Pure CSS Map Marker
A cute little map marker happens to be one of the things you can easily create with pure CSS without too much sorcery. All it takes is a div with 3 rounded corners, some transform rotation, and (optionally) a matching pair of :before and :after CSS pseudo-elements to dress it up.
Check it out!
To get the above result, include the following CSS somewhere on the page (or in an appropriate place in your project).
.marker {
/* Set the marker size here */
width: 2rem;
height: 2rem;
border-radius: 2rem;
/* Set the marker color here */
background: #aa3300;
display: inline-block;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
position: relative;
transform: rotate(45deg);
/* optional fanciness */
border: 1px solid #881100;
}
/* inner circle (optional if you don't need the central dot) */
.marker::before {
content: "";
background: white;
width: 50%;
height: 50%;
border-radius: 100%;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
/* optional fanciness */
border: 1px solid #881100;
box-shadow: 0.1rem 0.1rem 0.2rem 0.1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
/* shadow (optional if you don't need a shadow) */
.marker::after {
content: "";
background: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.2);
width: 75%;
height: 75%;
border-radius: 100%;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 100%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(45deg) scaleX(0.5);
}Then place this HTML where you want the marker to appear.
<div class="marker"></div>