CSS - How To Add A Drop Shadow To A Text In Css

CODE TITLE:
CSS drop shadow

DESCRIPTION:
Technique to build flexible CSS drop shadows (realistic) applied to arbitrary block elements (no images).

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CSS drop shadow

The original post was asking about how to finish a CSS drop shadow for a box. However, I quickly discovered a solution after posting this comment.

The reply below is useful for creating a drop shadow for a box or image of a known height and width.

I created a drop shadow CSS code for a box of known width (though with a bit of number crunching in the CSS you can alter it to any) but of variable height.

If you want to view the code, go to http://www.wattersisere.co.uk/dev-shed/

I am using this:
http://alistapart.com/articles/cssdropshadows/

for use on a gallery. Each image it is applied to is in a table cell. However, because its floated left, it floats to the left of the table cell even though I have cent the text-align to center

How do I apply a css drop shadow around the search widget generated by this script code?
Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('dfacd65d-6514-4845-ad81-7249d33a6280');</script>
<noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/college-search">College search</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>! Not seeing a widget? (<a href="http://support.widgetbox.com/">More info</a>)</noscript>

I really strive to stay as close to design when I get a psd from a graphic designer. Sometimes that can be a challenge such as the situation I am having now. If you look at this page

Osake Restaurant

you will see a header on the page that reads Restaurant Menu. This header is using a custom font called Lato.

I have uploaded a screenshot of the layer styles for drop shadow and gradient.
Screen Shot

Below is some code I found from a tutorial for css drop-shadow -

Code:

/* default setup that everything sees */
.shadow {
  /* needed for Internet explorer */
  height: 1em;
  filter: Shadow(Color=#666666, 
                 Direction=135, 
                 Strength=5);

  /* Needed for Gecko */
  line-height: 2em;
  white-space: nowrap;

}

/* 
 * used by browsers which know about
 * :before to create the shadow 
 */
.shadow:before {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 0 -2.12em 0.15em;
  padding: 0;
  color: #666666; 
}

#shadow_1:before { 
  content: 'In shadow'; 
}
#second_2:before { 
  content: 'Happy Shadowing!'; 
}

/*\*/
html*.shadow {

  [color:red;/* required by Safari 
              * so that [] is correctly
              * begun. associated with
              * the property, yet hiding
              * it. Seen by IE6 */

    /* 
     * seen by IE6 and Safari, but hidden
     * from Gecko 
     */
    text-shadow: #666666 5px 5px 5px; 

  ]color:auto; /* resets color for IE6 */
}/**/

/* 
 * end hack using dummy attribute selector
 * for IE5 mac
 */
.dummyend[id]{clear: both;}

/*\*/
html*.shadow:before {

  [color:red;/* required by Safari. 
                seen by IE6 */

    /* 
     * seen by IE6 and Safari, but hidden
     * from Gecko 
     */
    display: none;

  ]color:auto; /* resets color for IE6 */
}/**/

/* 
 * end hack using dummy attribute selector
 * for IE5 mac
 */
.dummyend[id]{clear: both;}

My question is how do I go from those settings in PSD to a equivalent look in HTML w/ CSS. Do I just play around with it or is there a more precise way.

Also what about for gradient. Hopefully others can learn from this thread as well. Thanks! Tom

Hi:

I'm trying to create text with a drop-shadow without having to resort to an image.

I have found the "shadow" command for CSS and have used it as such:
Code:

p.title_drop_shadow_yellow {
    margin:0px auto;
    font-family: Biondi, Serif; 
    text-transform: capitalize; 
    font-variant: small-caps;   
    width:650px;
    filter:shadow;
    color:#FBDE80;
    font-size:250%;
}

This gives the desired effect in MS Internet Explorer (granted the color choice needs some work) but it gives no effect at all in firefox.

Does anyone know how to make this work on other browsers? Is there another way to get a drop-shadow?

Thanks.

I'm trying to implement bottom-to-top vertical text using CSS attributes in IE :
writing-mode: tb-rl;
filter: flipv fliph;

But I have encountered the following: the text is displayed with a grey shadow (instead of anti-alias).

It seems that the problem is caused by the "filter:flip" attribute. Does anyone have a work around? (If I write the same text without the "filter" attribute, the grey shadow disappears but my text is written top-to-bottom!)

