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CSS

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

What is the best way to go about creating shaped divs in CSS?

I'm trying to create a div that has a point at the bottom, but the method I'm trying doesn't seem to work.

Can someone recommend an article, perhaps? 

<html lang="">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
    <title></title>
</head>

<body>

   <div id="second-div"></div>

</body>
</html>

#second-div{
    width: 100%;
    height: 400px;
    background-color: orange;
    position: relative;
}

#second-div::after {
    position: absolute;
    width: 50%;
    height: 100px;
    content: "";
    bottom: -63px ;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #fff;
    -webkit-transform: skewY(10deg);
            transform: skewY(10deg);
    border: 3px solid red;
}

#second-div::before {
    position: absolute;
    width: 50%;
    height: 100px;
    content: "";
    bottom: -63px ;
    right: 0;
    background-color: #fff;
    -webkit-transform: skewY(-10deg);
            transform: skewY(-10deg);
    border: 3px solid green;
}
Clayton Batchelor
Clayton Batchelor
181 Points

Here is an article I found on Stack Overflow that may help you.

<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19719048/center-triangle-at-bottom-of-div?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa">Stack Overflow</a>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,264 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,264 Points

Probably the easiest and most versatile way to create shapes is with the "clip-path" (clipping path) property. There are several online tools that actually write the code for you by just drawing what you want. Here's a couple of them: