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Practical HTML5 Projects
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Practical HTML5 Projects

by Adrian W. West
May 2012
Beginner
482 pages
12h 25m
English
Apress
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C H A P T E R  8

Drop Shadows

Drop shadows can turn pictures and text blocks into eye-catching illustrations that seem to hover above the surface of the page. The CSS3 recommendations include a new drop shadow facility and this is described first in this chapter. Internet Explorer 7 and 8 do not support CSS3; therefore the rest of the chapter gives instructions for CSS2 workarounds that will enable IE 7 and IE 8 users to see the shadows. Drop shadows for images and text boxes can be achieved by the following three methods:

  • Use the new CSS3 drop shadow (this does not work in IE 7 or IE 8).
  • Use a graphics package for drop shadows applied directly to the image or text. This chapter gives instructions for producing drop shadows quickly and easily ...
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