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Maor Avitan
Maor Avitan

Reputation: 227

How to create arrow down/up in css

How can I create a arrow point down/up in css?

I tried to build it from div:

.triangle_down {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  border-top: 15px solid #2f2f2f;
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
  float: left;
}
<div class="triangle_down"></div>

This is the result:enter image description here.

But I tried to build something like this:enter image description here

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 41357

Answers (7)

SAM
SAM

Reputation: 31

.arrow {
  border: solid black;
  border-width: 0 3px 3px 0;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 3px;
}

.right {
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

.left {
  transform: rotate(135deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(135deg);
}

.up {
  transform: rotate(-135deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-135deg);
}

.down {
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
}
<p>Right arrow: <i class="arrow right"></i></p>
<p>Left arrow: <i class="arrow left"></i></p>
<p>Up arrow: <i class="arrow up"></i></p>
<p>Down arrow: <i class="arrow down"></i></p>

Upvotes: 3

Franc Jerez
Franc Jerez

Reputation: 163

As simple as it gets:

.up,
.down {
  content: "";
  width: 10px;
  height: 10px;
  border: solid black;
  border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
}

.up {
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

.down {
  transform: rotate(135deg);
}
<div class="up"></div>
<div class="down"></div>

Upvotes: 2

Guppy
Guppy

Reputation: 426

Depending on the type of arrow you need, there is a very simple approach using HTML symbol codes. For instance I used &#x2191; for an arrow pointing upwards. I found it here HTML Symbols

Upvotes: 0

MortenMoulder
MortenMoulder

Reputation: 6648

#uparrow:before {
    content: '\276F';
}

#downarrow:before {
    content: '\276E';
}

#uparrow, #downarrow {
    font-size: 30px;
    display: inline-block;
    -ms-transform: rotate(90deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
    transform: rotate(90deg);
    padding: 10px;
}
<span id="uparrow"></span><span id="downarrow"></span>

You can include unicode characters like that, which are used by pretty much any system nowadays. Check out how it looks here: https://jsfiddle.net/mcdbu2pj/2/

Simply find the correct unicode characters you want. It won't matter which direction they're in, as you can just rotate them (like I did). Remember to set their display property to inline-block!

Upvotes: 5

gaetanoM
gaetanoM

Reputation: 42044

My proposal is:

.triangle_down {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  border-top: 15px solid #2f2f2f;
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
  float: left;
}
.triangle_down1 {
  position: relative;
  top: -5px;
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  border-right: 0.2em solid black;
  border-top: 0.2em solid black;
  transform: rotate(135deg);
  margin-right: 0.5em;
  margin-left: 1.0em;
}
 .triangle_up1 {
   position: relative;
   top: -5px;
   content: "";
   display: inline-block;
   width: 15px;
   height: 15px;
   border-right: 0.2em solid black;
   border-top: 0.2em solid black;
   transform: rotate(-45deg);
   margin-right: 0.5em;
   margin-left: 1.0em;
 }
<div id="dialog1" class="triangle_down"></div>
<div id="dialog2" class="triangle_down1"></div>
<div id="dialog3" class="triangle_up1"></div>

Upvotes: 13

fbid
fbid

Reputation: 1570

If you don't want to use icons you can use ::before and ::after pseudo-class.

This is one of the various way you can get an arrow in pure CSS.

HTML

<div class="arrow"></div>

CSS 

.arrow {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20px;
  left: 20px;
}

.arrow::before,
.arrow::after {
  position: relative;
  content: '';
  display: block;
  width: 20px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #000;
}

.arrow::before {
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

.arrow::after {
  left: 14px;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

You can find an example here: https://jsfiddle.net/f3qpujpL/2/

Upvotes: 6

gantoine
gantoine

Reputation: 1275

What you want is a chevron, not an arrow. Pure CSS solution:

.chevron::before {
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 0.15em 0.15em 0 0;
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    height: 0.45em;
    left: 0.15em;
    top: 0.15em;
    vertical-align: top;
    width: 0.45em;
    transform: rotate(135deg);
}

Check out this JSFiddle

Upvotes: 6

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