What is the CSS box-shadow property?
The box-shadow property is used to create a shadow effect around an HTML element.
The box-shadow property can have the values below. These values define the shadow’s characteristics:
| value | description |
|---|---|
| h-offset | The horizontal offset of a shadow. A positive value creates a shadow on the right, and a negative value creates a shadow on the left. |
| v-offset | A positive vertical offset creates a shadow below the box, and a negative offset creates one above the box. |
| blur | The blur radius of the shadow. |
| spread | The size of the shadow. |
| color | The color of the shadow. |
| inset | Changes the shadow from an outer shadow to an inner shadow. |
Syntax
These values take the following order in the syntax:
box-shadow: h-offset v-offset blur spread color inset;
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