I've been researching on drop-shadow-effect technique for web design.
So, I would like to apply the technique to use implementing a top header bar for my website.
From my findings, the one that people out there use the most is box-shadow css property.
I'd like to know if this is the most effective yet simple way to achieve the desired outcome or not. any other options available for me to implement the same as well as their pros and cons?
any advice would be very much appreciated?
Simplest way is Photoshop :)
Otherwise, read on: http://www.css3.info/preview/box-shadow/
box-shadow is a CSS3 property, meaning it's not available in < IE9, and not natively available in most browsers, hence the proprietary prefixes:
Sample CSS code for IE drop shadow:
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#000000',direction='120',strength='20');
CSS3 version:
element {
-moz-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888;
-o-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888;
-khtml-box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888;
box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888;
}
The only other option to the CSS3 box-shadow property is to use images. CSS3 box shadows are easier to apply and require less page weight (kb) to use. However, not all browsers will support CSS3 box-shadows.
If using the box-shadow property be certain to set all the various properties for different browsers.
box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #000;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #000;
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #000;
-o-box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #000;
-khtml-box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px #000;
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I want to achieve this text style like so:
I want to wrap the text with color white like the image above I tried using
text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #fff;
but it turns out that the shadow will get blurry. Is there any chance that I can do it using css (if so how)? or should I just convert it into image?
You can simulate it, doing like this:
CSS
span{
text-shadow: 2px 2px 0px #fff, -2px -2px 0px #fff, 2px -2px 0px #fff, -2px 2px 0px #fff;
}
DEMO HERE
The effect you seek is called stroke and sadly not possible (yet) with CSS in a cross browser compatible way.
Faking it with shadows will not work for a stroke thicker than 1 or 2 pixels, or require a ton of layered shadows, slowing down rendering. Other faking techniques are possible but not quite fantastic.
For now the best bet remains to use images for the rare occasions where this is useful.
Ran into this today and at least for Webkit browsers, there's a better solution. You can follow this old article using the code
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px;
-webkit-text-stroke-color: black;
and also try using text shadows with it. It worked well for me after some pixel-pushing. I have some bigger letters, so I ended up using a text shadow like this
text-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #010000, 2px 3px 0px #010000, 4px 5px 0px #010000, 4px 6px 0px #010000;
I hope that helps!
I am learning CSS, and Ajax border radius is not working in ASP.NET it shows a error like border radius is not a known css property name.
This is because your visual studio 2010 CSS validator is set to 2.1 or lower and border-radius added in CSS3. This is just a warning, so it will work as intended.
Morpheus is right. And some other browsers also does not support that
The best approach is to duplicate each property something like this.
-moz-border-radius: 8px;
-webkit-border-radius: 8px;
border-radius: 8px;
-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
box-shadow: 3px 3px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
You can check browsers compatibilty here Border Properties, Values & Browser Support
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the BEST way is just to IGNORE IT because it still works the way it is. :)
Here's my source image:
And my source image zoomed in:
Any thoughts on how to accomplish this with only CSS3? Notice the slight bleed upwards into the element.
Update: I've removed the vendor prefixes, since almost every browser that supports these properties do not need them. Dropping them is considered a best practice at this point.
See Caniuse page for border-radius and box-shadow.
the best (and only) way to do this is to use multiple box-shadows:
element {
box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0px 2px 3px, inset rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0px -1px 2px;
border-radius: 20px;
}
box-shadow works like this:
box-shadow: [direction (inset)] [color] [Horizontal Distance] [Vertical Distance] [size];
border-radius works like this:
border-radius: [size];
/*or*/
border-radius: [topleft/bottomright size] [topright/bottomleft size];
/*or*/
border-radius: [topleft] [topright] [bottomright] [bottomleft];
you can specify the Height an length of the curve like this:
border-radius: [tl-width] [tr-width] [br-width] [bl-width] / [tl-height] [tr-height] [br-height] [bl-height];
It's just using two box shadows, one inset and the other outset, i.e:
.box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
box-shadow: 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3), inset 0 -3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
border: solid #ccc 1px;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 50px 0 0 50px;
}
See it here: http://jsfiddle.net/WYLJv/
This is actually done with two CSS3 box-shadows.
