# Textfield as a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-as-a-button/138392>\
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**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-as-a-button/138392 "2005-02-22T10:59:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-as-a-button/138392/1 "2005-02-22T10:59:17Z")

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If we create a textfield and convert it to a button, the hit area of that button is the text only---- only if you have fonts other than \_serif, \_sans, and \_typewriter. With these fonts, the hit area is the entire textbox.  
For any other font, the hit area is the text.  
Can anybody explain??