CSS3 Shadow Effects

With CSS3 you can create shadow effects!

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CSS3 Shadow Effects

With CSS3 you can add shadow to text and to elements.

In this chapter you will learn about the following properties:

• text-shadow
• box-shadow

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers followed by -webkit- or -moz- specifies the first version that worked with a prefix. 

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CSS3 Text Shadow

The CSS3 text-shadow property applies shadow to text.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    text-shadow: 2px 2px;
}

Next, add a color to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}

Then, add a blur effect to the shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;
}

The following example shows a white text with black shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    color: white;
    text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}

The following example shows a red neon glow shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000;
}

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Multiple Shadows

To add more than one shadow to the text, you can add a comma-separated list of shadows.

The following example shows a red and blue neon glow shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    text-shadow: 0 0 3px #FF0000, 0 0 5px #0000FF;
}

The following example shows a white text with black, blue, and darkblue shadow:

Text shadow effect!

Example

h1 {
    color: white;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0 0 5px darkblue;
}

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CSS3 box-shadow Property

The CSS3 box-shadow property applies shadow to elements.

In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow and the vertical shadow:

This is a yellow <div> element with a black box-shadow

Example

div {
    box-shadow: 10px 10px;
}

Next, add a color to the shadow:

This is a yellow <div> element with a grey box-shadow

Example

div {
    box-shadow: 10px 10px grey;
}

Next, add a blur effect to the shadow:

This is a yellow <div> element with a blurred, grey box-shadow

Example

div {
    box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px grey;
}

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CSS3 Shadow Properties

The following table lists the CSS3 shadow properties:

Property	Description
box-shadow	Adds one or more shadows to an element
text-shadow	Adds one or more shadows to a text