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7/27/2015 - 7:00 PM

CSS before / after symbol shortcuts

CSS before / after symbol shortcuts

*   content:'\002A';
>   content:'\003E';
|   content: '\007C';

div {
	position: relative;
}

div:after {
	content: '\002A';
	position: absolute; 
	top: 0;
	right: -5px;
}

div:before {
	content: '\002A';
	position: absolute; 
	top: 0;
	left: -5px;
}


// small arrow / greater than after link (graphical)
http://cssarrowplease.com/
	a {
		padding-right: 4px;
		position: relative;
		
		&:after, &:before {
			left: 100%;
			top: 50%;
			border: solid transparent;
			content: " ";
			height: 0;
			width: 0;
			position: absolute;
			pointer-events: none;
		}
		
		&:after {
			border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
			border-left-color: #FFF;
			border-width: 2px;
			margin-top: -2px;
		}
		
		&:before {
			border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
			border-left-color: #000;
			border-width: 3px;
			margin-top: -3px;
		}
	}
	

// with background image
p.config {
	position: relative;
	font-style: italic;
	padding-left: 22px;
	margin-bottom: 2.8em;
}

p.config:before {
    width: 20px;
    content: " ";
    background: url(images/sm-blue-arrow.png) no-repeat;
    background-size: 15px 15px;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 10px;
    height: 20px;
}