Here's my stylesheet:

.verticaltext{
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#FF9100;
position:absolute; top:1px; height:90px;
width: 16px;
writing-mode: tb-rl;
filter: flipv fliph;
}

and here's the HTML:

<div class="verticaltext">Vertical Text</div>

I have also tried to use other CSS3 attributes like:
block-progression: ttb;
direction : rtl;

but they don't seem to work in IE.

Does someone know how to remove the grey shadow or know of another way to implement the bottom-to-top vertical text?

(-:

Hey folks,

strange issue here. despite the fact that i've set the z-index to 400 for the vertical drop down part of the menu, it's still being displayed underneath some of the text in the content part of the page.

here's the menu style:
Code:

#leftmenu {
width:150px;
min-height:500px;
position:relative;
left:0;
top:1px;
background:#e5e5e5 url(images/menu_bg_left.gif) repeat-y;
float:left;
text-align:left;
font-size:8pt;
}

* html #leftmenu {
height:1px;
}

.lefttop {
width:150px;
height:40px;
background:url(images/menu_top_left.gif) no-repeat;
}

.leftbottom {
width:150px;
height:40px;
background:url(images/menu_bottom_left.gif) no-repeat;
}

ul#nav, ul#nav ul {
    list-style: none;
    width: 130px;
	}

ul#nav li {
    position: relative;
    }

li ul.secondary {
    position: absolute;
    left: 100%;
    top: 0;
    display: none;
	background-color: #EFEFEF;
	z-index:400;
    }
	
ul#nav li a:hover {
	display: block;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:white;
	background-color:#C4E500;
	}
	
ul#nav li a {
    display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #C4E500;
    padding: 4px;
	color:#333;
	border-bottom:1px solid #d1d1d1;	
    }

/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul#nav li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul#nav li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

ul#nav li:hover ul, ul#nav li.over ul { 
    display: block;
    }		

you can see what i'm talking about here.

thanks

Hi all,

Is it possible to wrap text in a Drop Down Box??

Regards,

Stephen

Hey,

i've had this issue for some time now with no resolve...
see here

I have tried adding a background image to the menu, but to no avail.

Here's the menu CSS;
Code:

#leftmenu {
width:150px;
min-height:500px;
position:relative;
left:0;
top:1px;
background:#e5e5e5 url(images/menu_bg_left.gif) repeat-y;
float:left;
text-align:left;
font-size:8pt;
}

* html #leftmenu {
height:1px;
}

.lefttop {
width:150px;
height:40px;
background:url(images/menu_top_left.gif) no-repeat;
}

.leftbottom {
width:150px;
height:40px;
background:url(images/menu_bottom_left.gif) no-repeat;
}

ul#nav, ul#nav ul {
    list-style: none;
    width: 130px;
	}

ul#nav li {
    position: relative;
    }

li ul.secondary {
    position: absolute;
    left: 100%;
    top: 0;
    display: none;
	background-color: #EFEFEF;
	z-index:400;
    }
	
ul#nav li a:hover {
	display: block;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:white;
	background-color:#C4E500;
	}
	
ul#nav li a {
    display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #C4E500;
    padding: 4px;
	color:#333;
	border-bottom:1px solid #d1d1d1;	
    }

/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul#nav li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul#nav li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

ul#nav li:hover ul, ul#nav li.over ul { 
    display: block;
    }

thanks!

I am learning to do drop down menus and so far, so good. What I cannot figure out is that in the drop downs the text seems to be indented. For example, if the text said "New information", the "New" part starts what appears to be a few spaces to the right. I did, most recently, set the text to be centered but it still does this. The effect is that if the text wraps to a second line, then the second line is further to the left. Looks odd to me but I can't figure out how to fix it.

Thanks for any help.

Richard

Hey everyone.

First of all, I apologise for imposing on you another question about drop shadows in CSS. I have tried my hardest with what I've been trying to achieve here (including using the resources that gave me the info to use this technique in the first place) but I've hit a brick wall.

Allow me to demonstrate: http://www.hrfc.org.uk/test2/index.htm

At the top right of the content, there is a box I've created, within which the ultimate user of this site will be able to put screen shots, and then type their captions below.

Ideally, I want to be able to have this box (.grabcontainer in the CSS) have a drop shadow.

