Create a Button with right triangle/pointer

Question

Looking to create this:

What would be the best way to achieve it?

IT MUST: I'd definitely like to keep the text as text (so not using an image). Also, I'd like this to be re-usable so that I can put different text in it. Ideally, the arrow part should be as high as the text.

NICE TO HAVE: I'd like to be able to drop this on any background (so it isn't always on white) Would be great if it was ie8+

Thanks!!

Answer 1

You may this in your HTML;

<div>
    <a href="#"><button>Button</button></a>
</div>

And this in your CSS

a {
    background: #950006;
    border: none;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 28px;
    line-height: 28px;
    position: relative;
    text-decoration: none;
    width: 100px
}

a:before{
    background: #950006;
    border: none;
    content: '';
    display: block;
    height: 20px;
    left: 90px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 4px;
    -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
    width: 21px;
}
a button {
    color: #fff;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    position: relative;
    width: 120px;
    height: 28px;
}

and will output a button like this:-

Here is a working Live Demo. The complete button is CLICKABLE. You may test the button by changing the background of the parent div.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Have you tried something using html/css??

#vert_menu{   overflow: hidden;  width: 100%; }
#vert_menu li{  float: left; }
#vert_menu a{
  padding: 8px 20px 8px 40px;
  float: left; text-align:center;
  text-decoration: none; font: normal 16px Myriad Pro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  text-shadow:0px 1px 0px #000;
  color: #e6e2cf;
  position: relative; text-shadow:1px 0 0 #000;
  background: #525252;  min-width:181px; width:auto
}

#vert_menu a::after,
#vert_menu a::before{
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -19px;   
  border-top: 19px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 19px solid transparent;
  border-left: 1em solid;
  right: -1em;
}
#vert_menu a::after{   z-index: 2;  border-left-color: #525252;   }

<ul id="vert_menu">
<li><a href="#" class="current">test</a></li>
</ul>