Creating box having css arrow using css3 - html

Question

.box {
position: relative;
margin: 18px;
width: 8em;
height: 6em;
border: 1px solid rgb(77, 77, 77);
color: #FF1919;
background-color: pink;
}
.box:hover {
width: 8em;
margin: 18px;
}
.box:before {
content: '';
position: relative;
width: 30%;
left: 18px;
right: 80%;
height: 40px;
top: 30%;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
display: inline-block;
background-color: blue;
}
.box:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: 43%;
top: 30%;
margin-top: -18px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 40px;
border-color: transparent transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
<div class="box"></div>
I have created one arrow and in that I want to highlight the arrow head with blue colour which is grey.
I also want to use this total arrow as a button to navigate to next scene page with html extension.
For that I am using:
<div style="position: absolute; right: 40px; bottom: 70px;">
<form action="abc.html" align="right" style="margin-right:100px ; display:inline">
<input type="submit" class="box"></input>
</form>
</div>
but it is taking a single part of that css object(rectangle) box and leaving other portions.

Answer 1

Ye u can simply using pseudo elemnts.
.arrow {
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
background: #0000ff;
margin: 20px;
position: relative;
}
.arrow:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: -15px;
right: -80px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 40px solid transparent;
border-left: 80px solid #0000ff;
border-bottom: 40px solid transparent;
}
.box {
width: 165px;
padding: 20px;
border: 1px solid #222;
background: #eee;
}
<a href="abc.html">
<div class="box">
<div class="arrow"></div>
</div>
</a>

Answer 2

Maybe you could use an HTML special character arrow sign like this ➧ ➧
This way you could play with the color, size etc. the way you like
Here is the code:
<div class="box">➧</div> this is for a separate div
And this is for an input. Please note that the type was changed to button
<div style="position: absolute; right: 40px; bottom: 70px;">
<form action="abc.html" align="right" style="margin-right:100px ; display:inline">
<input type="button" class="box" value="➧"></input>
</form>
And the CSS for both is
.box {
width:100px;
height:100px;
background-color:pink;
color:blue;
text-align:center;
font-size:100px;
line-height:100px;
}

Answer 3

You just need to change the property for the :after pseudo-element that represent the head
border-color: transparent transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 255, 1);
.box {
position: relative;
margin: 18px;
width: 8em;
height: 6em;
border: 1px solid rgb(77, 77, 77);
color: #FF1919;
background-color: pink;
position: relative;
}
.box:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 30%;
left: 20%;
height: 40px;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
background-color: blue;
}
.box:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
left: 50%;
/* before width 30% + before left position 20% */
border-style: solid;
border-width: 40px;
border-color: transparent transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 255, 1);
}
<div class="box"></div>

Answer 4

For navigation you can add <a> tag in your html page and for color of the class .box:after change the border color as below:
HTML:
<div class="box"></div>
CSS:
.box:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: 43%;
top: 30%;
margin-top: -18px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 40px;
border-color: transparent transparent transparent **rgba(7, 17, 241, 1);** }
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