I was able to achieve a drop shadow for the <img> on its own (as can be seen by scrolling further down the page to the image at the bottom)... but I can't think of a way of extending this technique so that it works for my .grabcontainer class.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it. I've played with this all day but every attempt normally ruins the careful arrangement of the divs.

Thanks for reading

Eldoc

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I have a box in which I have text. I would like to make that box look like it has a shadow to the bottom right.

I can't seem to figure out how to do that with my CSS.

here is the <div> and my CSS


Code:

<body>
<div id="MainContainer">
<div id="Title">Landmark Feeds - Links to Standard Operating Procedures</div>
	<hr />
	<div class="dtree">
		<p id="TreeLinks"><span><a class="QuickLink" href="javascript:%20d.openAll();">Open All Folders</a> <a class="QuickLink" href="javascript:%20d.closeAll();">Close All Folders</a></span></p>
		<p id="TreeLinks"><span><a class="QuickLink" href="javascript: d.openTo(1, true);">Open Terms</a> <a class="QuickLink" href="javascript: d.openTo(2, true);">Open Payment Schedules</a> <a class="QuickLink" href="javascript: d.openTo(3, true);">Open SOP's</a></span></p>
		<p><script type="text/javascript" src="JavaScript/dtreeDocWrite.js"></script></p>
	</div>
	<hr />
	
</div>
<div id="CR">Last Updated: February 28, 2006</div>
</body>

Code:

#Title {
font-size: 26px;
color: black;
border-width: 3px;
border-color: #d81f03;
border-style: solid;
margin-top: -55px;
margin-left: 0px;
float: left;
background-color: #F5F5F5;
padding: 5px;
}

Thanks,

Brad

I've got a div tag that I show and hide on an accessKey press. It is used for special navagation in the site. The div tag has a background color defined in the CSS. The background color only shows up in FF.

I know I'm using tables when I don't need to, and this is pretty sloppy right now.. but I'm going to clean it up a bit... I just finished writing a function to keep the div tags above select elements in IE and haven't had a chance to do the cleaning up yet.

But I think my problem is probably very simple and is something stupid in my style sheet or some behavior of IE I don't know about or have forgotten about.

Code:

<div id="gotoSmall"><input type="image" id="hiddenGoTo" src="<c:out value='${pageContext.request.contextPath}'/>/images/XXXXyyyy/empty.gif" name="hiddenGoTo" accessKey="g" onfocus="showHideGoto('show');"/></div>
<div id="gotoDiv">
	<form name="GoToScreen" class="form" onsubmit="javascript:return goToNextScreen(this,'<c:out value='${pageContext.request.contextPath}'/>')" method="post">
	
	<table class="goToTable" id="gotoTable">						
		<tr>
			<td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
				<label class="XXXXGoToLabel" id="goTo">go to</Label> 
			</td><td>
		      	<input name="screenName" autocomplete="off" class="XXXXGoToInput" id="XXXXGoToInput" type="text" onblur="return toUpper(this);" size="12"  height="20px" value="" maxlength="12" tabindex="-1"/>										  		
  			</td>
  			<td>&nbsp;
  				<input type="hidden" name="XXXXActionOrTab" value="Refresh"/>
		  		<input type="hidden" name="useSessionKeys" value="true"/>
		  		<input type="hidden" name="backButtonCheck" value="pageLoad"/>		
		  	</td>
  		</tr><tr>
  			<td align="center" colspan="3">
  				<table>
  					<tr>
  						<td align="right">
  							<input type="submit" name="GoTo" value="Goto" onclick="buttonClick(this);"/>						
						</td><td align="left">
							<input type="button" name="cancel" value="Cancel" onclick="showHideGoto('hide')"/>
						</td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	</form>	
</div>

Code:

#gotoDiv{
	display: block;
	left:450;
	top:200;
	z-index:10000;
	width:204px;
	height:54px;
	visibility:hidden;
	position: absolute;
	background-color: grey;
}#gotoSmall{
	display: block;	
	z-index:10000;
	width:0px;
	height:0px;
	position: absolute;
}
.goToTable{
	width:200px;
	height:50px;
	background-color: #e0dfe3;
	border: 1px solid black;
	border-style: groove;
	border-spacing: 0px;
	border-collapse: collapse;
}