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CSS

Posted by Dan Sinclair
Dan Sinclair
1,420 Points

How to get arrow next page links to resize to different browser sizes?

So I'm trying to get my css arrow triangle shapes that are next and previous page links, to actually resize and stay consistent on the web browser.

However, when I start to resize the width of the browser, they are the only elements that do not resize when the browsers width changes. The images are totally fine, but the left and right arrows do not stay in the browser frame once resizing of width begins.

I have tried max and min width %, cant seem to get it to work.

#left-arrow-article {

    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    left: -700px;
}

#right-arrow-article {

    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    right: -50px;
}

.left-arrow {

    margin: 200px 0 0 0;
    position: fixed;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-top: 15px solid transparent;
    border-right: 15px solid #32cd32;
    border-bottom: 15px solid transparent;

}


.right-arrow {

    margin: 200px 0 0 600px;
    position:fixed;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-top: 15px solid transparent;
    border-left: 15px solid #32cd32;
    border-bottom: 15px solid transparent;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu:300,400,500,700,300italic,400italic,500italic,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>PLAZM: Box of Rocks Magazine Layout</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dan-sinclair-flex-CSS.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Secondary-Page-Content-Extras.css">



</head>  

<body>


    <header class="text-details">
      <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://dan-sinclair.com"> Projects</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://dan-sinclair.com/about"> About</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://dan-sinclair.com/cv-resume"> CV-Resume</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>

    </header>

    <article>
      <h1>
        <span class="work-titles">
        PLAZM Box of Rocks
        </span>
      </h1>
    </article>


      <section class="flex-work-images">


      <article id="left-arrow-article">
         <a href="Sawtooth-Initiative.html" class="left-arrow"></a>
      </article>


      <article id="right-arrow-article">
         <a href="Bling-Ring-Shoes.html" class="right-arrow"></a>
      </article>

        <p>
           <img class="work-images-main" src="Box_Rocks_Front.png">
        </p>
        <p>
           <img class="work-images-main" src="Box_Rocks_Layout01.png">
        </p>
        <p>
           <img class="work-images-main" src="Box_Rocks_Layout02.png">
        </p>



      </section>

    <body/>

1 Answer

Dan Jones
Dan Jones
778 Points

Hey.

This is likely because you've set the position property to fixed, meaning it wont move from it's position. Effectively it's completely static.

Try using position: relative instead. But you may need to amend your markup.

Thanks!