30-seconds-of-code/snippets/triangle.md

title, tags

title	tags
Triangle	visual,intermediate

Creates a triangle shape with pure CSS.

HTML

<div class="triangle"></div>

CSS

.triangle {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-top: 20px solid #333;
  border-left: 20px solid transparent;
  border-right: 20px solid transparent;
}

Demo

Explanation

View this link for a detailed explanation.

The color of the border is the color of the triangle. The side the triangle tip points corresponds to the opposite border-* property. For example, a color on border-top means the arrow points downward.

Experiment with the px values to change the proportion of the triangle.

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