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CSS3 Box Shadow, only top/right/bottom/left and all
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box-shadow.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Box Shadow</title>
<style>
.box {
height: 150px;
width: 300px;
margin: 20px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.top {
box-shadow: 0 -5px 5px -5px #333;
}
.right {
box-shadow: 5px 0 5px -5px #333;
}
.bottom {
box-shadow: 0 5px 5px -5px #333;
}
.left {
box-shadow: -5px 0 5px -5px #333;
}
.all {
box-shadow: 0 0 5px #333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="box top"></div>
<div class="box right"></div>
<div class="box bottom"></div>
<div class="box left"></div>
<div class="box all"></div>
</body>
</html>
@sksar

sksar commented Jul 22, 2016 •
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A little light shadows..

/* Shadows */
.shadow-top {
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-right {
    box-shadow: 10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-bottom {
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-left {
    box-shadow: -10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-all {
    box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-top-right{
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-top-bottom{
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-top-left{
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                -10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-bottom-right{
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-left-right{
    box-shadow: -10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-bottom-left{
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                -10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-top-bottom-right{
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-top-bottom-left{
    box-shadow: 0 -10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                0 10px 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75),
                -10px 0 20px -5px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}
.shadow-inset {
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 20px rgba(115,115,115,0.75);
}

@farskid

farskid commented Jul 25, 2016

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This was always a challenge for me. Thanks

@inferno7291

inferno7291 commented Jul 27, 2016

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Thanks 👍

@asianriceballs

asianriceballs commented Oct 10, 2016

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beautiful! thanks!

@kevashcraft

kevashcraft commented Nov 23, 2016

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Just what I needed; thank you!!

@dididflash

dididflash commented Feb 27, 2017

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Thanks...
I need this

@tapfumamanhanga

tapfumamanhanga commented May 11, 2017 •
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Thanks it worked for me. Just what I needed 👍

@matiasalafro

matiasalafro commented Aug 23, 2017

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box-shadow

@susant123

susant123 commented Dec 10, 2017 •
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This is good except one issue. If two boxes are stacked and you want to add a left or right shadow, there will be gaps like in below screenshot.

image

with border removed and with darker shade it look like below

image

@illvart

illvart commented May 6, 2018 •
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Great! Thanks for sharing.

@lkbhargav

lkbhargav commented Jun 12, 2018

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Perfect! Got it working! Thanks @sksar!

@pandyandi

pandyandi commented Jul 26, 2018

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thanks so much, very usefull!

@jcfauchet

jcfauchet commented Sep 5, 2018

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Nice ! Thank you for sharing

@willjw3

willjw3 commented Sep 28, 2018

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Worked for me. Thanks!

@akratellio

akratellio commented Oct 21, 2018

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👍

@AbdallahBedir

AbdallahBedir commented Dec 4, 2018

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Thanks

@manzoliric

manzoliric commented Feb 19, 2019

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nice :)

@boywondercreative

boywondercreative commented May 23, 2019

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Danke!

@eyecatchup

eyecatchup commented Jul 12, 2019

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Here's a complete list for one-sided, two-sided and three-sided variants: https://codepen.io/eyecatchup/full/wLZgMJ

@Nelson-J

Nelson-J commented Jul 15, 2019 •
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Thanks, great illustration

@WebJax

WebJax commented Oct 20, 2019

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Great proof

@singhayushh

singhayushh commented Apr 29, 2020

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Thanks a ton!
What if I want on the top as well as bottom?

@eyecatchup

eyecatchup commented Apr 29, 2020

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@DeathNaughtT-Github See https://codepen.io/eyecatchup/full/wLZgMJ

@MaxIbanez

MaxIbanez commented Oct 17, 2020

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wuoo Thanks you !

@spykelionel

spykelionel commented Apr 10, 2021

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Thanks for this dude

@nahimanajz

nahimanajz commented Dec 3, 2021

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Thanks a lot

@jerobado

jerobado commented Jan 6, 2022

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This is very helpful! Salamat!

@Mahdisadoghi

Mahdisadoghi commented Oct 5, 2023

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hello

@gjaon

gjaon commented Feb 12, 2024

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Thank you so much.

@ryangzz

ryangzz commented Jan 30, 2026

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Thanks

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