IE8 and IE9 :before and :after elements position absolute are hidden

Question

I am trying to create a button with \"caps\" on either end, and a repeating background, in order to keep the button a flexible size.

In order to do this, I have us

Answer 1

Add overflow: visible; to the button element, and it shows up. Demonstrated at this jsFiddle

I swear I tried that already, but I guess not. Thanks to this question