw5FHupqcGpoOKxxuKwRbpQ2jh9JPHLtO5/v2pssmvY3M5pLjoKj0qNPv0/+/tax4GOdx1nHm34w+GFXC62luBVqXdI62ZbeNtQe395/IuhEZ4drR8uPlj8ePKlzsuaU8qmy06TThadnzyw9M3VWdHbiXNq5kc6kznvn487f6Iro6r0QfOHSRb+L57u9us9ccrt08rLL5RNXWFfarjpebe1x6Gn5yeGnll7H3tY+p772a87XOvrn9p8e8Bg4d93n+sUbgTeu3px3s//W/Fu3BxMHh27zbj+5k3Xnxd28uzP3Vt/H3i9+oPCg8qHGw9qfTX5uHnIcOjXsM9zzKOrRvRHuyLNfcn95P1r4mPq4ckx7rOGJ7ZOT437j154ueDr6TPRsZqLoV8Vfdz03fv7Db56/9UzGTY6+EL+Y/b30pdrLg6/sX3VOhU89fJ39ema6+I3am0NvWW+738W+G5vJf49/X/XB5EPHx+CP92ezZ2f/AAOY8/xJsCmYAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAvElEQVQ4Ee3T0RGDIAwGYOk5B8zSaZzJaZwFFqFG/XNpDSal1ze948AYPrgIodY6eJ5SypYYYwye/OCBgQIE3opT3gPJrV5MntYcaoOItaZdwwIgcD6aC2/uWEGxO1pgwxHQehW+QGGY+Al2oC78Df4CNXGGO9ATLoz9VIgA/j4meXuuOayQc8bV60Xl4mzwzcNKMqtnjFs5WpOR+JlnbcSECVzLtUg4pfSU79qYT4X28ZfYDXP17lL8vxQv/kFhUOBaQa4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
    50% 50% no-repeat;
  background-size: 14px 14px;
}

#custom2 .ui-icon {
  background: url(http://placehold.it/50x50) 50% 50% no-repeat;
  background-size: 14px 14px;
}

/* Remove box shadow for custom image */
.ui-icon-shadow {
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .4);
  box-shadow: 0 0px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
}
</style>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0/jquery.mobile-1.0.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

  <div data-role="page" data-theme="b">
    <div data-role="header">
      <h1>Custom icons</h1>
    </div>

    <div data-role="content" style="text-align: center;">
      <p>
        <a href="#" data-role="button" data-icon="home" data-inline="true">Standard
          icon</a>
      </p>
      <p>
        <br> <a href="#" data-role="button" data-icon="custom1"
          data-inline="true">Custom icon</a>
      </p>

      <br>
      <p>
        <br> <a href="#" data-role="button" data-icon="custom"
          id="custom2" data-inline="true">Custom icon #2</a>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

</body>
</html>

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