The default style for a trigger is to look like a button:
xf\:trigger
{
padding : 0 0 0 0;
margin-right : 10px;
border-top : 2px outset #e0e0e0;
border-right : 2px outset #191919;
border-bottom : 2px outset #191919;
border-left : 2px outset #e0e0e0;
background-color : #d0d0d0;
}
xf\:trigger xf\:label
{
display : inline-block;
padding-top : 3px;
padding-left : 5px;
padding-bottom : 3px;
padding-right : 5px;
margin : 0 0 0 0;
border : none;
background-color : #d0d0d0;
width : auto;
font-family : arial;
cursor : pointer;
}