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CSS Triangles
Triangles in pure CSS!
/* create an arrow that points up */
div.arrow-up {
width:0px;
height:0px;
border-left:5px solid transparent; /* left arrow slant */
border-right:5px solid transparent; /* right arrow slant */
border-bottom:5px solid #2f2f2f; /* bottom, add background color here */
font-size:0px;
line-height:0px;
}
/* create an arrow that points down */
div.arrow-down {
width:0px;
height:0px;
border-left:5px solid transparent;
border-right:5px solid transparent;
border-top:5px solid #2f2f2f;
font-size:0px;
line-height:0px;
}
/* create an arrow that points left */
div.arrow-left {
width:0px;
height:0px;
border-bottom:5px solid transparent; /* left arrow slant */
border-top:5px solid transparent; /* right arrow slant */
border-right:5px solid #2f2f2f; /* bottom, add background color here */
font-size:0px;
line-height:0px;
}
/* create an arrow that points right */
div.arrow-right {
width:0px;
height:0px;
border-bottom:5px solid transparent; /* left arrow slant */
border-top:5px solid transparent; /* right arrow slant */
border-left:5px solid #2f2f2f; /* bottom, add background color here */
font-size:0px;
line-height:0px;
}
wow, that’s pretty simple… I was using a little arrow image and a div with rounded corners to generate a cute thought bubble in the comments on one of my sites, I’ll be swapping that image out with some nifty css generated triangles, now! thanks!! =D