I know it's possible to skew but I don't see a way to skew each corner with a particular degree.
Here's the project I'm working on: http://map.ucf.edu/
Looking specifically at the tabs within the menu. Right now I'm using images, I would like to change that for capable browsers.
I know it's possible to create a CSS trapazoid, but that is using borders without content. The end result also needs a bit of rounded corners.
edit: Starting with Zoltan Toth's solution I was able to achieve this: demo
div {
height: 20px;
padding:2px 5px 0 5px;
color:white;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
margin: 0 10px;
position: relative;
border-top-left-radius: 6px 4px;
border-top-right-radius: 6px 4px;
font-family:sans-serif;
font-size:13px;
line-height:20px;
vertical-align:bottom;
display:inline-block;
white-space:nowrap;
}
div:before {
content: '';
line-height: 0;
font-size: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 19px solid rgba(0,0,0,.5);
border-left: 9px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: -9px;
}
div:after {
content: '';
line-height: 0;
font-size: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 19px solid rgba(0,0,0,.5);
border-right: 9px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
right: -9px;
}
.b { background:black; margin:0 -7px 0 20px; }
.b:after, .b:before { border-bottom-color:black; }
It is possible, here is the rough idea:
div {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: #ddd;
margin: 20px 150px;
position: relative
}
div:before {
content: '';
line-height: 0;
font-size: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 50px solid #ddd;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid #ddd;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: -99px;
}
div:after {
content: '';
line-height: 0;
font-size: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 50px solid #ddd;
border-left: 50px solid #ddd;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: -99px;
}
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