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Trapezoid tabs
/**
* Trapezoid tabs
*/
body {
padding: 40px;
font: 130%/2 Frutiger LT Std, sans-serif;
}
nav {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
padding-left: 1em;
}
nav > a {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: .3em 1em 0;
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0 -.3em;
}
nav > a::before,
main {
border: .1em solid rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
nav a::before {
content: ''; /* To generate the box */
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;
z-index: -1;
border-bottom: none;
border-radius: .5em .5em 0 0;
background: #ccc linear-gradient(hsla(0,0%,100%,.6), hsla(0,0%,100%,0));
box-shadow: 0 .15em white inset;
transform: scale(1.1, 1.3) perspective(.5em) rotateX(5deg);
transform-origin: bottom;
}
nav a.selected { z-index: 2;}
nav a.selected::before {
background-color: #eee;
margin-bottom: -.08em;
}
main {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 1em;
background: #eee;
padding: 1em;
border-radius: .15em;
}
nav.left > a::before {
transform: scale(1.2, 1.3) perspective(.5em) rotateX(5deg);
transform-origin: bottom left;
}
nav.right { padding-left: 2em; }
nav.right > a::before {
transform: scale(1.2, 1.3) perspective(.5em) rotateX(5deg);
transform-origin: bottom right;
}
<!-- This HTML is invalid and just for demo purposes. Don't use multiple main elements! -->
<nav>
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#" class="selected">Projects</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
</nav>
<main>
Content area
</main>
<nav class="left">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#" class="selected">Projects</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
</nav>
<main>
Content area
</main>
<nav class="right">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#" class="selected">Projects</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
</nav>
<main>
Content area
</main>
// alert('Hello world!');
{"view":"split","fontsize":"100","seethrough":"","prefixfree":"1","page":"css"}
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