Adding an arrow on both sides of a div using CSS - HTML CSS CSS Widget

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Adding an arrow on both sides of a div using CSS

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<html>
 <head> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  <style id="compiled-css" type="text/css">
html, body {
   margin:26px;
}

.arrow_box {<!--from   w ww. ja  va  2  s. c o  m-->
   position:relative;
   background:Chartreuse;
   border:5px solid yellow;
   width:201px;
}

.arrow_box:after, .arrow_box:before {
   bottom:100%;
   border:solid transparent;
   content:" ";
   height:0;
   width:0;
   position:absolute;
}

.arrow_box:after {
   border-color:blue;
   border-bottom-color:pink;
   border-width:31px;
   left:51%;
   margin-left:-31px;
}

.arrow_box:before {
   border-color:WhiteSmoke;
   border-bottom-color:OrangeRed;
   border-width:37px;
   left:51%;
   margin-left:-37px;
}

.arrow_box>div:after, .arrow_box>div:before {
   top:100%;
   border:solid transparent;
   content:" ";
   height:0;
   width:0;
   position:absolute;
}

.arrow_box>div:after {
   border-color:grey;
   border-top-color:BlueViolet;
   border-width:31px;
   left:51%;
   margin-left:-31px;
}

.arrow_box>div:before {
   border-color:Chartreuse;
   border-top-color:yellow;
   border-width:37px;
   left:51%;
   margin-left:-37px;
}
</style> 
 </head> 
 <body> 
  <div class="arrow_box"> 
   <div>
     bla! 
    <br> bla! 
    <br> bla! 
    <br> bla! 
    <br> bla! 
    <br> bla! 
    <br> 
   </div> 
  </div>  
 </body>
</html>

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