what is the reasoning behind only displaying the border when the button has the focus?

I was trying to make some very small buttons (height wise) and therefore get rid of the box that appears when a 3D button gets the focus as it was becoming very cluttered.

>Hi Vlad,
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>There's a Style Property with value 1- Invisible to create invisible button. In VFP 6 the SpecialEffect property value 1 -Plain is ignored. In VFP 7 it makes button borders invisible when the button doesn't have a focus. The button caption still visible all the time.
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>>This control style is a replacement of the old FoxPro 2.0 and higher feature - a hidden button. Using such button you can organize clicking on certain area of the form to act as a pressing on button. For example, top-right corner of form clicking cause form to show specifi fields...
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>>>I've been playing with the SpecialEffect option for CommandButtons and I'm not sure about the results I'm getting.
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>>>If I create a form with a CommandButton with its SpecialEffect property set to Plan, visually it appear with a flat box around it (as I would expect) however when the form is run the box only appear when the control gets focus - is this really what is meant to happen, its seams to be a bit of a cross with hot tracking?
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>>>Any thoughts?