Using Twitter Bootstrap glyphicons in CSS

Question

I would like to add a Twitter bootstrap glyphicon to replace the image reference in the CSS file below though not sure how.

.edit-button {
  background: url('../img/edit.png') no-repeat;
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
}

In HTML I would add it as follows:

<i class="icon-search icon-white"></i>

Any ideas?

update - tried the following though it only shows width and height in Firefox's firebug:

.edit-button
{
  /* background: url('../img/edit.png') no-repeat; */
  background: url(../img/glyphicons-halflings.png) no repeat -96px -72px !important;
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
}

not sure why it's not being picked up ?

Answer 1

So why don't you use <i> tag for your edit button? Try this:

<button type="submit" name="edit" class="edit-button btn btn-primary">
   <i class="icon icon-edit icon-white"></i>
   Edit
</button>

Answer 2

I like using the :after or :before method...

HTML

<a href="http://glyphicons.com/" class="arrow">Click Here</a></div>

CSS

.arrow:after {
  font-family: "Glyphicons Halflings";
  content: "\e080";
}

This should work assuming you have the glyphicon fonts (they come free with Bootstrap)