How to make a hover effect for pseudo elements?

Question

I have a this setup:

Button

and this for CSS:

#button {
    color: #fff;
    display:          


        

Answer 1

If its just for design purposes I think its better to create Pseudo-Elements on either side of the Rectangle Box and to keep the HTML as simple as possible:

HTML:

 
    
Rectangle
    

CSS:

 .tabStyle {
        border-style:solid;
        border-color: #D8D8D8;
        background : #D8D8D8;
        width:200px;
        height:93px;
        color: #000;
        position: relative;
        top: 10px;
        left: 49px;
        text-align:center;
    }
    .tabStyle:hover {
        background : #000;
        border-color: #000;
    }
    .tabStyle:hover::before {
        border-color: transparent #000 #000 transparent;
        border-style: solid;
        border-width: 0px 0px 100px 50px;
    }
    .tabStyle:hover::after {
        border-color: transparent transparent #000 #000;
        border-style: solid;
        border-width: 0px 50px 100px 0px;
    }
    .tabStyle::after {
        border-color: transparent transparent #D8D8D8 #D8D8D8;
        border-style: solid;
        border-width: 0px 50px 100px 0px;
        position: absolute;
        top: -4px;
        left:101%;
        content:"";
    }
    .tabStyle::before {
        border-color: transparent #D8D8D8 #D8D8D8 transparent;
        border-style: solid;
        border-width: 0px 0px 100px 50px;
        position: absolute;
        top: -4px;
        right: 101%;
        content:"";
    }

I've modified the CSS and the result can be seen below:

http://jsfiddle.net/a3ehz5vu/