CSS3 text-shadowProperty


Example

Basic text shadow (text-shadow):

h1
{
    text-shadow: 2px 2px #ff0000;
}

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version that supports this property.

Property
text-shadow 4.0 10.0 3.5 4.0 9.6

Attribute definition and usage instructions

The text-shadow property applies shadows to text.

Default value: none
Inherited: yes
version: CSS3
JavaScript Syntax: object.style.textShadow="2px 2px #ff0000"


Syntax

text-shadow: h-shadow v-shadow blur color;

Note:The text-shadow property attaches one or more shadows to text. The property is a comma-separated list of shadows, each specified by 2 or 3 length values and an optional color value. A length value of 0 is allowed.

Value Description
h-shadow Required. The position of the horizontal shadow. Negative values are allowed.
v-shadow Required. The position of the vertical shadow. Negative values are allowed.
blur Optional. The blur radius.
color Optional. The color of the shadow. See alsoCSS Color Values。


Examples

More Examples

Text Shadow Blur Effect
This example demonstrates a text shadow blur effect.

Text shadow on white text
This example demonstrates a white text shadow.

Neon glow text shadow
This example demonstrates a text shadow with a neon glow.


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