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How can a small square button be created with ImageSize -> {20,20}?

The x-dimension won't go below about 70.

(Using version 9.0.1 on OS X.)

Grid[{
  {Button["", ImageSize -> {10, 10}],
   Button["", ImageSize -> {20, 20}]},
  {Button["", ImageSize -> {30, 30}],
   Button["", ImageSize -> {90, 30}]}},
 Frame -> All, Alignment -> Left]

enter image description here

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Works fine for me W7 MMA 8.0. –  Öskå Aug 18 at 10:31
 
Win 7 V9.0 looks also Ok. –  Kuba Aug 18 at 10:38
 
Thanks. I recall this working ok on Windows. –  Chris Degnen Aug 18 at 10:39
 
Works fine on Linux 8.0 too. –  Öskå Aug 18 at 10:41

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The problem is that on OS X the default appearance "style button" has a minimum size. Note below that Appearance has to be set locally within each button rather than in the Style wrapper.

Style[
 Grid[{{
    Button["x", Null, Appearance -> None, ImageSize -> {10, 10}],
    Button["x", Null, Appearance -> None, ImageSize -> {20, 20}]},
   {Button["x", Null, Appearance -> None, ImageSize -> {30, 30}],
    Button["x", Null, Appearance -> None, ImageSize -> {90, 30}]}},
  Frame -> All,
  ItemSize -> All,
  Alignment -> Left],
 DefaultOptions -> {
   Button -> {
     Background -> Orange,
     BaseStyle -> Directive[FontColor -> Black, 11]
     }
   }]

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Thanks. Appearance -> "Palette" is a palatable solution. –  Chris Degnen Aug 18 at 11:09

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