CSS Triangle Generator

CSS triangle also known as cascading style sheets triangle is a way to create graphical triangles on a webpage using CSS without the help of images or svg.

Methods of creating CSS triangles:

• Using Borders: This is a classical way of creating triangles in which an empty box (with zero width and height) is created and the borders are styled to form the triangle.
• About the borders: One border is solid and colored which determines the triangle shape and the remaining two borders are transparent. Width and positioning of the border are adjusted to create different orientations of the triangle like Upwards, downward, right or left.
• Using clip path: This is a new approach that uses clip path property for the exact shape of the triangle. It is comparatively more smoother and flexible.

Advantages of Using Borders over clip-path

On this webpage we prefer using Borders method to create a triangle because of the following advantages:

• Browser compatibility: Clip path is not supported by older browsers whereas the borders are supported widely
• Flexibility: It is easier to create triangles with desired colors or gradients using the Borders method.

Why are css triangles preferred ?

• lightweight: There is no need of using additional files, images, sugs to create triangles. It reduces the loading time of the page and makes the website fast.
• Resizable: The boundaries of the triangle can be resized as per our needs.
• Voluntary: Sometimes we need a triangle as per our need. Using the Border method can help us choose color, size and on entation of the triangle using properties of CSS easily.

How to use this tool to create a CSS triangle?

we have to go through the following simple steps to create a desired triangle

• Triangle Direction: In this step we can choose the orientation of the triangle. The orientations commonly used are Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Top left, Top Right, Bottom left, Bottom Right. It determines the format of the triangle. From this step one can easily choose whether he/she wants to create an equilateral, isosceles or right angled triangle.
• Selecting the Range: Our webpage offers two ways to select the range which we commonly express in pixels.
• All side length: Selecting pixels from this slider enables us to create a triangle with width and height in equal proportion.
• width and Height: One can easily customize the pixels of the triangle as per the need. This two slider helps to create the triangle of customized height and width.
• Choosing the color: The users can pick the color and change its opacity as per the needs.

For an example:

Let us create a right angle triangle upward with height 70 pixels and width 120 pixels with a blue background.

• Step 1: In triangle direction, select the orientation to bottom right or bottom left as per your choice.
• Step 2: Select the width to 120 pixels by sliding the slider of the width and then select the height to 70 pixels from the height slider.
• Step 3: choose the color blue among the colors.

Output

Finally you get output like this in sample preview with css code that you apply in your css file.

How to apply the above generated css code?

CSS property provide to set styling in HTLM elements. There are different types of properties available for styling HTML elements. This above code generator tool provide CSS source code for your design.

There are three way to define CSS properties

1. By external .css file inside <header> elements.

2. Also, you can define css code inside <style> element

 <style> 
        /* write css code */ 
 </style>

3. It can be also used in inline way. Inline style is always first priority for any browser engine.