Button Picture on face of button

[data808]

Does anyone know how to stretch a picture so you can see it nicely proportioned over a button? I would like to use images over buttons but its always messed up looking. Any suggestions?

[June7]

What exactly are you doing? Using an image control layered over a button? Try setting the SizeMode property to Clip or Zoom. If the image is on top of the button, how do you click the button?

[alansidman]

June has a good point. However, instead of using a button, perhaps a different approach to achieve the same thing. Look at this tutorial

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...etobutton.html

[data808]

You guys just gave me an idea. Ok so I went ahead and used a picture to click on that will navigate to another form. This works great for what I need it for. However, my question now is, for buttons, there is a property called Cursor On Hover. I use this to change the cursor to a hand pointer. I would like to achieve the same thing with this picture you can click on so the user knows its something that they can click. Also if there is a way to make the picture change or highlight or something just like how a button does when the cursor hovers over it would be nice. These little details helps the user know what the can interact with. Thanks for the help in advance.

[data808]

I wasn't trying to place a picture over the button. I was trying to add it to the image property of the button but some how the picture always gets distorted. Do you how to make the picture show up nicely inside the button? Either that, or do you know to to make the mouse cursor change to a hand when it hovers over certain pictures? And lastly, if you know how to make the picture highlighted or change somehow when the mouse cursor hovers over the picture would be ideal so the user knows that this picture is clickable?

[June7]

Are the image dimensions a square?

Are you using an Image control? Maybe set the Special Effect property to Raised so it looks more like a button.

[data808]

No the dimensions are different on all the pictures I would be interested in using. Some are really big but I figured there might be a way to center the picture and do an auto size down option so whatever picture I choose to use will fit nicely right inside of the button. But apparently, I guess there is no such option. Thanks for the help anyway.