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diff --git a/build/better-box-shadows/index.html b/build/better-box-shadows/index.html index c1fc50e..e98f56c 100644 --- a/build/better-box-shadows/index.html +++ b/build/better-box-shadows/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Better Box Shadows</title> <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> @@ -16,22 +17,15 @@ <main> <h1 id="better-box-shadows">Better Box Shadows</h1> - <p>2019-01-08</p> - <p>Box shadow on HTML elements has been widely supported across most browsers for a while now, but I find the default options don’t allow for much visual manipulation of the shadows in general.</p> - <p>Let’s take a look at a default configuration of <code>box-shadow</code>:</p> - <pre><code>.box-container { box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); } </code></pre> - <p>In the example above the first property number is the origin of the <em>x-axis</em>, the second number is the origin of the <em>y-axis</em> and the third is the amount of <em>blur</em>.</p> - <p>We should also add some minimal styling to cleanup the <code>.box-container</code> a little bit for our example:</p> - <pre><code><div class="box-container"></div> @@ -47,24 +41,16 @@ width: 250px; } </code></pre> - <p>Which would render as this:</p> - <p>Not bad - but we can do a lot better than this.</p> - <h2 id="please-sir-i-want-some-more-depth">Please sir, I want some more (depth)</h2> - <p>We just need to add a simple child <code>div</code> (or use a <code>pseudo</code> element if you prefer) inside our main element we want to apply the shadow to:</p> - <pre><code><div class="box-container"> <div class="box-container-inner"></div> </div> </code></pre> - <p>Now we make our inner child element <code>absolute</code> and set it’s <code>height</code> and <code>width</code> dynamically to be slightly smaller than it’s parent (percentages work best for this). </p> - <p>Remember to set this child element behind it’s parent by adding <code>z-index: -1</code>.</p> - <pre><code>.box-container { /* No box-shadow needed on this element anymore */ /* Styles to make it less ugly */ @@ -77,11 +63,8 @@ width: 250px; } </code></pre> - <h2 id="inner-containers">Inner Containers</h2> - <p>We also need to target the <code>box-container-inner</code> element set inside the current parent to reflect our custom shadow styling:</p> - <pre><code>.box-container-inner { bottom: 0; /* The box-shadow is added here now */ @@ -93,15 +76,10 @@ z-index: -1; } </code></pre> - <p>Which will make the drop-shadow render with a little more realistic depth:</p> - <h2 id="but-wait---theres-more">But wait - there’s more!</h2> - <p>We could stop now and have a decent drop-shadow that is certainly easier on the eyes - but we can make this even better with one extra property - <code>filter:blur();</code>. </p> - <p>So your final code would look like this:</p> - <pre><code>.box-container { /* Styles to make it less ugly */ background: white; @@ -124,7 +102,6 @@ z-index: -1; } </code></pre> - <p>Which renders out into a much smoother blend of a drop-shadow, creating a more realistic illusion of depth:</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |