Question

CSS:

.container {
    margin-left: 15px;
    width: 10px;
    background: #FFFFFF;
    border: 1px solid #CAD5E0;
    padding: 4px;
    position: relative;
    min-height: 10px;
    font-size:8px;
}
.container:before {
    content: '';
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 1px;
    left: 100%;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-color: transparent transparent transparent #CAD5E0;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 6px;
}

HTML:

<a class="container">1</a>​

​Can someone explain to me how this css should be modified in order to place the pointer (triangle) to the left side of the box.

I have it in this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/DTZwA/

Answer 1

Just update these two lines:

.container:before {
    right: 100%;
    border-color: transparent #CAD5E0 transparent transparent;
    /* All other properties are identical */
}

Here’s the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/YnD6C/