What causes some buttons to have a shaded box behind them?

Question

I have a few buttons on one of my forms, and for some reason they appear different. Some have a shaded box behind them, and some don't. The below picture is a perfect example.

Does this have something to do with the fact that my "Add Task" button was automatically created by a relationship, while the "Add Communication" button is a custom button I created myself? Is there a simple setting I'm missing? This is super trivial but it's been bugging me for a while.

Thanks

quickbasecoachd · Answer

When that bugs me enough, I add a text element on the form beside the field&nbsp; on the same line as a &lt;b&gt; with html enabled.&nbsp; That will serve as a "stopper" to prevent the grey box from going so wide.

alexgale · Answer

Thanks for the tip. I take this to mean there's no native way of just disabling the grey box?

quickbasecoachd · Answer

Alas,&nbsp; no.&nbsp; It happens when you have a skinny field above a wide field and nothing to its right.

sarac · Answer

I had 2 buttons on the same form, one had the shaded box and one didn't. The only difference I could find was in the settings for the section.
When I changed the section settings to "Field labels in this section appear: to the left of fields", the shaded box disappeared.

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What causes some buttons to have a shaded box behind them?

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