CSS:
#fuzz
{
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px solid #333;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #333, inset 0px 0px 2px #333;
}
You can see it in action when i get back to real computer to edit the fiddle :-) (using my tablet now)
Obviously change the colors to your taste :)
Look at css3 property border-radius. It has options for x and y offset color and the blur radius. In your case a greyish color no offset and blur if 4px ought to work.
I'm a bit late but, yes, use border radius and box-shadow(s) and you should be good to go.
.block {
border-radius:6px;
box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 2px 2px #aaa, 3px 3px 5px 0px #eee;
}
Try adding a border-radius and a text-shadow in your css.
.box {
border-radius:20px;
text-shadow:2px 2px black;
}
Hope this helps.
You can probably just get away with setting the border to a light colour and outline to a darker colour, then just set the border-radius. Note I haven't tested this, and if memory serves the outline does not curve with border-radius. Also note that border-radius requires several attributes to be set to become cross-browser compatible. Refer to http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/11/24/perfect-rounded-corners-with-css/ for more info.
If this fails, you could always use an inner-div, which you set to position absolute, left 0, right 0, top 0 and bottom 0 and then use that as either the inner or outer border. Setting the border-radius will definitely work then.
Regards,
Richard
Is it possible to remove a style in the case that browser specific CSS 3 items (drop shadows, rounded corners, etc.)? For example:
.fancy
{
/* only display if no drop shadow support */
border: thin solid #888;
box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
}
It's better if you don't remove style rules, but only apply them when CSS3 is enabled. You could use this fancy piece of Javascript for it, called Modernizr.
Let me give you a quick example of how you could use it in your stylesheet:
.boxshadow .fancy {
border: thin solid #888;
box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
}
Modernizr adds classes to the HTML element, which tells you what browser functionalities are enabled.
CSS doesn't do conditionals. In any version.
What you can do is dynamically serve up different stylesheets for browsers that support CSS3.
Since CSS3 is style-markup, and not a programming language, you can't do true "if-else"--however you could design your CSS3 styles to override the CSS2 styles, and the end result would be CSS3 where supported with CSS2 as a fallback.
In terms of practicality however, this approach will likely be more painful than dynamically serving CSS3 stylesheets to supported browsers.
One means -though given the patchy nature of css adoption/implementation it might/will not work exhaustively- is to use:
.fancy
{
border: thin solid #888;
}
.fancy:nth-of-type(odd), .fancy:nth-of-type(even)
{
border: 0 none transparent;
box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px #888;
}
This is a bit messy in that the selector has to explicitly target all the odd and even .fancy elements, I'd prefer a neater solution but it does work (certainly in Chrome/Linux). Demo at: http://jsbin.com/ezako3
I have a searchbox with auto-suggest that pops a div up underneath it with multiple search string suggestions (like google). Is it possible to have drop shadow on the auto-suggest box with CSS or will I need a script of some sort? I tried a background image but the number of suggests can vary from 1 to 10 or 15.
I'd prefer something that works in IE6+ and FF2+ if possible. Thanks!
This works for me on all my browsers:
.shadow {
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 30px 5px #999;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 30px 5px #999;
}
then just give any div the shadow class, no jQuery required.
CSS3 has a box-shadow property. Vendor prefixes are required at the moment for maximum browser compatibility.
div.box-shadow {
-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px 1px #fff;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px 1px #fff;
}
There is a generator available at css3please.
.shadow {
-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 6px #ccc;
-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 6px #ccc;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 6px #ccc;
}
The most widely compatible way of doing this is likely going to be creating a second div under your auto-suggest box the same size as the box itself, nudged a few pixels down and to the right. You can use JS to create and position it, which shouldn't be terribly difficult if you're using a fairly modern framework.
you might want to try this. Seems to be pretty easy and works on IE6 and Moz atleast.
<div id ="show" style="background-color:Silver;width:100px;height:100px;visibility:visible;border-bottom:outset 1px black;border-right:outset 1px black;" ></div>
The general syntax is :
border-[postion]:[border-style] [border-width] [border-color] | inherit
The list of available [border-style]s are :
dashed
dotted
double
groove
hidden
inset
none
outset
ridge
solid
inherit
You can try using the PNG drop shadows. IE6 doesn't support it, however it will degrade nicely.
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/dropshadows.html