How to place a triangle on my div to make it look like a speech bubble? - html

Question

I created a simple div for my comments section.
I would like to give it the appearance of a speech bubble by having a triangle on the left or any other effect that would make it look like a speech bubble coming from the left.
How can I achieve that without using an image ?
image
html
<div class='comment'></div>
css
.comment {
margin-left: 10px;
height: 80px;
display: inline-block;
color: white;
width: 400px;
border: 1px solid white;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
}

Answer 1

Try this
.comment {
margin-left: 10px;
height: 80px;
display: inline-block;
color: white;
width: 400px;
border: 1px solid white;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
position: relative;
background-color: #fff;
border:1px solid #000;
}
.comment::before{
content:"";
position: absolute;
top:20px;
left:-12px;
margin:auto;
height: 20px;
width: 20px;
border:1px solid #fff;
transform:rotate(45deg);
background-color: #fff;
border-bottom:1px solid #000;
border-left:1px solid #000;
}
<div class='comment'></div>
style accordingly,
hope this helps...

Answer 2

I hope to help you:
.comment {
position: relative;
margin-left: 50px;
margin-top: 50px;
height: 50px;
display: inline-block;
width: 200px;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
background: skyblue;
color: #FFF;
}
.comment:before, .comment:after {
content: '';
border-radius: 100%;
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
z-index: -1;
}
.comment:after {
background-color: #fff;
bottom: -30px;
left: 55px;
}
.comment:before {
background-color: skyblue;
bottom: -20px;
left: 70px;
}
<div class='comment'>Hello,World!</div>

Answer 3

I like Nicholas Gallagher's work best, see his demo page.
This is lifted off his page and is not my own work.
<style>
/* Bubble with an isoceles triangle
------------------------------------------ */
.triangle-isosceles {
position: relative;
padding: 15px;
margin: 1em 0 3em;
color: #000;
background: #f3961c;
border-radius: 10px;
background:linear-gradient(#f9d835, #f3961c);
}
/* creates triangle */
.triangle-isosceles:after {
content: "";
display: block; /* reduce the damage in FF3.0 */
position: absolute;
bottom: -15px;
left: 50px;
width: 0;
border-width: 15px 15px 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #f3961c transparent;
}
</style>
<p class="triangle-isosceles">This is a quote. Hello world. text goes here.</p>