What is Box-shadow in CSS-In a cascading style sheet, the box Shadow property is used to apply the Shadow effect to the element box? We can give a div, an image, or a text shadow. You can create Shadows in various directions with different Blur and spreading colors.
syntax: Box-shadow in CSS
- H offset: The horizontal distance of the shadow from the element. The positive values move to the right and negative values move to the left.
- V Offset: Vertical distance of the shadow from the element. The positive value moves the shadow down and negative values move it up.
- blur radius: It is optional the blur radius of the shadow has higher values making the shadow more Blurred.
- spread radius: ( optional) Expanding the size of the shadow in this positive value makes the shadow larger and negative values shrink it.
- color: The color of the shadow you can use any valid CSS color value.
example: Box-shadow in CSS
let’s see the simple example of box-shadow,
In this example, the shadow is 10 px to the right and 10 px down from the element. The shadow has a radius of 5px. In this example, we are not using a spread radius. The shadow color is black 75% opacity.
You can also create multiple shadows by separating each shadow with a comma.
How to give Box-shadow in CSS
let’s see how to give box shadow in CSS with a simple example, you can use the box Shadow property in this example you just need to specify how far the box shadow should move how blurry it is, and its color.
Above example, we give 5px 5px which is for moving the shadow to 5px right and 5px the down. 10px makes the shadow blurry and the black color is used to set the shadow black.
What is the difference between box-shadow and text-shadow?
1)box-shadow applies shadows to the entire box or element, including its borders.
2)text-shadow only applies shadows to the text content inside the element.
What does box-shadow do?
It adds shadows to elements, creating depth and visual emphasis.
How do I create a shadow in CSS?
Use box-shadow: offset-x offset-y blur-radius color;.
What units are used with box-shadow?
Typically, pixels (px) are used for offsets, blur, and spread.
