# Show an image beside the Flag text
A common CSS technique is to add padding to the left of the text and in it show a backgorund image, as shown also in the Community Documentation about [How to show an image beside the text][1]. Here is an excerpt from it (replace "bookmarks" with the machine-name of your flag):

    .flag-bookmarks a {
      padding-left: 20px;
    }
    .flag-bookmarks a.flag-action {
      background: url(images/i-dont-like-it.png) no-repeat left center;
    }
    
    
    .flag-bookmarks a.unflag-action {
      background: url(images/i-like-it.png) no-repeat left center;
    }

Refer to the [Flag Theming guide][2] for (way) more details, i.e.:

- [Theming flag links using CSS][3], which provides a "map" of the HTML that makes a flag link.
- [Theming flag links using Templates][4], which explains how to use the `flag.tpl.php` file in the 'theme' folder that is located inside Flag's own folder, and which is used to generate the HTML for the Flag links. It also explains how you can theme different flags differently, using a flag specific `flag--FLAGNAME.tpl.php` file (whereas `FLAGNAME` is the flag's machine-name).
- [Theming examples][5], which contains solutions to some common theming tasks.

# Transform Flag link into a button

Another approach is to [transform the Flag link into a button][6], by adding this CSS (quote from that link):

    .flag-wrapper.{flag-name} a.flag-action {
      background-image: url('path to the button image');
      display:block;
      text-indent:-9999em;
    }
    .flag-wrapper.{flag-name} a.unflag-action {
      background-image: url('path to the button image');
      display:block;
      text-indent:-9999em;
    }

**Note**:

- `text-indent:-9999em` hides the element (by placing it off the screen).
- Replace `.{flag-name}` with your flag's machine-name.

  [1]: https://www.drupal.org/node/305066
  [2]: https://www.drupal.org/node/295346
  [3]: https://www.drupal.org/node/295367
  [4]: https://www.drupal.org/node/295373
  [5]: https://www.drupal.org/node/305060
  [6]: http://www.zyxware.com/articles/3096/drupal-to-change-flag-module-flag-links-to-buttons-in-drupal-7-using-css