# Background image button padding

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/background-image-button-padding/73794>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/background-image-button-padding/73794 "2019-03-31T11:12:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mauk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mauk](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mauk)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/background-image-button-padding/73794/1 "2019-03-31T11:12:19Z")

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Having created a button with a background image, I wondered if someone to let me know how to reduce the surrounding padding of the button.

The padding settings are all 0, yet the button itself is surrounded by a large area.

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/background-image-button-padding/73794/2 "2019-04-03T16:36:02Z")

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hi @mauk, can you share a screenshot of what this looks like for you please?

My guess is that either

a) the image itself has a border around it

or

b) you have the a border around your button.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/background-image-button-padding/73794/3 "2024-11-08T12:15:54Z")

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