We all know that we can use box-shadow to add shadows to our HTML elements. eg
.box{
box-shadow: 2px 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
}
But did you know that we can achieve the same using drop-shadow filter. You simply have to pass the shadow value in the drop-shadow function
.box{
filter: drop-shadow(2px 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5));
}
Although in this example both box-shadow and drop-shadow does the same thing. But if we were to add box-shadow on a PNG image you will see the shape of box-shadow is rectangular/box.
img{
box-shadow: 2px 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
}
While if we add drop-shadow to a PNG, the shape of the shadow will be same as the shape of the visible area of the PNG.
img{
filter: drop-shadow(2px 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5));
}
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Top comments (23)
I didn’t even know drop shadows existed until now
Hope you have a lot of fun with it
If I recall correctly, being rectangle/conforming to visible shape also applies to text, and other things with possible transparency, doesn't it?
Yes
You cab use text-shadow instead of box-shadow for texts btw
Nicely explained.
Many many Thanks 💖
Thanks for the new concept. You have explained this elegantly. I have learned something new and achieved my daily goal happily. :)
I am glad I could help <3
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