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CSS3 Shadow Effect


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Shadow effects are specified based on specified order. The property dont increase the size of the box, though they can extend past its boundaries.



.shadow {
text-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #a1a1a1;
font-size:3em;
color:#000;
font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif
}

The above class specifies text shadow effect, it extends 5px to the right and 5px below the text, and the 5px blur.

Browser Support

IE8 - None
FF3.5+ - Yes
SA1.3+ - Yes
OP9.5+ - Yes

shadow value must specify a shadow offset and a blur radius and color.

Using two lenghth values the offset will specified.

* First value represents the horizontal distance to the right of the text in positive.
The negative value move the text to left side.

* Second value represents the vertical distance below the text (if it’s positive) or above the text (if it’s negative).

The blur radius is specified after the offset values; it’s a length value that represents the size of the blur effect. If no radius is specified, the shadow will not be blurred.

Color can be specified before or after the offset and blur radius values.


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