The following code shows how to create arrow button.
<!-- Code revised from
http://fiddle.jshell.net/shpoont/3cA4x/<!-- w w w . j a va 2 s. c o m-->
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<style type='text/css'>
.btn-arrow-right, .btn-arrow-left {
position: relative;
padding-left: 18px;
padding-right: 18px;
}
.btn-arrow-right {
padding-left: 36px;
}
.btn-arrow-left {
padding-right: 36px;
}
.btn-arrow-right:before, .btn-arrow-right:after, .btn-arrow-left:before,
.btn-arrow-left:after {
/* make two squares (before and after), looking similar to the button */
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 5px; /* move it down because of rounded corners */
width: 22px; /* same as height */
height: 22px; /* button_outer_height / sqrt(2) */
background: inherit; /* use parent background */
border: inherit; /* use parent border */
border-left-color: transparent; /* hide left border */
border-bottom-color: transparent; /* hide bottom border */
border-radius: 0px 4px 0px 0px;
/* round arrow corner, the shorthand property doesn't accept "inherit" so it is set to 4px */
-webkit-border-radius: 0px 4px 0px 0px;
-moz-border-radius: 0px 4px 0px 0px;
}
.btn-arrow-right:before, .btn-arrow-right:after {
transform: rotate(45deg);
/* rotate right arrow squares 45 deg to point right */
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
}
.btn-arrow-left:before, .btn-arrow-left:after {
transform: rotate(225deg);
/* rotate left arrow squares 225 deg to point left */
-webkit-transform: rotate(225deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(225deg);
-o-transform: rotate(225deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(225deg);
}
.btn-arrow-right:before, .btn-arrow-left:before {
/* align the "before" square to the left */
left: -11px;
}
.btn-arrow-right:after, .btn-arrow-left:after {
/* align the "after" square to the right */
right: -11px;
}
.btn-arrow-right:after, .btn-arrow-left:before {
/* bring arrow pointers to front */
z-index: 1;
}
.btn-arrow-right:before, .btn-arrow-left:after {
/* hide arrow tails background */
background-color: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style='margin:100px'>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-arrow-left">Default</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-arrow-left">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success btn-arrow-left">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-arrow-right">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning btn-arrow-right">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-arrow-right">Danger</button>
</body>
</html>